House committee begins probe into the Biden family
CNN was previously caught spiking coverage of the brewing Biden scandal during the 2020 election
Over two years after the New York Post first shed light on the Biden family’s shady business dealings, CNN finally ran its own report about the questionable ethics surrounding the president.
As President Biden is engulfed in scandal with the ongoing special counsel investigation into his mishandling of classified documents, CNN ran the headline, “A famous last name, business deals and a looming probe: Republicans ramp up investigation of Biden family.”
The report published Tuesday laid out potential conflicts of interest regarding the president’s son Hunter Biden and his brothers James and Frank Biden, who leveraged their close association with the powerful Democrat both during and after the Obama-Biden presidency.
In 2021, Frank Biden assured a group of medical professionals he would do all he can to “get federal dollars” for them while the power of the influence of his brother’s “bully pulpit” though he denied he ever took part in any “quid pro quo.” CNN also pointed to multiple lawsuits leveled at James Biden, who was accused of fraud after he boasted his relation to the famous politician.
During an on-air report that aired several times between Tuesday and Wednesday, CNN addressed Biden’s assertion that he never spoke with Hunter about his business dealings, pointing to at least one meeting the then-vice president had with Hunter and his business associate, Mexican airline leader Miguel Alemán Magnani.
CNN’s new reporting on old revelations was pummeled by critics on social media.
“It took three reporters to aggregate the NY Post?” National Review social media editor Claude Thompson wondered.
“Weird how this went unreported in 2020 when Biden was lying about it even though the facts were known,” RealClearInvestigations senior reporter Mark Hemingway tweeted. “What’s next? We’ll learn Hunter was getting million dollar wire transfers from Russian oligarchs?”
“This story is how many years old now? Why even share CNN,” Washington Free Beacon reporter Joe Gabriel Simonson knocked the liberal network.
“Welcome to 2020,” Substack writer Jim Treacher quipped.
Mark Hemingway on Twitter: “Weird how this went unreported in 2020 when Biden was lying about it even though the facts were known.What’s next? We’ll learn Hunter was getting million dollar wire transfers from Russian oligarchs? https://t.co/Y1YsZ8YeFQ / Twitter”
Weird how this went unreported in 2020 when Biden was lying about it even though the facts were known.What’s next? We’ll learn Hunter was getting million dollar wire transfers from Russian oligarchs? https://t.co/Y1YsZ8YeFQ
Critics had a similar attitude towards media outlets that finally verified the authenticity of Hunter Biden’s laptop after the New York Post ran its bombshell reporting during the 2020 presidential election.
Among news organizations that confirmed the laptop after peddling the discredited Russian disinformation narrative include Politico, The New York Times, The Washington Post, NBC News, CNN and CBS News.
