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Government Corruption
Cynical defense of Hunter Biden: I was addicted to drugs
2022-10-08
[NYPOST] For years, President Biden repeated the same mantra when asked about Hunter Biden’s influence peddling and alleged crimes: "My son did nothing wrong." It was always implausible — as was his denial of any knowledge of these dealings despite emails and pictures to the contrary.

So the president and the press have been shifting to a new defense. As the father recently insisted of his son, "He fought an addiction problem. He overcame it. He wrote about it."

The family and the media have been cultivating the angle for months as they anticipated possible criminal charges. Such charges would not only be an embarrassment for the president but also the media, which have been actively complicit in covering up the multimillion-dollar influence-peddling schemes of the Biden family, including Hunter and his uncle James. With the criminal conduct exposed, all that’s left is the addiction defense.

Hunter Biden’s autobiographical book laid the foundations for this final line of defense. While the book did not do particularly well in sales with the public, the media offered fawning interviews about his account of addiction. The narrative was ramped up by many of the same media outlets that buried the scandal, including articles on how the family fought "to keep him alive."
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Posted by:Fred

#8  Unaccompanied minors
Posted by: Skidmark   2022-10-08 13:57  

#7  What were uncle James and the Chairman hooked on?
Posted by: Snash Shairt9621   2022-10-08 11:39  

#6  "I wasn't addicted to cocaine, I just liked the smell"
Posted by: Frank G   2022-10-08 11:32  

#5  Media:
"The case for why sharing pre-teen hookers with your 12 year old son is quality family time and will be the right side of history."
Posted by: swksvolFF   2022-10-08 10:21  

#4  Such charges would not only be an embarrassment for the president but also the media, which have been actively complicit

Seriously? Something can... embarrass them?
Posted by: Dron66046   2022-10-08 01:52  

#3  I was once addicted to alot of drugs and had to eat the shit for things I did in that time. This asshole woldn't have lasted a minute in the areas and people I have dealt with.
Posted by: Chris   2022-10-08 01:01  

#2  Dead Meat - Evidence will show his total disregard for laws & it will be the end for his Capo i.e., his father, first "Godfather Elected to the Highest Office in the Land". He will be another story ....
Posted by: Spuns Sforza4873   2022-10-08 00:37  

#1  He is stupid to blame his issues on drug addiction. He should blame the brain damage from the car crash he was in as a kid. He could probably claim it gave him a predilection for drugs.

The hell with him anyway.
Posted by: Penguin_of_the_Desert   2022-10-08 00:22  

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