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Flashback: CNN Editorial Asks Biden About Hunter & Burisma
[CNN Politics - December 9, 2019] There is zero evidence that Biden had any active role in the appointment of his son, Hunter, to the board of Burisma Holdings, a Ukrainian natural gas company, in 2013.Not ten months ago, there wasn't. Not much. Not in the media. But what was lost amid the exchange - and Biden's angry response - was there is still a very real question that Biden should continue to be asked and needs to find a clearer answer for. And it's this: "Do you think it was appropriate for your son to be on the board of a Ukrainian company - and being paid $50,000 a month in that role - while you were the vice president of the United States?" That question is a) fair b) totally worth asking and c) something Biden should be required to answer, beyond what he has said publicly so far.  To date, Joe Biden has been reluctant to engage on questions about Hunter. He's been able to do so - in large part - because President Donald Trump has said a slew of untrue things about both Bidens. Biden has been able to simply note - rightly - that all of Trump's allegations about how Biden forced the removal of Ukraine's top prosecutor in 2016 in order to keep that prosecutor from looking into his son are false.Except for the fact Joe bragged about it. On the TeeVee. Asked by Axios' Mike Allen in an interview that aired Sunday night regarding his defense of his son, Biden said this: "I don't know what he was doing. I know he was on the board. I found out he was on the board after he was on the board and that was it." Pressed by Allen on whether Biden - as a candidate for president -- was interested in getting to the bottom of how his son got on the Burisma board, the former vice president responded: "No. Because I trust my son." Maybe he forgot about that by now. Really? I mean, I get trusting your son. But Biden's son has already said publicly that being on the board was "poor judgment!" And it's an absolutely worthy question for someone who wants to be president of the United States: Do you think it was a mistake for your son to be on the board of a Ukrainian natural gas company being paid a large sum for it while you are the vice president of the United States? Biden can get angry. He can get up in arms. But he really should get used to answering the question. Good point, CNN. See if you can remember it in 2020. Posted by: Bobby 2020-10-16 |
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