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☆ The mother of Hunter Biden's toddler accused him of 'living lavishly' while pretending to be 'financially destitute' in child support case
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-28 | by ( Michelle Mark | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The mother of one of Hunter Biden's children has accused him of concealing his financial situation. Lunden Roberts' attorney is demanding Biden provide all records of payments to his attorneys. Biden will appear at a court hearing in Arkansas on Monday in his ongoing child support case. Part of the case also concerns the ability of Biden and Roberts' child to carry the "Biden" surname. The case was closed in 2020 but reopened last fall after Biden sought to reduce his child support payments.

☆ Hunter Biden lawyers meet with DOJ prosecutors about pending criminal probe
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Hunter Biden has been under investigation since 2018 by the office of U.S. Attorney David Weiss of Delaware, a Trump appointee. Attorneys for Hunter Biden met with Department of Justice prosecutors Wednesday to discuss criminal charges that might be filed against President Joe Biden 's son , NBC News reported, citing sources. Prosecutors have considered charging Hunter with four criminal counts, NBC reported last week. The fourth charge would be a felony related to an alleged false statement related to a gun purchase in 2018, when Hunter wrote on a form that he was neither addicted to or abusing any unlawful substance. At the time, Hunter was using cocaine, he has since admitted.

☆ Fox News hosts avoided saying Tucker Carlson's name after he was fired. 'We're not talking about him,' Sean Hannity said.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Tucker Carlson was hardly mentioned by his former fellow Fox News hosts after he was fired Monday. Sean Hannity only mentioned Carlson to say "We're not talking about him" and that he had no details. NEW YORK (AP) — The day he was fired, Tucker Carlson was nearly invisible on the Fox News prime-time lineup that he used to dominate. "We're not talking about Tucker," Hannity said, unprompted. Carlson, Hannity and Ingraham appeared close in November 2020.

☆ WSJ Opinion: Biden 2020 and Shutting Down the Hunter Biden Laptop Story
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Wsj Opinion | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

WSJ Opinion: Biden 2020 and Shutting Down the Hunter Biden Laptop Story Mr. Morell acknowledged he had two goals with the statement: “to share our concern with the American people,” and “to help Vice President Biden”...“win the election.”By WSJ Opinion Apr 25, 2023 9:46 pm Review and Outlook: During the final presidential debate in 2020, Mr. Biden pointed to a statement from 51 former U.S. spies who declared that the Hunter Biden laptop story had “all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation.” Now we know the Biden campaign helped orchestrate the statement. Images: AP/Reuters/AFP Composite: Mark Kelly Read: Joe Biden and the 51 Spies of 2020

☆ Tucker Carlson seemed to have no idea he was hosting his last show on Fox News, and ended it by eating a sausage and pineapple pizza
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-24 | by ( Rebecca Harrington | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The last "Tucker Carlson Tonight" episode aired on Fox News on Friday, April 21. Carlson's final show covered Hunter Biden, racist home appraisals, inclusive Mother's Day cards, and pizza. The Fox News host seemed to have no idea Friday would be his last time helming "Tucker Carlson Tonight." Carlson also spent time covering immigration, fentanyl, the casting of "Queen Cleopatra", inclusive Mother's Day cards, and the Pentagon leak. His final words on "Tucker Carlson Tonight" before digging into another bite of pizza were: "We'll be back on Monday.

☆ WSJ Opinion: Trump Goes Woke in DeSantis-Disney Feud
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-22 | by ( Wsj Opinion | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

E101WSJ Opinion: Biden 2020 and Shutting Down the Hunter Biden Laptop Story Review and Outlook: During the final presidential debate in 2020, Mr. Biden pointed to a statement from 51 former U.S. spies who declared that the Hunter Biden laptop story had “all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation.” Now we know the Biden campaign helped orchestrate the statement. Images: AP/Reuters/AFP Composite: Mark Kelly

☆ Hunter Biden’s Lawyers to Meet With DOJ Prosecutors Overseeing Criminal Probe
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-21 | by ( C. Ryan Barber | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Hunter Biden hasn’t been charged with anything and has denied wrongdoing. Photo: ELIZABETH FRANTZ/REUTERSWASHINGTON—Defense lawyers for Hunter Biden are set to meet next week with the U.S. attorney in Delaware and at least one senior Justice Department official to discuss the continuing criminal investigation into President Biden’s son, according to people familiar with the scheduled gathering. In recent months, the younger Mr. Biden’s legal team approached the Justice Department about having a meeting to present its view of the evidence and receive an update on the status of the long-running investigation, the people said. The Justice Department routinely agrees to such meetings with defense lawyers in criminal investigations.

