By John Zmirak, The Stream, December 3, 2024
John Zmirak is a senior editor at The Stream and author or coauthor of 14 books, including The Politically Incorrect Guide to Immigration and The Politically Incorrect Guide to Catholicism. His newest book is No Second Amendment, No First.
Political commentators have been arguing the last two days about Joe Biden’s pardon of his son Hunter — whom Joe appointed as the bagman for the Biden family business of politically driven shakedowns and bribes.
In case you forgot the long list of influence peddling around the world, which culminated in the U.S. currently risking a nuclear war with Russia, here’s a helpful timeline:
Some pundits suggest that Joe was only looking out for himself through all that, taking away any leverage an honest Department of Justice might have to make Hunter testify against other Biden famiglia capos, exposing the massive corruption that extended from Iraq to China to Ukraine.
No, Hunter won’t be able to plead the Fifth, now that he has immunity. But that doesn’t mean he will testify. Call him up before Congress, and he simply won’t show up. Or else he’ll show up and clam up. “What are you going to do, put me in jail?” he might sneer. …