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Showing Original Post only (View all)Hunter Biden Denies Any 'Ethical Lapse' in His Ukraine and China Work [View all]
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/15/us/politics/hunter-biden-interview.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur
In an interview with ABC News, the former vice presidents son rejected as ridiculous President Trumps suggestions that he and his father had engaged in wrongdoing.
By Katie Glueck and Stephanie Saul
Oct. 15, 2019, 6:37 a.m. ET
WESTERVILLE, Ohio Hunter Biden, former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.s son, acknowledged in an interview to be broadcast on Tuesday that he probably would not have been named to the board of a foreign company if his last name werent Biden, but he rejected suggestions by President Trump that he and his father had engaged in wrongdoing.
Did I make a mistake? Maybe in the grand scheme of things, Mr. Biden said in an interview with ABC News, which published excerpts from it on Tuesday morning. But did I make a mistake based on some ethical lapse? Absolutely not.
I dont think theres a lot of things that would have happened in my life if my last name wasnt Biden, Mr. Biden told Amy Robach of ABC.
Mr. Trump has seized on the younger Mr. Bidens work in Ukraine and China to launch a series of attacks against the former vice president, a leading Democratic presidential candidate, over the past month. There is no evidence for the presidents claims that Mr. Biden, while in office, improperly intervened to aid his son, but that has not stopped him and other Republicans from raising questions about possible conflicts of interest.
The younger Mr. Biden, who recently resigned from the board of a Chinese investment company, said his service there had become a distraction, because I have to sit here and answer these questions. Thats why I have committed that I wont serve on any board or work on any foreign entities when Dad becomes president. Thats the rule Im going to adhere to.
Mr. Biden, 49, blamed his fathers opponents, including Mr. Trump, for stirring up controversy over his work. What I regret is not taking into account that there would be a Rudy Giuliani and president of the United States that would be listening to this ridiculous conspiracy idea, he said.
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In an interview with ABC News, the former vice presidents son rejected as ridiculous President Trumps suggestions that he and his father had engaged in wrongdoing.
By Katie Glueck and Stephanie Saul
Oct. 15, 2019, 6:37 a.m. ET
WESTERVILLE, Ohio Hunter Biden, former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.s son, acknowledged in an interview to be broadcast on Tuesday that he probably would not have been named to the board of a foreign company if his last name werent Biden, but he rejected suggestions by President Trump that he and his father had engaged in wrongdoing.
Did I make a mistake? Maybe in the grand scheme of things, Mr. Biden said in an interview with ABC News, which published excerpts from it on Tuesday morning. But did I make a mistake based on some ethical lapse? Absolutely not.
I dont think theres a lot of things that would have happened in my life if my last name wasnt Biden, Mr. Biden told Amy Robach of ABC.
Mr. Trump has seized on the younger Mr. Bidens work in Ukraine and China to launch a series of attacks against the former vice president, a leading Democratic presidential candidate, over the past month. There is no evidence for the presidents claims that Mr. Biden, while in office, improperly intervened to aid his son, but that has not stopped him and other Republicans from raising questions about possible conflicts of interest.
The younger Mr. Biden, who recently resigned from the board of a Chinese investment company, said his service there had become a distraction, because I have to sit here and answer these questions. Thats why I have committed that I wont serve on any board or work on any foreign entities when Dad becomes president. Thats the rule Im going to adhere to.
Mr. Biden, 49, blamed his fathers opponents, including Mr. Trump, for stirring up controversy over his work. What I regret is not taking into account that there would be a Rudy Giuliani and president of the United States that would be listening to this ridiculous conspiracy idea, he said.
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Hunter Biden Denies Any 'Ethical Lapse' in His Ukraine and China Work [View all]
Dennis Donovan
Oct 2019
OP
These thing are not good to sit on. President Obama realized that when he disassociated himself
still_one
Oct 2019
#29
Of course not, and that wasn't the point I was trying to make. The point I was trying to make was
still_one
Oct 2019
#37
I probably should not have used that as an example to make my point without being
still_one
Oct 2019
#41
This was discussed years ago, and dismissed... the orange POS was looking to take down the one
Demsrule86
Oct 2019
#8
That is pure bullshit and impossible too...we need to fight back and not allow the GOP to define us
Demsrule86
Oct 2019
#9
Biden is my candidate and his son's patronage jobs are a problem with me.
democratisphere
Oct 2019
#12
This will not be dead because the impeachment process will keep this alive every day.
Pisces
Oct 2019
#76
The appearance wrongdoing is at best, a diaphanous construct created by the GOP
LanternWaste
Oct 2019
#24
Really. Are you saying that most children of celebrities and public figures don't get certain
still_one
Oct 2019
#31
see my post above - your candidate's daughter has been used to plant doubt about Warren
Otto Lidenbrock
Oct 2019
#19
Yes, the halls of Archmere Academy are practically littered with unpretentious middle-class kids.
Act_of_Reparation
Oct 2019
#30
Your accusation of nepotism is false. Completely false. Why make the accusation if it isn't true?
Politicub
Oct 2019
#69
Would a Kennedy, Clinton, Bush, etc have gotten to where they are over some nameless child?
still_one
Oct 2019
#59