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(FreedomWire.org) – The House Oversight Committee dealt a massive blow to President Joe Biden and has subpoenaed phone records for a secret phone belonging to President Joe Biden that Hunter Biden’s business paid for.

Peter Schweizer, Government Accountability Institute President, revealed the subpoena in a recent interview. The GOP discovered the secret phone by looking through Hunter’s scandalous laptop.

Schweizer said: “We obtained that phone number and we’ve shared it with individuals and the Oversight Committee in Congress is going to subpoena those phone records. 

“And what’s important here is that’s not a government phone, this is not Joe Biden’s private phone that he’s paying for himself. It’s actually [Hunter] Biden’s business that paid for it.

“I think it’s going to yield a lot of interesting information as to who Joe Biden was talking to on this phone that was being paid for by his son.”

“It’s very troubling — the pattern that we’re seeing here,” Schweizer said about the IRS whistleblowers getting taken off the Hunter Biden case.

“You have these whistleblower complaints filed by people in the IRS that were looking at Hunter Biden’s failure to pay taxes. 

“They issued whistleblower complaint to Congress — the report is that those individuals had been removed from the case, which is contrary to the Whistleblower Law — you’re not allowed to remove somebody from their position just because they filed a whistleblower complaint.

“What happened in 2018 was the IRS looked into the fact that Hunter Biden had taken in all this foreign income, we exposed it in Secret Empires in 2018. That sort of launched the grand jury and you had this IRS investigation.

“And they basically concluded that Hunter Biden had taken in millions of dollars from foreign sources, had not paid taxes on it. 

“You have this friend, this lawyer in Los Angeles that paid two million to the IRS to pay some of the back taxes, but the IRS was looking into charges of tax evasion.

“They went to congressional committees and complained that they believe there had been political interference from DOJ. I haven’t seen the details, but this was the claim. 

“And now lo and behold, the IRS says we’re going to remove the team from investigating Hunter Biden, who had been on it now for what, five years, and we’re going to start apparently gonna have to start the whole thing over, so what does that mean to the investigation? 

“What does that mean? I think it’s massive, but first of all.

“I think it’s illegal by the whistleblower statute. You cannot remove somebody from their position, simply because they made a whistleblower complaint.”

(FreedomWire.org) – President Joe Biden sat down for an interview with MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle on Friday. It was his first one-on-one interview with a television reporter since February, when he spoke to PBS Newshour.

During the interview Joe Biden defended his scandalous son Hunter amid investigations for alleged tax violations and lying on a gun permit, insisting: “My son has done nothing wrong.”

Biden was asked about how his sons business and tax dealings investigation impacts his presidency, and Biden replied, “First of all my son has done nothing wrong. I trust him, I have faith in him, and it impacts my presidency by making me feel proud of him.”

Ruhle went on to ask, “Why would an 82 year old, Joe Biden, be the right person for the most important job in the world?”

Biden responded, “Because I have acquired a hell of a lot of wisdom and know more than the vast majority of people, and I’m more experienced than anybody that’s ever run for the office, and I think I’ve proved myself to be honorable as well as also effective.”

Ruhle noted that in Biden’s campaign launch video, it featured multiple clips showing vice president, Kamala Harris.

She asked whether Harris was so heavily featured because Biden was intending to hand over the presidency to her, without completing his term.

Biden said no, adding, “I just think Vice President Harris hasn’t got the credit she deserves.” He referenced her resume, pointing out her career as a senator and attorney general of California. “She is really, really very good. She hasn’t got the credit she deserves.”

Biden has frequently been criticized for failing to spend enough time answering questions. 

Overall, before Friday’s interview with Ruhle, he’ll have done 54 interviews.

By comparison, Donald Trump did 202 interviews during his first two years in office, while Barack Obama sat down for 275 interview, The Times said. 

On Friday, Biden cut short shouted questions, saying he was going to do a press conference later on.

It was later clarified by aides that he meant the interview. 

In the meantime, conservatives on Twitter mocked Biden for confusing an interview and a press conference.  

Mixing up a press conference with an interview wasn’t the only time in the day that President Biden was confused. Here are more clips during the interview, where he shows his mental decline.

(FreedomWire.org) – Earlier this week China started to release documents to Senate Republicans on dealings with the Biden Crime Family.

China’s latest move to expose Hunter Biden’s shady dealings with its state-owned energy companies is a clear sign of its intention to pressure and blackmail President Joe Biden, who has been weak and indecisive on confronting the communist regime.

