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Hunter Biden is far from the first First Child to cause headaches


Hunter Biden has raised eyebrows with some of his business dealings. In December of 2020, Hunter Biden acknowledged being investigated by federal prosecutors in Delaware for potential tax violations.

“I take this matter very seriously but I am confident that a professional and objective review of these matters will demonstrate that I handled my affairs legally and appropriately, including with the benefit of professional tax advisors,” he said in a statement.

Hunter has also been accused of using his father’s name and title to earn positions on financial boards in China and in Ukraine.

In May 2014, weeks after his father had become the public face of the Obama Administration’s policy in Ukraine, Hunter Biden joined the board of a Ukrainian energy company called Burisma. He was paid $50,000 a month for his work there. He had no experience in Ukraine or energy. Burisma said he was placed on the board to help with “transparency, corporate governance, and responsibility, International expansion and other priorities.”

However, sources told the Associated Press it was his board position in China that landed him in tax trouble. It started in 2013, when Hunter Biden accompanied his then-Vice President dad on an official trip to Beijing.

There, Hunter Biden met with a Chinese investment banker, telling the New Yorker later that it was “just for a cup of coffee.”

Yet 12 days later, public records show that same banker offered Hunter Biden a position on the board of his new equity fund and a 10% stake in the company.

In October 2019, during an interview with ABC News, Hunter Biden said he used “poor judgement” in his business dealings overseas, creating problems for his father. But he also said he didn’t do anything illegal.

How does all of this tie back to Joe Biden? So far it doesn’t.

Biden and his transition office said in a statement that the President is “deeply proud of my son, who has fought through difficult challenges, including the vicious personal attacks of recent months, only to emerge stronger.”

Hunter is far from the first presidential family member to bring headaches to dad. Saturday Evening Post archivist Jeff Nilsson point out he’s just one of many presidential children whose behavior has ruffled feathers.

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Annie Andersen: HOW MUCH WOULD YOU PAY FOR ONE OF THESE? 

NOW IF I TOLD YOU THE PRESIDENT’S SON PAINTED THEM, THEN HOW MUCH WOULD YOU PAY?

A NEW YORK GALLERY IS SELLING HUNTER BIDEN’S PAINTINGS FOR ANYWHERE FROM 75 THOUSAND TO 500 THOUSAND DOLLARS EACH!

CRITICS SAY HE’S TAKING ADVANTAGE OF HIS DAD’S NAME TO MAKE A BUCK 

HUNTER BIDEN IS NOT THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL FAMILY MEMBER TO GIVE HIS DAD A HEADACHE. THERE have BEEN OTHER SONS AND DAUGHTERS WHO ACT OUT ON OCCASION.  

LET ME EXPLAIN. 

SINCE HUNTER IS THE LATEST, LET’S START WITH HIM. 

LAST YEAR, HE  ADMITTED the Justice Department WAS INVESTIGATING HIM FOR POTENTIAL TAX VIOLATIONS IN DELAWARE.

BEFORE THAT HUNTER RAISED EYEBROWS WHEN HE TOOK A JOB WITH A BEIJING BANKER, 

WHO OFFERED HUNTER A POSITION ON THE BOARD OF HIS NEW EQUITY FUND WITH A TEN PERCENT STAKE IN THE COMPANY.   

AND THEN AGAIN –  WHEN HE MADE 50K PER MONTH WITH AN ENERGY COMPANY IN THE UKRAINE CALLED BURISMA.

BOTH – WHILE HIS DAD WAS VICE PRESIDENT. SOMETHING HE NOW REGRETS.  

Hunter Biden: < I KNOW I DID NOTHING WRONG AT ALL. HOWEVER, WAS IT POOR JUDGMENT TO BE IN THE MIDDLE OF SOMETHING THAT IS A SWAMP IN MANY WAYS? YES. AND SO I TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT. DID I DO ANYTHING IMPROPER? NO. AND NOT IN ANY WAY. NOT IN ANY WAY WHATSOEVER.”>>

What about his paintings? Is this another way to influence the president? (or daddy?)

Walter Shaub, Fmr. Director of Government Ethics 2013-2017

<<””there’s nothing we can do….food 500,000 dollars.”>>

AFTER ALL, PRESIDENTIAL CHILDREN HAVE BEEN RAISING EYEBROWS 

ALMOST SINCE THE COUNTRY WAS FOUNDED SAYS ARCHIVIST JEFF NILSSON. 