☆ I.R.S. Official Is Said to Assert Political Meddling in Hunter Biden Inquiry
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( Michael S. Schmidt | Luke Broadwater | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

As Justice Department officials weigh whether to indict Hunter Biden, the investigator overseeing the Internal Revenue Service’s portion of the case has come forward with allegations of political favoritism in the inquiry that stand to add to the already fraught circumstances facing the department. Congressional leaders learned of the investigator’s allegations on Wednesday when a lawyer sent them a letter asking for whistle-blower protections for his client. The letter stated that the unnamed client, identified as an “I.R.S. While the letter from the lawyer, Mark D. Lytle, did not name Hunter Biden, Senate and House Republicans put out statements specifying that it was referring to him. The disclosure fed claims by congressional Republicans that a Justice Department run by the president’s political appointees could not be trusted to make a decision about his son based on the facts and law.

Hunter Biden denies wrongdoing in a criminal investigation related to his taxes. Photo: Patrick Semansky/Associated PressWASHINGTON—An IRS supervisor has told lawmakers he has information that suggests the Biden administration is improperly handling the criminal investigation into President Biden ’s son, Hunter Biden , and is seeking whistleblower protections, according to people familiar with the matter. A letter sent to Congress on Tuesday says a career Internal Revenue Service criminal supervisory special agent has information that would contradict sworn testimony by a “senior political appointee.” The supervisor also has information about a “failure to mitigate clear conflicts of interest in the ultimate disposition of the case,” according to the letter.

Hunter Biden, pictured in February in Syracuse, N.Y., denies wrongdoing in a criminal investigation related to his taxes. Photo: Patrick Semansky/Associated PressWASHINGTON—An IRS supervisor has told lawmakers he has information that suggests the Biden administration is improperly handling the criminal investigation into President Biden’s son, Hunter Biden , and is seeking whistleblower protections, according to people familiar with the matter. A letter sent to Congress on Tuesday says a career Internal Revenue Service criminal supervisory special agent has information that would contradict sworn testimony by a “senior political appointee.” The supervisor also has information about a “failure to mitigate clear conflicts of interest in the ultimate disposition of the case,” according to the letter.

☆ Elon Musk says Twitter was 'absurdly overstaffed' and run like a 'glorified activist organization' before his takeover
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-18 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk told Fox News that Twitter was previously "absurdly overstaffed." Elon Musk said that Twitter was "absurdly overstaffed" before he took over the company in October and laid off thousands of workers. "If you're not trying to run some sort of glorified activist organization ... then you can really let go of a lot of people, it turns out," Musk told Carlson. It also saw a partial outage during the Super Bowl halftime show, despite Musk telling staff to maximize stability for the big event. One unnamed current Twitter employee told Platformer last month that outages have become so frequent that: "I think we're all numb to it," they said.

☆ Joe Exotic warns Trump in a phone interview with Fox News that 'karma's a bitch' before he's cut off by a recording saying he's in federal prison
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-17 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

In a Fox News interview, the "Tiger King" star blamed the Trump Administration for his conviction. A prerecorded message interrupted the interview, saying, "This call is from a federal prison." The "Tiger King" star previously tried and failed to get a presidential pardon from Trump, and he appears to have held a grudge for being omitted from the pardon list ever since. During a phone interview from Atlanta Penitentiary with Fox News' Lawrence Jones, Exotic blamed the Trump Administration for putting him behind bars. In his closing statement during the interview, Exotic encouraged people to visit his campaign website to learn more about his platform, but he was cut off as viewers were inadvertently reminded where he was calling from.

☆ Takeaways from Biden's trip to Ireland
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-14 | by ( Kevin Liptak | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Biden’s trip came as he nears a decision on running again for president. “I own property in Ireland, I’m not going to Ireland,” former President Donald Trump said during Biden’s trip. Patrick Semansky/APDiplomatic legacy: ‘Keep the peace’White House officials made little attempt at ascribing major policy objectives to Biden’s trip. Kevin Lamarque/ReutersBiden makes Ireland visit a family affairMore than anything, Biden’s trip this week had the feeling of a family spring break. Throughout the sometimes-rainy trip, Biden kept his head dry with a baseball cap from the Beau Biden Foundation.