According to a report by The Washington Times, two Republican senators, Ron Johnson and Charles Grassley, obtained bank records from Cathay Bank, a Chinese-American bank with offices in China, that show millions of dollars flowing from Chinese companies to Hunter Biden and his uncle James Biden.

The bank records show that CEFC China Energy, a now-defunct company with ties to the Chinese Communist Party, wired $1 million to Hudson West III, a joint venture owned by Hunter Biden and Gongwen Dong, a business associate of CEFC’s founder and chairman, Ye Jianming.

Another Chinese company, Northern International Capital Holdings, which is also linked to CEFC and the CCP, wired $5 million to Hudson West III. The money was then used to fund a $4.8 million wire transfer from Hudson West III to Hunter Biden’s companies Owasco P.C. and Owasco LLC, and Lion Hall Group, a company owned by James Biden.

The Cathay Bank records also show that Hudson West III paid Hunter Biden a $500,000 retainer fee plus $100,000 per month, while James Biden was paid $65,000 per month. The transactions took place between August 2017 and October 2018, after Joe Biden left the Obama administration and was preparing for his presidential run.

These revelations are shocking and disturbing for several reasons. First, they confirm that Hunter Biden and his family were cashing in on Joe Biden’s influence and access to foreign leaders, especially those of America’s adversaries. Second, they expose the extent of Hunter Biden’s involvement with CEFC, a company that was sanctioned by the US government for its role in advancing China’s military and geopolitical ambitions. Third, they suggest that China was using Hunter Biden as a conduit to influence and compromise Joe Biden, who has been soft on China throughout his political career.

It is no coincidence that Cathay Bank, which is based in Los Angeles but has offices in China, was the only American bank that voluntarily turned over the bank records requested by the senators. Every other American bank denied their requests for financial records. This indicates that Cathay Bank was acting under pressure or instruction from the Chinese government, which wanted to send a message to Joe Biden that it has the goods on him and his son.

This is a classic tactic of blackmail and intimidation that China has used against other foreign leaders and officials who have crossed its interests. By leaking Hunter Biden’s bank records, China is warning Joe Biden that it can expose more of his son’s dirty secrets at any time, and that he better toe the line on issues such as Taiwan, Hong Kong, human rights, trade, and COVID-19.

This is a serious threat to America’s national security and democracy. Joe Biden cannot be trusted to stand up to China when he is beholden to its money and influence. He has already shown signs of weakness and appeasement towards Beijing, such as rejoining the WHO without demanding accountability for its role in covering up the pandemic, lifting sanctions on Iranian oil exports that benefit China, and downplaying China’s genocide of Uyghurs as a “cultural norm”.

We need a president who will confront China with strength and resolve, not one who will cower and capitulate under its pressure. We need a president who will put America first, not one who will sell out America for his son’s profit. We need a president who will protect our values and interests, not one who will endanger them for his family’s benefit.

(FreedomWire.org) – Leaked information from inside the White House reveals why President Joe Biden is reportedly furious with Vice President Kamala Harris.

Vice President Kamala Harris has become a dark cloud hanging over President Joe Biden’s 2024 campaign plans, according to report.

Biden has indicated he will run for re-election in 2024 and has publicly said he has no plans to drop Harris from the ticket. A second term by a president who has already turned 80 would bring a sharp focus on his vice president, who could run the country if Biden faced health issues and was incapacitated.

The report by Reuters on Thursday summed up Harris as bringing to the campaign a stew that includes “low poll ratings, a failure to win over the Washington establishment and concern among fellow Democrats about an underwhelming start in the job.”

Harris has gained a reputation as the worst vice president in U.S. history with an approval rating of 28 percent. Business Insider reports this is a “historic low for any modern vice president.” Biden’s approval rating is also extremely low at just 38 percent.

A former White House official told Reuters, “A point of tension in their relationship is that I don’t think that the president sees her as somebody who takes anything off of his plate” due to a “fear of messing up.”

Harris reportedly refuses to take on any risky assignments.

Biden put Harris in charge of border issues in 2021, but she has notably neglected visiting the border, going only after she took heavy flak in the press and from interest groups. 

The National Border Patrol Council grilled Harris for failing to do her job and protect the border in January. 

“If you were given a job 2 years ago with the explicit goal of reducing illegal immigration, and then you sit around and do nothing while illegal immigration explodes to levels never seen before, you should be fired and replaced. Period,” the council wrote. 

A current administration official acknowledged Harris’ weakness on border issues  in comments to Reuters. “She, I think, is smart. She does not see this as a political win for her. Because it’s not. It’s a really hard issue,” the official said. 

