Actually, the real influence peddler was Donald Trump

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  1. Patricio Da Silva

    Patricio Da Silva Well-Known Member Donor

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    What was that about Hunter Biden 'influence peddling'?

    I got your influence peddling, right here:



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    [Dan Abrams, referring to the hoopla over Hunter Biden] If the outrage is over a child using powerful political dad's influence to gain favors from a Chinese business, Chinese more broadly, which all seems important to expose, by the way, then there was also a potentially bigger story last week that somehow got almost completely overlooked.

    The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday that workers from ZTE, a state-owned Chinese telecommunications company, had been tracked by U.S officials "exiting suspected Chinese spy facilities in Cuba." Now, that is the same Chinese company that in 2017 pled guilty to illegally exporting U.S technology to Iran and North Korea, the same company that was then sanctioned by the U.S, and the same company for whom President Trump reversed sanctions, much to the consternation of many Republicans.

    And here's why that's important. Days before and then days after the announcement of the reversal of sanctions, Ivanka Trump received various trademarks from the Chinese government. And immediately following the ending of the sanctions, China announced a $500 million loan to help fund a theme park in Indonesia with a Trump-branded Hotel and golf course.

    At the time, President Trump bizarrely claimed he did it to save Chinese jobs. But Trump trade advisor Peter Navarro told Fox News something different at the time: "The president did this as a personal favor to the president of China as a way of showing some goodwill for bigger efforts." And this personal favor to China came despite "intelligence reviewed during the Trump Administration" that contributed to suspicions at the time that ZTE and another Chinese company might be playing a role in expanding China's ability to spy on the U.S from the island--that's according to the Wall Street Journal report last week.
     
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    FreshAir Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    the right doesn't really care, they only pretend too
     
  3. GrayMan

    GrayMan Well-Known Member

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    This is just coincidence as far as the evidence suggests. Biden was caught on tape admitting a quid pro quo.

    Discussion between countries, with the president, are recorded. Why hasn't Biden released a tape showing evidence of Trumps quid pro quo? He has the power to do so. Until then, there is nothing to say.
     
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  4. straight ahead

    straight ahead Well-Known Member

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    What a crock of ****.

    There's a mountain of evidence against Biden but the liberals put on blindfolds and bump into walls claiming they can't see it.

    Nice try *******.
     
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    Lee Atwater Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    They are?

    Trump says what happens in Putin meeting is 'none of your business'

    Ahead of a planned meeting with Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit in Japan, President Donald Trump on Wednesday said what he talks about with the Russian president is "none of your business."

    That kind of dismissal has fueled concerns about their previous meetings, some of which are under investigation by Congress over reports that Trump destroyed translators' notes afterwards or met without any U.S. officials present. The reported destruction of notes is also the subject of lawsuits that allege the Trump administration has violated federal laws about records preservation.

    "I'll have a very good conversation with him. What I say to him is none of your business," Trump answered as he left the White House when a reporter asked him whether he would tell Putin not to meddle in U.S. elections.

    https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-putin-meeting-business/story?id=63967271

    Where are those tapes?

    Trump has spoken privately with Putin at least 16 times. Here’s what we know about the conversations.

    President Trump has spoken privately with Russia’s Vladimir Putin at least 16 times since he entered office in 2017. These conversations have long been the subject of scrutiny and speculation, given the Kremlin’s interference in the election that brought Trump to power.

    Now, with Trump’s private interactions the subject of a broader scandal after the release of a partial rough transcript of his July 25 conversation with Ukraine’s president, Trump’s conversations with Putin are being viewed with renewed interest.

    House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif.) has said that Congress is particularly interested in finding the records of Trump’s calls with Putin, especially if they had been stored in an unorthodox way. The Kremlin initially said it did not want the conversations made public, though Putin said Wednesday that he would not be against it.

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...times-heres-what-we-know-about-conversations/
     
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    doombug Well-Known Member

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    Translation: We know the Bidens are corrupt but look, a squirrel!!!!
     
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    kriman Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    What Trump did or did not do does not have a thing to do with Biden's misdeeds.
     
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    WhoDatPhan78 Banned

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    Biden was not caught on tape admitting anything.

    He made a public statement about him carrying out the foreign policy of the US and it's allies.
     
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    all must be held accountable for security infractions.
     
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    Trump gets my award for red herring of the year.
     
  11. fmw

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    If only I could hold them accountable but I'm only a victim of the corruption. These people are above the law. You know that.
     
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    Gateman_Wen Well-Known Member

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    Lol, no.
     
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    Gateman_Wen Well-Known Member

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    No, there is not.
     
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    fmw Well-Known Member

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    There is mountain range of evidence. That you choose to ignore it doesn't change a thing.
     
  15. GrayMan

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    I know the left doesn't care and doesn't even pretend to.
     
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    Gateman_Wen Well-Known Member

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    YOu just repeating that doesn't make it magically appear. There is not any evidence of criminal activities by Joe Biden. That's just a fact and you're going to have to learn to deal with it.
     
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    Gateman_Wen Well-Known Member

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    Lol, you copied a post from earlier in the thread because it made you angry.

    Another word for that is "triggered", just in case you were wondering.
     
  18. GrayMan

    GrayMan Well-Known Member

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    You attributing to me an emotional response that doesn't exist if it can be considered relevant at all. Pointing out the fact that the OP is either projecting or having a double standard doesn't require an emotional response.
     
  19. Patricio Da Silva

    Patricio Da Silva Well-Known Member Donor

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    No because the beneficiary of that action was the united states not joe biden
    In the Biden administration the DOJ operates independently as they should
     
  20. Patricio Da Silva

    Patricio Da Silva Well-Known Member Donor

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    That would be interesting if it were true. But of course, you have no evidence that your claim is true
     
  21. Patricio Da Silva

    Patricio Da Silva Well-Known Member Donor

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    If there were any evidence at all, u s attorney delaware David Weiss would have done something, but he didn't. all that happened was a Hunter Biden got two misdemeanors that's it. That is after a five year investigation
     
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    Patricio Da Silva Well-Known Member Donor

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    That would be amusing if it were true, noting that u s attorney delaware david weiss, who has been investigating hunter for five years And came up with two misdemeanors your point is without merit
     
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    And exactly how does a two-minute vid from a hard left "news" site support your point?
     
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    Mor does you repeating that horse crap.
     

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