Social media angle of Hunter Biden email story has dominated coverage. But remember NYP headline: 'Smoking-gun email reveals how Hunter Biden introduced Ukrainian businessman to VP dad.' 1/12 washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/column…
Yes, social media angle is important. But big story is: Did Hunter Biden introduce that Ukrainian businessman to his vice president dad? Important for two reasons... 2/12
First, we already know that a corrupt Ukrainian company, Burisma, put Hunter Biden on its board to win influence with Obama administration. NYP story suggests Burisma actually got something for its money. 3/12
Second, NYP story might also shed light on Joe Biden's flat denial of knowledge about Hunter Biden's Burisma connection. "I have never spoken to my son about his overseas business dealings," Joe Biden said. 4/12
Biden campaign denies NYP story. Spox: 'We have reviewed Joe Biden's official schedules from the time and no meeting, as alleged by the New York Post, ever took place.' 5/12
Seems clear. But then Politico reported this: 6/12
Oh. That reporting, if accurate, makes things murker. Maybe there was an 'informal' interaction between Joe Biden and the Ukrainian. 'Cursory.' In other words, the NYP article might be accurate. 7/12
And then the Washington Post factchecker wrote this: 8/12
A question: Does anyone remember the Trump-Russia investigation? There were news stories that characterized a handshake and chat between a Trump figure and a Russian, like Sergey Kislyak, as 'contacts with Russians' worthy of investigation. 9/12
Robert Mueller's prosecutors probed one such meet-and-greet moment at 2016 Republican convention, taking testimony under oath from Jeff Sessions, JD Gordon, and others. Also questioned Jared Kushner about another handshake. 10/12
Now, when Biden campaign allows there might have been 'informal' and 'cursory' encounter between Joe Biden and an executive from the corrupt Ukrainian company that was paying his son $50,000 a month to do nearly nothing... 11/12
...much of the political world's reaction is not only to deny the story without investigating but to praise social media companies for banning it. Link: On Hunter Biden, remember the real story. 12/12 End. washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/column…
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