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Jun 1 • 6 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
Exclusive: Hunter Biden has quietly been in a messy civil case for unpaid alimony to his ex-wife Kathleen Buhle, per court docs.

In 2021, the court determined he owed Buhle $1.7+ million
By April 2023, her team said he owed her $2.9 million
axios.com/2024/06/01/hun…
Buhle is likely to testify in Hunter Biden's two trials about his addiction and finances

Hunter's myriad legal problems and debts have led his allies to reconsider starting a legal fund for him, despite concerns by Biden aides about the political optics of it.
The divorce agreement called for Hunter to pay Buhle $37k/mo plus 50% of anything he made over $875k annually, per docs filed in D.C. Superior Court and retrieved by Axios.

Hunter didn't pay the additional spousal support he owed in 2017 & 2018, when he earned $2.4m and $2.1m
Hunter's lawyers said he wanted to pay Buhle but no longer had the money after his spiral

In April 2023, Buhle's lawyer argued Hunter had borrowed "millions of dollars to pay federal back taxes and accumulated child support (and attorney fees) in Arkansas" Image
In the summer of 2020, Hunter's lawyers insinuated that Buhle was blackmailing Hunter with the threat to embarrass Biden's campaign.

"It is likely hoped that there will be some financial intervention, funded by some third-party, to help Mr. Biden with these obligations, in an effort to avoid the anticipated embarrassment to his father's presidential campaign," Hunter's lawyer wrote in July 2020.

"There will be no intervention satisfying Mr. Biden's obligations," she added.
Hunter is facing a cash crunch on other fronts too.
His former lawyer Chris Clark has been paid "virtually nothing" of what's thought to be a multi-million dollar tab, per @GlennThrush @Schwartzesque good story last night
nytimes.com/2024/05/31/us/…

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Jun 28
New: internal finger pointing begins starting w/ Biden’s debate prep team.
"He was over-prepared and relying on minutiae when all that mattered was vigor and energy," one person in Biden's orbit told Axios. "They prepared him for the wrong debate”

axios.com/2024/06/28/bid…
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"It's sad but it also makes me so mad to think of all the smart people lying and trying to make this work," a former Biden White House official told Axios.

“Disaster” a former admin official said.

“DEFCON 1,” said David Plouffe.

W/ @HansNichols
@HansNichols Biden wanted to debate, his team proposed the timing of it, and set the ground rules.

Those close to Biden were split on whether they should accept Trump's challenge but Biden — who at times doesn't realize how old he can come across — wanted to face-off against Trump.
Read 5 tweets
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Jun 19
New: Dems, including some Biden aides, are increasingly dubious about the theory for victory focusing on Jan. 6/democracy.

"Even for those close to the center, there is a hesitance to raise skepticism or doubt…for fear of being viewed as disloyal”
axios.com/2024/06/19/bid…
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A Dem strategist in touch with the campaign told Axios: "It is unclear to many of us watching from the outside whether the president and his core team realize how dire the situation is right now, and whether they even have a plan to fix it. That is scary."
Mike Donilon, Biden's top political aide, has reassured ppl that voters will "do the right thing" by rejecting Trump, per a Biden aide who has heard him say it.

"Joe Biden is a great president, and great presidents get re-elected," is another common Donilon refrain. Image
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May 13
New: Psaki wrote in her new book Biden didn’t check his watch during ceremony for the Abbey Gate soldiers

It was “misinformation,” she wrote, contradicting news photos & the Gold Star families

Psaki initially didnt comment but says it will be corrected
axios.com/2024/05/13/psa…
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Psaki’s full statement to Axios this AM:

“the detail in a few lines of the book about the exact number of times he looked at his watch will be removed in future reprints and the ebook.” Image
In her book, Psaki writes that "the president looked at his watch only after the ceremony had ended. Moments later, he and the First Lady headed toward their car."

But the AP photographer snapped two of him looking at his watch 10 minutes apart, as fact checks noted at the time Image
Read 8 tweets
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Apr 1
New: Trump allies plot anti-racism protections — for white people

Trump's close allies want to dramatically change the government's interpretation of Civil Rights-era laws to focus on "anti-white racism" rather than discrimination against ppl of color.
axios.com/2024/04/01/tru…
Trump's DoJ would push to eliminate or upend programs in government and corporate America that are designed to counter racism that has favored whites (DEI, etc.).

The Trump campaign's Steven Cheung told Axios: "Joe Biden has continued to push unlawful civil rights abuses ... As President Trump has said, all staff, offices, and initiatives connected to Biden's un-American policy will be immediately terminated."
Stephen Miller's group America First Legal has already started laying the legal groundwork.
Citing the Civil Rights Act of 1964, he filed a civil rights complaint against the NFL in February about its "Rooney Rule."
American First argued that "given the limited time frame to hire executives and coaches after the season, this results in fewer opportunities for similarly situated, well-qualified candidates who are not minorities."
Read 8 tweets
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Mar 27
New: Biden and Dems (mostly) have ditched “Bidenomics” while congressional Republicans are using it more than ever.
Biden said it for the first time in over two months yesterday & has been saying it less & less for months
W/ @HansNichols @StefWKight
axios.com/2024/03/27/bid…
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"Bidenomics" mentions by congressional Dems dropped during the fall and now have nearly disappeared.

R’s can't stop saying it: They've used "Bidenomics" nearly 500 times this month in their public statements, per data from Quorum. Image
Biden’s advisers calculated that voters were going to blame — or credit — him for the economy regardless of what anyone called it.

The goal was to co-opt Biden's Republican critics and do for "Bidenomics" what former President Obama did with "Obamacare" — take a word that seemed a political liability and turn it into an asset.
Read 4 tweets
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Mar 12
New: my write-up of the Biden transcript.
Biden repeatedly asked for help remembering important dates w/ lawyers stepping in
"When did I announce for President [in 2019]?,"
"If it was 2013 — when did I stop being vice president?"
"In 2009, am I still vice president?"
"Trump gets elected in November of 2017?"
axios.com/2024/03/12/bid…
Twice on the same day, Biden struggled to find the words for "fax machine."

"You see where there's a printer and there's a–what do they call it, the machine that–?" he asked until WH counsel Ed Siskel offered up "fax machine" in both instances.
While talking about the years 2017 and 2018, Biden said: "Remember, in this time frame, my son is — either been deployed or is dying" and adds: "And, and so what was happening, though — what month did Beau die? Oh, God, May 30 —" before WH counsel offered that it was in 2015. Image
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