(CG: JEFF NILSSON, ARCHIVIST / SATURDAY EVENING POST) <<”WHEN YOU LOOK AT JAMES MADISON’S SON, JOHN PAYNE TODD, THIS GUY JUST NEVER GOT THE MESSAGE THAT YOU HAD TO BE RESPONSIBLE. HE WAS GOING TO COAST ON HIS CONNECTIONS. AND HE WENT OFF TO EUROPE TO BE A DIPLOMAT, BUT ACTUALLY HE WENT OFF TO EUROPE TO HAVE A GOOD TIME. AND HE DID.”>>

Annie Andersen: JAMES MADISON’S STEPSON CAUSED PROBLEMS

JOHN PAYNE TODD GOT INTO A LOT OF TROUBLE AND HE WAS DRUNK FOR MOST OF IT. 

(JEFF NILSSON, ARCHIVIST, SATURDAY EVENING POST) <<”JIMMY CARTER HAD A SON, HERE’S A SMALL THING, WHO WAS WORKING AT THE NAVAL REACTOR FACILITY IN IDAHO FALLS AND HE AND A NUMBER OF OTHER PEOPLE WERE FOUND SMOKING MARIJUANA AT A NUCLEAR REACTOR. THEY ALL GOT FIRED..”>>

PRESIDENTIAL HISTORIAN JOSHUA KENDALL SAYS SADLY MANY PRESIDENTIAL CHILDREN SUFFER FROM DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE.

(JOSHUA KENDALL, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORIAN / AUTHOR: FIRST DADS) <<”IN MANY WAYS THEY LEAD A CHARMED LIFE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME THERE HAVE BEEN EMPIRICAL STUDIES SHOWING THAT AS A GROUP PRESIDENTIAL CHILDREN HAVE SUFFERED, AND THEY HAVE HIGHER RATES OF ALCOHOLISM AND MENTAL ILLNESS.

Annie Andersen: GEORGE H BUSH’S SON GEORGE W STRUGGLED WITH ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE IN HIS 20S AND 30S. 

HE SUCCESSFULLY RECOVERED TO BECOME THE 43RD PRESIDENT. 

(JOSHUA KENDALL, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORIAN/ AUTHOR: FIRST DADS) << IT WAS ONE OF HIS AIDES WHO COMMISSIONED THIS STUDY OF PRESIDENTIAL CHILDREN AND HOW THEY FARED, AND IT WAS KIND OF SCARY TO GEORGE W. BUSH TO FIND OUT, ‘OH MY GOD, A LOT OF PEOPLE IN MY CATEGORY HAD A ROUGH LIFE.”>>

Annie Andersen

IT WASN’T’ ONLY DRUGS AND ALCOHOL. GEORGE W’S ROUGH LIFE INCLUDED

-NEWS REPORTS ABOUT HOW HE AVOIDED THE VIETNAM WAR,

-HOW HE DIDN’T FULFILL HIS NATIONAL GUARD DUTIES,

-AND HOW THE S-E-C INVESTIGATED HIM FOR FAILING TO FILL OUT INSIDER TRADING FORMS ON TIME.

-HE SOLD STOCK IN AN OIL COMPANY HE PARTIALLY OWNED 10 DAYS BEFORE WAR BROKE OUT IN THE REGION HE WAS SUPPOSED TO DRILL. THIS, WHILE DADDY WAS PRESIDENT.

NILSON SAYS THE STRUGGLES AREN’T SO SURPRISING WHEN YOU CONSIDER HOW KIDS FEEL THEY HAVE TO LIVE UP TO THEIR PARENTS.

(JEFF NILSSON, ARCHIVIST, SATURDAY EVENING POST) <<”SOMETIMES TO CHILDREN, THAT IS OVERWHELMING. THERE IS NO WAY THEY CAN POSSIBLY MEET THEIR PARENTS’ EXPECTATIONS OR SURPASS THEM. AND SOMETIMES THEY JUST GIVE UP, OR THEY GO IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION AND SAY I’M NOT EVEN GOING TO TRY. I’LL JUST DO EXACTLY WHAT I WANT.”

Annie Andersen: LIKE  RONALD REAGAN’S DAUGHTER PATTI WHO PUBLICLY OPPOSED HER DAD’S POLITICS, PUBLISHED A FAMILY TELL-ALL BOOK AND LATER POSED FOR PLAYBOY.

MORE RECENTLY – THE FBI INVESTIGATED DONALD TRUMP JR FOR MEETING WITH A KREMLIN-LINKED LAWYER AT TRUMP TOWER — ANOTHER FIRST FAMILY HEADACHE.

NILSSON SAYS SOMETIMES PRESIDENTIAL CHILDREN..LIKE ALL CHILDREN… 

NEED THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT.

(JEFF NILSSON, ARCHIVIST, SATURDAY EVENING POST) <<”SOMETIMES, PRESIDENTIAL CHILDREN ARE ACCUSED OF ALL SORTS OF THINGS, WHEN THEY’RE INNOCENT. THREE OF FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT’S WERE ACCUSED OF PEDDLING INFLUENCE AND ULTIMATELY CLEARED, BUT THAT’S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU LIVE UNDER THE MICROSCOPE.”>>

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