Republican outrage grows as second batch of files discoveredSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by emailThe New York Times has today published a lengthy article investigating the business and lifestyle of a name you’ll be hearing a lot about in the coming months: Hunter Biden.Republicans in the House of Representatives have made clear they will soon investigate Joe Biden’s son, with an eye to casting both men as corrupt. Delaware’s US attorney David C Weiss is also reportedly considering whether to charge Hunter with crimes related to allegedly lying in a background check for a gun purchase, and to his tax payments.Despite their years of efforts — including Mr. Trump’s attempt to muscle Ukraine into helping him sully the Bidens, an escapade that led to his first impeachment — Republicans have yet to demonstrate that the senior Mr. Biden was involved in his son’s business deals or took any action to benefit him or his foreign partners.And some of what Republicans have cast as evidence that could implicate President Biden in questionable behavior by his son — assertions that father and son shared bank accounts, for example, or that the elder Mr. Biden was a partner with his son in his stillborn deal with the Chinese tycoon — is contradicted or undercut by a fuller look at Hunter Biden’s activities. Continue reading...
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