☆ Biden basks in Ireland’s welcome as he highlights personal and political ties
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-13 | by ( Kevin Liptak | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

A day earlier, Biden jokingly questioned why his predecessors left Ireland for a better life as he visited a local market and deli in Dundalk. In his talks with Irish leaders Thursday, Biden is expected to discuss a number of global issues, including the war in Ukraine. Later, Biden will address the Irish Parliament in a speech expected to touch on the close ties between the US and Ireland, both political and personal. Three years later, Ireland voted decisively to end what, at the time, was one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the world. The Irish identity Biden is exploring this week with visits to two ancestral hometowns is intrinsically linked to his own Catholicism.

☆ Trump is trying to win more GOP voters with bizarre takes on the Ukraine war and praise for Putin
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-12 | by ( John Haltiwanger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Trump made repeated false and misleading claims about the Ukraine war during a Fox News interview. Trump praised Putin as "very smart" amid the stalemated and brutal fight the Russian leader ordered. Trump said Russian President Vladimir Putin "loved" Ukraine, while acknowledging that the unprovoked war Putin ordered has devastated the former Soviet republic. "Ukraine is being obliterated," Trump said at another point in the interview, while falsely suggesting that Ukrainian forces are not performing "better than anticipated." Polling has shown that Republican voters are less likely than Democratic voters to support continued assistance to Ukraine.

☆ Democrats gear up for rematch against Lauren Boebert after her near-loss in the 2022 midterms: 'She's actually doubled down on crazy'
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-09 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

After a close 2022 result, Democrats are hoping to knock off GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert next year. Last year, Boebert won her Republican-leaning Colorado district over Adam Frisch by only 546 votes. And as the incumbent in the state's conservative-leaning 3rd Congressional District, it appeared to many as though Boebert would be relatively safe in her reelection bid in last year's midterms. "I think it started the people in the third congressional district thinking that she wasn't paying enough attention to the district as she was paying more attention to national politics." "Extreme House Democrats lost the majority because they hammered families with crime, chaos and skyrocketing costs," National Republican Congressional Committee communications director Jack Pandol said in a statement.

☆ The GOP risks blowing its 2024 chances by enlisting fringe pols and pushing issues normal voters don't care about
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-08 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The New York Times reported Trump wanted to hire far-right xenophone Laura Loomer to his campaign. The potential hire shows how far the Republican Party has moved from the median voter. It's just another example of how out of touch the Republican Party has become with the average voter. The Republican Party has yet to win the popular vote in presidential elections since 2004. Should the party keep hiring oddballs and pursuing culture war issues while failing to address substantive issues affecting the country, it's unclear that will change.

☆ Trump Indictment Accelerates America’s Race to the Bottom
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-06 | by ( Mark Penn | Andrew Stein | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

The demonization of political opponents is entering its next depressing but predictable phase—the use of the most partisan parts of the criminal-justice system to arrest and prosecute political opponents on flimsy charges. Too much of the public, increasingly divorced from bedrock national values, is cheering it on. It’s the logical extension of Donald Trump’s claiming he won the election he lost; of Joe Biden’s branding “MAGA Republicans” a “clear and present danger” to “our democracy”; of right-wing groups planning and executing an assault on the Capitol; of the Russia-collusion hoax; of partisan impeachments; of tech companies censoring political and scientific information to promote ideological and partisan agendas; of retired intelligence officials interfering with the 2020 election by making false claims about the Hunter Biden laptop; of law students shouting down federal judges with the encouragement of university administrators.

☆ Battle Heats Up Between Hunter Biden and the GOP
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-18 | by ( C. Ryan Barber | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Hunter Biden filed suit against a computer-repair-store owner over dissemination of his personal information. The Washington skirmishing between Hunter Biden and the GOP escalated this week as congressional Republicans ramped up their investigation into his business dealings and the president’s son followed with a lawsuit against a computer-repair-shop owner who said in a court filing that he disseminated a copy of the contents of Mr. Biden’s electronically stored data. The moves by both sides could draw greater attention to a difficult period in Hunter Biden’s life, when he has acknowledged a serious drug problem. GOP lawmakers are seeking to discover whether the younger Mr. Biden’s various business arrangements with wealthy foreigners involved his father, President Biden.

