President Joe Biden’s European wardrobe was the focus of Politico Playbook’s Thursday evening edition as it and other establishment media outlets ignored allegations against the president of receiving a $5 million bribe.
Politico, which frequently tries to protect the Bidens from political liabilities, such as its infamous reporting on the “Laptop from Hell” in 2020, focused its lead story in Politico Playbook’s evening newsletter on a 724-word piece about Joe Biden’s wardrobe during his latest tour in Europe.
Nowhere in the newsletter was the biggest story of the month: Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) released an FBI information record that alleged Joe Biden and Hunter Biden each received $5 million from Mykola Zlochevsky, the founder of Burisma Holdings, after Joe Biden threatened to withhold aid to Ukraine until President Petro Poroshenko fired a prosecutor investigating Burisma.
Instead, Playbook’s in-depth reporters — Eli Stokols, Lauren Egan, and Lawrence…