
<p>President Biden was able to push off a number of serious scandals past the 2020 presidential election – scandals that may well have cost him the election. ; Will he be able to do it again before the 2024 presidential election? ; Most notable among them are the various issues raised by Hunter Biden’s laptop.</p>



<p>Biden’s efforts to keep his and his family’s scandals out of the news were successful because he had help. ; First and foremost, Biden benefited from a crony media that would protect him no matter how serious or well-documented the accusations were. ; ;</p>



<p>The Biden campaign claimed that the laptop did not belong to Hunter – and the media proffered the same lie. ; They floated a narrative that it was a disinformation campaign by Russian operatives.</p>



<p>One of the more disturbing aspects of the charade was the fact that the FBI and the CIA participated in the fraud in order to help Biden win the election – or more likely, to prevent President Trump from winning reelection.</p>



<p>Former CIA Deputy Director Michael Morrell testified before Congress that he had arranged to have 51 former CIA agents issue a public letter claiming that the laptop story was a Russian disinformation ploy. ; It is important to keep in mind that this was a political trick carried out for the sole purpose of protecting Biden in the midst of a highly contested campaign.</p>



<p>Among the signatories was Jeremy Bash – a frequent guest on leftwing cable shows. ; He is also the husband of CNN’s leftwing personality, Dana Bash. (Interesting, how the leftwing media and leftwing government work in tandem.)</p>



<p>A number of signatories were later provided with jobs in the Biden administration &#8212; including Bash, who was appointed to Biden’s Intelligence Advisory Board. ; Bash had also put Morell in touch with Steve Ricchetti, Biden’s campaign chairman, who thanked Morrell for orchestrating the phony letter. ; Biden referred to the phony letter in his final debate with Trump.</p>



<p>The CIA was not alone in propping up the false claim that the Hunter laptop was a Russian creation. ; FBI officials also endorsed that narrative – without an investigation or scintilla of evidence. ;</p>



<p>(If that has a familiar foul smell, you may be recalling the Steele Dossier – another anti-Trump phony document created by Democrats – specifically the Clinton campaign &#8212; and promoted by the same FBI and leftwing media. ; And the Dossier was part of the equally phony Russian conspiracy narrative.)</p>



<p>The disinformation campaign was so successful that reports linking the laptop – and the damning information contained on it – were ridiculed and literally censored. ; The story detailing the contents of the laptop appeared on the front page of the <em>New York Times</em>. ; When it was posted on Twitter, it was taken down as fake news. ; Facebook also censored claims that the laptop belonged to Hunter.</p>



<p>That treatment continued until major publications like the <em>New York Times</em> and the <em>Washington Post</em> could no longer deny the legitimacy of the story – and the contents of the laptop, including its ownership by Hunter Biden.</p>



<p>But even as Hunter’s problems multiplied, the stories were not given appropriate coverage by the major media. ; Hunter’s involvement with a corrupt Ukrainian energy company, millions of dollars from American adversaries – China and Russia – unpaid child support, failure to register as a foreign agent, and possible tax fraud was played down in the media. ; ;</p>



<p>Then there were the activities of the President’s brother Frank &#8212; and that 10 percent of the money that was earmarked for “the big guy.” ; There can be no mistake about who “the big guy” is.</p>



<p>How will Attorney General Merrick Garland deal with Biden’s stash of White House Documents? ; Yes, it is different than Trump’s problem – but it is starting to look less innocent than Biden first suggested.</p>



<p>Like President Trump, Biden also has an unresolved case of alleged sexual assault. ; Tara Reade accused Biden of forcibly penetrating her with his finger. ; Like all the other Biden scandals, that case has been ignored. ; Other women complained about Biden’s inappropriate touching and kissing. ; Unlike Trump, Biden’s past stories do not get permanently recycled by the media.</p>



<p>While all these scandals have been dropped from public conversations over the years, they have not gone away entirely. ; In fact, they seem to be heating up.  ; The Department of Justice – after dragging its feet for several years – appears to be undertaking a serious investigation of Hunter Biden on tax issues. ; ;</p>



<p>The mother of Hunter’s love (?) child is asking a court to lock up the First Son for not obeying court orders to turn over financial records in conjunction with the paternity case. ; That could open up a much larger issue for Hunter. ; While the request is to determine his ability to pay child support, a complete look at his financial dealings in recent years could be a treasure trove of evidence for prosecutors.</p>



<p>Then there is Hunter’s failure to file as a foreign agent and his lying to get a gun. ; Then there is the question as to whether Hunter’s exorbitant art sales are a veiled influence peddling racket.</p>



<p>It is a little more than one year to the 2024 presidential election – and Biden will be seeking a second term. ; Can he outrun the scandals for a second time? ; Time will tell.</p>



<p>So, there ‘tis.</p>

Can Biden Dodge Scandals Until After the 2024 Election?
