Commentary
Originally published by Gatestone Institute
President Joe Biden has been lying about his knowledge and likely his involvement in his son’s business dealings since at least 2018.
That is the inescapable conclusion to draw from a short voicemail recording discovered on the laptop computer that belonged to his son, Hunter and reported by The Daily Mail and The New York Post recently.
It begins innocently enough. “Hey pal, it’s Dad,” Joe Biden begins. “It’s 8:15 on Wednesday night. If you get a chance, just give me a call. Nothing urgent. I just wanted to talk to you.”
The elder Biden then turns to a specific subject. That subject was the publication of a New York Times article detailing how, in 2014, “Ye Jianming courted the Biden family and networked with former United States security officials.” The article offers some details of Ye’s efforts to lure Hunter Biden into business deals that would enrich him and curry favor with his father, vice president of the United States and the recently designated “point person” for the administration of President Barack Obama on China….