(08-01-2023, 05:56 AM)homebiscuit Wrote:

(08-01-2023, 05:28 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: The testimony was that Joe Biden did talk at times to Hunter Biden's business associates, when Hunter would put him on speakerphone, but the conversation was always just small talk, like how's the weather, stuff like that. 

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Hunter was selling the illusion of access.  

Nothing came out in that testimony yesterday that implicated Joe Biden in anything wrong.

In your opinion, do you think Joe knew the motives of his son when he talked on these phone calls?

I don't know.  So many allegations have been thrown around, I'm at the point of "prove it."  And so far, no proof.  It's possible that Joe did know what Hunter was doing, selling "access" or influence that he didn't really have, but on the other hand, it's also possible Joe just said hi to someone Hunter had on the phone, because Hunter asked him to say hi.

Put yourself in Hunter Biden's shoes.  Someone offers you a lot of money because they think you have influence on your father's decisions.  Do you tell them they are mistaken, or do you take the money?  And if Hunter is a crook, he might tell them he has influence.  It's easy money.  He doesn't have to have actual influence.  All he has to do is make other people think he does.

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