☆ 4 reasons why a Trump indictment could be gold for Biden, and 1 reason it’s worrying
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-18 | by ( Nicole Gaudiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

If an indictment doesn't cost Trump the GOP primary, it would hover over his general election campaign. "Anything that's good for Trump in a Republican primary is also good for Biden," Bannon said. And it's unclear whether Trump is the weaker opponent or if he can even win enough support from GOP primary voters to become the nominee. Democrats say they also welcome a nasty Republican primary, especially when Biden is expected to run without any significant opposition. The downside: Cutting through 'noise' could be hardIt's possible that a Trump indictment would make Americans so sick of the entire political system that "they say 'Screw this,'" Bannon said.

☆ Hunter Biden sues laptop repair shop owner for exposing his personal life in an 'egregious violation' of his privacy
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-17 | by ( Oma Seddiq | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Hunter Biden sued a Delaware laptop repair shop owner over distributing his data to the public. Biden claims that the owner violated his privacy rights by exposing his personal life. The New York Post first reported on Biden's laptop weeks before the 2020 election. "The object of invading Mr. Biden's privacy and disseminating his data was not for any legitimate purpose but to cause harm and embarrassment to Mr. Biden," the claim continues. Biden's lawyers are also seeking depositions from Giuliani, Bannon, and others alleged to possess copies of his laptop data.

☆ Republicans to View Hunter Biden’s Financial Records
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-14 | by ( Andrew Duehren | C. Ryan Barber | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

President Biden has long denied playing any role in business deals pursued by his son Hunter Biden. WASHINGTON—House Republicans will review government reports of suspicious financial transactions related to President Biden’s family members, resolving an early rift with the administration as Republicans mount an aggressive inquiry into the president’s son Hunter Biden . Rep. James Comer (R., Ky.), chairman of the House Oversight Committee, and the Treasury Department have for weeks negotiated the timing and terms of lawmakers’ access to the so-called suspicious-activity reports, in which banks flag transactions that bear signs of money laundering or other potential criminal activity. The Treasury Department will make the reports available for an in camera review, meaning the panel can inspect them in person but not retain copies, Mr. Comer said.

☆ Elon Musk says it was 'not cool' for Democrats to ask Twitter Files reporter Matt Taibbi to reveal his sources in a hearing
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-10 | by ( Kate Duffy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Elon Musk said it wasn't cool for Democrats to ask journalist Matt Taibbi to reveal his sources. Rep. Sylvia Garcia asked Taibbi if Musk first approached him, but he refused to answer. In response to a clip shared from the hearing, Musk tweeted: "I'm not his source, but, yeah, obviously asking journalists to reveal sources is not cool." Garcia asked Taibbi in the hearing if Musk was his direct source behind the files. Plaskett tweeted on Thursday: "No one was interested in revealing 'journalists'' sources.

☆ McCarthy refuses Zelenskyy's invitation to visit Kyiv, reiterating that he's against 'blank checks' for Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-08 | by ( John Haltiwanger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

McCarthy rejected an invitation from Zelenskyy to visit Kyiv. Zelenskyy invited McCarthy to show him how US aid is being put to use in the war against Russia. "I don't have to go to Ukraine or Kyiv to see it," McCarthy said. McCarthy also reiterated that he does not support providing Ukraine with "blank checks." "I will continue to get my briefings and others, but I don't have to go to Ukraine or Kyiv to see it.

☆ Elon Musk says federal probe of Twitter is a 'weaponization of a government agency for political purposes' and a 'serious attack on the Constitution'
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-08 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The FTC has requested access to Twitter's internal communications, The Wall Street Journal reported. Elon Musk called this a "serious attack on the Constitution" as it pertains to freedom of the press. But it's the FTC's request to "identify all journalists" who can access internal systems that appeared to have most incensed Musk. The Journal reported that the government agency had asked Twitter for detailed information on layoffs because it's worried it now cannot properly protect users' data. In November, Insider reported that Musk told Twitter staff he would do "whatever it takes" to comply with the FTC's regulations.

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