This is a chapter from RealClearInvestigations' Hunter Biden Reader, a collection of news reports on Joe Biden's errant son and other family members.
RCI's Coverage of Hunter and the Bidens
(In Reverse Chronological Order)
Hiding Biden: How Democrats Crafted the First Impeachment,
Helping Defeat Trump in 2020 With Media Help
Mark Hemingway, RealClearInvestigations, Feb. 4, 2021
By the numbers, Joe Biden is president of the United States because he won the swing states of Arizona, Georgia and Wisconsin by a combined total of some 43,000 votes. But he also owes his victory to the groundwork laid by Democrats and their media allies one year before, during the first impeachment of Donald Trump over his supposedly strings-attached demand that the Ukrainian government investigate alleged corruption involving Biden’s son, Hunter.
Ethics Watchdog Files Justice Dept. Complaint vs. Biden's Son
Paul Sperry, RealClearInvestigations, Nov. 3, 2020
A conservative public-interest law firm has filed a complaint against Joe Biden’s son, calling for a Justice Department investigation into Hunter Biden for failing to register as a foreign agent while he engaged in political activities on behalf of Ukrainian and Chinese business interests.
Court File Lists Joe Biden as a Witness With Son in Fraud Case
Paul Sperry, RealClearInvestigations, Nov. 3
A federal judge named Joe Biden as a possible “witness” along with Hunter in a criminal fraud case that ended in the convictions of two of Hunter’s business partners, according to little-noticed court documents. The Democratic presidential candidate’s appearance on a witness list casts new doubt on his claims he knew nothing about his son’s shady business dealings.
Senate Probes Hunter Biden's Failure to File as Foreign Agent
Paul Sperry, RealClearInvestigations, Oct. 30
A search of Justice Department databases reveals that Hunter Biden failed to register as a foreign agent while promoting the interests of foreign business partners in Washington, including brokering meetings with his father and other government officials. A Senate committee investigates.
Joe Biden's Boosters Wrote Prodigal Son Hunter's Entire Resume
Paul Sperry, RealClearInvestigations, Oct. 19
Hunter Biden profited from his father’s political connections long before he struck questionable deals in countries where Joe Biden was undertaking diplomatic missions as vice president. In fact, virtually all the jobs listed on his resume going back to his first position out of college, which paid a six-figure salary, came courtesy of the former six-term senator’s donors, lobbyists and allies.
Investigative Issues: A Deceptive Washington Post Story Giving the Bidens Benefits of Its Doubts
J. Peder Zane, RealClearInvestigations, Oct. 15
The Washington Post works mightily to suggest that the emails found on a laptop allegedly owned by Hunter Biden are not real.
Hunter Biden's Burisma Post Had a Troubling Conflict, Watchdog Says
Mark Hemingway, RealClearInvestigations, Nov. 19, 2019
Hunter Biden’s work at Ukrainian energy firm Burisma Holdings included a little-noted conflict of interest that wouldn’t pass muster in the United States, an American investor watchdog group says: He served for pay on the company’s putatively independent governing board despite having also been paid as a consultant to company management. The group’s study of Burisma also found that the pay of former Vice President Joe Biden’s son was more than 12 times comparable board pay at similarly sized companies.
