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House releases overview of evidence against Biden

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Influence peddling "is punishable as a crime in Argentina, Belgium, Bulgaria, Brazil, France, Hungary, Italy, Portugal, Romania,[2] Spain, and the United Kingdom."

Thank heavens America firmly stands against alien and foreign legal concepts.
 
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Influence peddling "is punishable as a crime in Argentina, Belgium, Bulgaria, Brazil, France, Hungary, Italy, Portugal, Romania,[2] Spain, and the United Kingdom."

Thank heavens America firmly stands against alien and foreign legal concepts.
Huh, didn't know it had a specific legal definition (even if not in the US). I'd assumed it encompassed any use of influence for personal gain.
 
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The link in the OP outlines no crimes. It presents a series of documents and selective quotes that purports to demonstrate Joe Biden's involvement in his family's "influence peddling schemes". Under scrutiny, the evidence pointing to Joe Biden's involvement ranges from tenuous to non-existent, and no actual crimes are presented. As I noted in an earlier post, "influence peddling," much like "collusion," is not a crime on its own. It's something that every single one of us does on a day-to-day basis. Any actual criminal acts would be in relation to how influence was being peddled, and how that peddled influence was used. There is no information presented on either of those fronts.
right it lists out what they are looking into

It is an impeachment inquiry, where they investigate and if substantiated, they bring charges -

It's an inquiry -
 
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Huh, didn't know it had a specific legal definition (even if not in the US). I'd assumed it encompassed any use of influence for personal gain.
Like receiving more than 20,000,000 dollars from foreign sources and filtering through 20 shell corporations?
 
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right it lists out what they are looking into

It is an impeachment inquiry, where they investigate and if substantiated, they bring charges -

It's an inquiry -
Fishing-expedition.
That’s not how “Justice” is supposed to work in this land.
 
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Like receiving more than 20,000,000 dollars from foreign sources and filtering through 20 shell corporations?
If someone is dumb enough to give Hunter Biden $20m, I’m pretty sure that Hunter Biden is dumb enough to take it.
 
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6) In 2015, then-Vice President Biden hosted Hunter Biden and Devon Archer and other business associates at the official residence of the Vice President. The topic of discussion was filling the top seat at the United Nations. The Kazakhstani government official who wanted the U.N. position attended both dinners at Café Milano with then-Vice President Biden.

 
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Like receiving more than 20,000,000 dollars from foreign sources and filtering through 20 shell corporations?
Not foreign emoluments! Gasp!

Breakfast conversation!
 
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Not foreign emoluments! Gasp!

Breakfast conversation!
No - not foreign emoluments - that is no where in the link -

You should really read it, it will prevent errors like this.
 
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9) In May 2017, James Gilliar, a Biden family associate, emailed Hunter Biden and other associates to formalize how they would divide the profit from their deal with CEFC, a Chinese Communist Party linked energy company. Gilliar indicated Joe Biden would receive 10 percent, which has been confirmed by former Biden family associate, Tony Bobulinski.

 
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9) In May 2017, James Gilliar, a Biden family associate, emailed Hunter Biden and other associates to formalize how they would divide the profit from their deal with CEFC,
No deal with CEFC ever materialized.
 
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Not foreign emoluments! Gasp!

Breakfast conversation!

I don't think straight up bribery counts as an emolument lol.

Not even if one's crack addled son collects them.
 
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9) In May 2017, James Gilliar, a Biden family associate, emailed Hunter Biden and other associates to formalize how they would divide the profit from their deal with CEFC, a Chinese Communist Party linked energy company. Gilliar indicated Joe Biden would receive 10 percent, which has been confirmed by former Biden family associate, Tony Bobulinski.


Is Zang the same person from the leaked dms?

 
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You know, the hundreds interviews, intrusive electronic surveillance, and attempt after attempt to pin anything on the guy that ended up with a few people not cooperating with the investigation and Manafort sharing some polling data with the Russians....and that's it.
Right. Less of course all those who served time in jail. Sentenced to jail. And indicted.
 
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11) In a September 21, 2017, email, Hunter Biden wrote that Joe Biden is his business partner and provided Joe Biden’s personal cell phone if the recipient seeks confirmation. Emails also show that Hunter Biden, CEFC officials, and Joe Biden would share offices under the Hudson

Which means nothing. Specially since Sept 21, 2017. Joe is a private citizen.
 
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Corruption....you call it "influence peddling" because that sounds better but when you use the influence of your office for personal gain....that's Corruption.




Perhaps you didn't pay any attention IRS whistleblowers' testimony....but I did. These are experts on international tax evasion, money laundering, and fraud. They're claiming they had evidence of Biden having shell corporations and fraud/evasion/bribery etc....they were simply prevented from following up on it.

You may notice that the house ways and means committee promised to follow up on it.

Here we are.
Doesn't answer my question. I know the claim is abuse of power, but what abuse of power in particular?
The IRS agents have not one thing to do with Joe Biden. But feel free to impeach Hunter.
 
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