If there is anything the White House has wanted to avoid for the last 11 months, it has been addressing the scandal behind Hunter Biden’s laptop. As you may remember, Hunter Biden’s laptop fell into the hands of a repairman, who had been brought the device by the younger Biden. Both federal and right-wing investigators are now occupying the laptop. Much of the contents included questionable photos of the President’s son, engaging in activity that is unbecoming of the progeny of the most powerful man in the world, from drug use to sexual activity with prostitutes.
Nevermind that the left had constantly harped against Trump’s kids, suggesting any time that the Trump’s had a spike of energy, they were using cocaine, or that any list of normal foreign business conducted by a multi-national firm like the Trump Organization, was the manifestation of their fears of selling the influence of their President-father. Hunter’s provable attempts to sell his father’s influence as Vice President earned the otherwise unemployable wreck of a man, multi-million and multi-billion dollar contracts for which he was woefully and completely unqualified. Even back until last October, now RedState Managing Editor Jennifer Van Laar and I wrote numerous pieces in which we detailed the times which Hunter Biden abused his father’s influence to engage in business in China that enriched him, yet our factual and sourced pieces were labeled as “pizzagate conspiracy” by people within the lame-stream media.
Yesterday Jen Psaki received a question form a reporter at the White House Press Conference.
“Thanks, Jen. A huge report was published by the Biden Administration on corruption. That report was very comprehensive. I want to quickly ask two questions, hopefully not too difficult. Shortly after Biden’s virtual meeting with the Chinese President, the First Son’s attorney said that he has finally divested from a Chinese investment fund, controlled by state-owned entities. It was my hope that you would provide some basic transparency on this transaction. This could include the name of the buyer and how much it cost. And my second question my colleague Miranda Divine has a new book out called The Laptop From Hell, and I was hoping you could confirm that the laptop is indeed authentic and not Russian disinformation as you seemed to suggest on Twitter last year.”
Oh dang. But it was Psaki’s response that showed next-level tone-deafness.
“Well, uh, on the first, the President’s son is not an employee of the federal government, so I point you to his representatives and as it relates to the book, I’ve neither had the time nor interest in exploring or reading the book.”
Evidently dissatisfied by the half-hearted attempt to distract from his question and trying to get an answer from Psaki’s, the reporter responded with snotty condescension, waving her pen as a weapon, and wavering her pen.
“I think I answered your question….”
No, you didn’t. Do you believe transparency is important in disclosing details about the transaction? Is it possible to confirm the authenticity of your laptop? Neither of those questions requires consulting with Hunter’s attorneys, who clearly aren’t required to disclose private transaction details (though the press would have collectively demanded the same had the name been “Donald Trump Jr.”). In fact, committing to transparency for the business the President’s son was literally doing with the Chinese Government is, to many, a very important issue. Psaki also knows full well that any of these transparency questions will not bode well in the Biden administration.
It was made worse by the questions about her laptop. He asked her to just admit that she wasn’t right about Russian disinformation. Psaki flatly refused to reply, indicating that she was aware, and most likely, knew at the time, that this was not Russian disinformation. For her to state so at the time was a lie and one that was used to weaponize any reporting on the laptop or about Hunter’s business dealings, as misinformation. Psaki doesn’t belong anywhere near that podium, let alone in that building. This is not a fair way for her to be handling the American public’s information.
You can see the entire interaction right here.
BREAKING: Psaki is asked if she will admit that the Hunter Biden Laptop is real and not “Russian Disinformation” — She did not like this question. pic.twitter.com/4Zu6nAJMdZ
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) December 6, 2021
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