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In May 2014, Biden’s youngest son, Hunter, joined the board of Burisma, a Ukrainian energy company whose owner was being investigated in a corruption probe. Hunter Biden received monthly compensation of as much as $50,000 during his approximately five-year tenure. In December 2015, Vice President Biden was among many Western leaders calling for the ouster of Ukraine’s prosecutor general, Viktor Shokin, over allegations that he was not rooting out corruption in the country. “My son did nothing wrong,” Biden said in October 2019. “I did nothing wrong.”"

As a matter of fact, Hunter made significantly more than $50,000 a month.
Hunter Biden 'was paid $83,333 a month by Ukrainian gas company to be a "ceremonial figure" with a "powerful name" while his firm got a total of $3.4million'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7592235/Hunter-Biden-paid-83-333-month-Ukrainian-gas-company-ceremonial-figure.html

My son did nothing wrong
Really? Senate exposes a rogues' gallery of shady foreign associates behind Hunter Biden's lucrative deals
The Senate report provides a detailed roadmap, exposing the Bidens' connections to hostile foreign governments and individuals, including convicted criminals. Quoted material below is from the joint committee report (except the quotes appearing within the report itself).

The main characters reportedly enriching the Bidens are from Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and China:
https://justthenews.com/accountability/russia-and-ukraine-scandals/senate-exposes-rogues-gallery-shady-foreign-associates

Senate report slams Bidens for conflicts of interest, flags possible criminal activity

Ayear-long Senate investigation concluded Wednesday that Hunter Biden's efforts to cash in on foreign business deals during his father's vice presidency raised alarm among U.S. government officials, who perceived an ethical conflict of interest and flagged concerns about possible criminal activity ranging from bribery to sex trafficking.
https://justthenews.com/accountability/russia-and-ukraine-scandals/senate-report-slams-bidens-conflicts-interest-flags

As for Papa Joe, not doing anything wrong? Well, let's consider the facts. Joe Biden was point man for Obama in Ukraine. But, he says he did not know what his son was doing during that time. Well, it appears Joe either was not on top of things in Ukraine, if he did not even know what his own son was up to, or Joe did know. He can't have it both ways.

Perhaps Old Joe wasn't knowing all this as well. Hunter dumps his wife, dates his brother's widow, while dating her, he knocks up a stripper in Arkansas.
Hunter Biden fathered child with woman while dating brother’s widow, DNA test reveals
https://www.syracuse.com/us-news/2019/11/hunter-biden-fathered-child-with-woman-while-dating-brothers-widow-dna-test-reveals.html

Remeber Michele Obama? Well, she said it best...."If you can't take care of your own house, you don't belong in the White House".

Your promised expose' of Hunter Biden and the Biden Family Enterprise turns out to be a "It really wasn't that bad" bit of sophistry.

I'll give you this much. Current laws allow this stuff, so Biden's family members did nothing illegal. But, the Obama administration did not look upon Hunter's activities with no concern. In fact, they tried to speak to Papa Joe about it,but Joe didn't want to hear it.

Senate GOP report: Obama administration 'ignored the glaring warning signs' of Hunter Biden's dealings in Ukraine

The report says George Kent, former acting deputy chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine, “raised concerns to officials in Vice President Joe Biden’s office about the perception of a conflict of interest with respect to Hunter Biden’s role on Burisma’s board” in early 2015. The report alleges that “Kent’s concerns went unaddressed” and that he wrote an email to his colleagues stating that “the presence of Hunter Biden on the Burisma board was very awkward for all U.S. officials pushing an anticorruption agenda in Ukraine” in September 2016. The report also contends that senior State Department official Amos Hochstein “raised concerns with Vice President Biden, as well as with Hunter Biden, that Hunter Biden’s position on Burisma’s board enabled Russian disinformation efforts and risked undermining U.S. policy in Ukraine” in October 2015.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/corruption-gop-senators-release-report-on-joe-biden-hunter-biden-and-ukraine

And don't you just wonder one tiny bit as to why and how Hunter Biden got such a good deal with the Chinese, when Goldman Sachs and other such investment firms could not. You made the case for how poorly Hunter's and James's business acumen was. Just How did Hunter do his magic in China?
Hunter Biden’s deals ‘served’ China and Chinese military, new film claims
Hunter Biden’s business dealings in China served the “strategic interests” of the country’s communist government and military — and may have imperiled American national security, claims a new documentary exclusively previewed by The Post.

“Riding the Dragon: The Bidens’ Chinese Secrets” highlights several deals that Hunter Biden was involved in as a board member of the Beijing-based BHR Partners investment firm.

The film also alleges that Hunter was only able to get meetings with Chinese officials — and secure $1 billion in funding — “because of who his father was: vice president of the United States” and then-President Barack Obama’s “point person on US policy towards China.”

https://nypost.com/2020/09/03/new-film-sheds-light-on-hunter-bidens-deals-with-china/

You can put on the blinders if you wish, when it comes to the Biden's, but do me a favor, show me how much any of the Trump kids are making from foreign governments. All the allegations about Hunter are documented and factual. But I have not seen where any foreign governments are handing out huge sums of cash or bogus but lucrative board memberships to any Trump kids. But perhaps you abide by Joe's mantra "We don't believe the facts, we believe the truth". I would take that to mean, the truth as he sees it, regardless of the facts.