Another former White House official said, “If he did not think she was capable, he would not have picked her. But it is a question of consistently rising to the occasion,” that former official said.

“I think his running for re-election is less about her and more about him, but I do think that she and the Democratic bench [are] a factor.”

A Democrat closely connected to the White House said there is a risk, according to the outlet.

“I think this is actually one of the fundamental strategic challenges for [Biden] … how to navigate this. It’s almost impossible for them to make a change.”

The second White House official added, “You cannot replace your first black woman vice president and think that black people and women are going to just vote for you. He needs her.”

Democratic strategist Bud Jackson said many Democrats “think that Biden is hopefully fine for another term and we don’t have to worry about the second-in-command, because I think, in our mind, Biden lasts another term and then Harris is not the preordained Democratic nominee [for 2028].”

(FreedomWire.org) – U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) slammed President Joe Biden for vetoing the bipartisan Congressional resolution to nullify the Administration’s environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) rule which prioritizes politics over getting the best financial returns for millions of Americans’ retirement investments.

Manchin led 50 bipartisan Senators in introducing the resolution to nullify the ESG rule. On March 1, 2023, Senator Manchin voted for the resolution and spoke on the Senate floor on its importance.

After the veto Manchin said: “This Administration continues to prioritize their radical policy agenda over the economic, energy and national security needs of our country, and it is absolutely infuriating.

“West Virginians are under increasing stress as we continue to recover from a once in a generation pandemic, pay the bills amid record inflation, and face the largest land war in Europe since World War II.

“The Administration’s unrelenting campaign to advance a radical social and environmental agenda is only exacerbating these challenges. 

“This ESG rule will weaken our energy, national and economic security while jeopardizing the hard-earned retirement savings of 150 million West Virginians and Americans. 

“Despite a clear and bipartisan rejection of the rule from Congress, President Biden is choosing to put his Administration’s progressive agenda above the well-being of the American people.”

Biden took a bizarre swipe at Majorie Taylor Greene when he vetoed the bill:

“I just vetoed my first bill.

“This bill would risk your retirement savings by making it illegal to consider risk factors MAGA House Republicans don’t like.

“Your plan manager should be able to protect your hard-earned savings — whether Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene likes it or not.”

 

(FreedomWire.org) – First lady Jill Biden claimed in an interview that her son, Hunter Biden, is innocent of any crime.

“Everybody and their brother has investigated Hunter,” she said in an interview with NBC News. “They keep at it, and at it, and at it. I know that Hunter is innocent.”

Hunter is under federal investigation for tax crimes and lying on a federal form to purchase a gun. He will also face investigations of his foreign business deals if Republicans win majorities in Congress.

But Jill Biden dismissed all of it.

“I love my son, and I will keep looking forward,” she said.

The Biden family continues to defend Hunter, insisting he did nothing wrong.

“I have great confidence in my son,” President Joe Biden said in a recent interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper. “I love him and he’s on the straight and narrow, and he has been for a couple years now. And I’m just so proud of him.”

Information about Hunter Biden’s shady foreign business deals continues to leak into the press.

Some would commend Jill Biden for supporting Joe and Hunter Biden; after all, they’re her husband and stepson respectively. The truth, however, is that she’s an enabler, and continuing to prop up a frail old man and encourage him to run again is bad for the nation as he drives the U.S. into the ground. Her defense of Hunter, meanwhile, just comes across as brainless; she could support him without saying something as ludicrous as “he’s innocent.” Nobody believes that and if Republicans win the House in November, they’ll surely investigate and we’ll hopefully find out.

(FreedomWire.org) – Joe Biden’s ‘Special Presidential Climate Envoy’ John Kerry has been operating in secret for the past year-and-a-half.

Protect the Public’s Trust (PPT) filed a FOIA lawsuit in an effort to obtain emails between John Kerry’s office and various climate change groups.

The emails turned over to PPT from John Kerry’s office were heavily redacted.

Not one staffer’s name was revealed.

What is John Kerry hiding?

“It hardly seems in the public interest, in fact it appears the antithesis of serving the public interest, to hide the names of government officials who are communicating with controversial outside activist organizations that are attempting to influence government policy,” PPT director Michael Chamberlain told Fox News Digital.

“The State Department’s attempts to keep from the public the names of every one of their employees involved in these communications stands in stark contrast to the attorney general’s declaration that ‘transparency in government operations is a priority of this administration,'” Chamberlain continued.

“State’s attempts to conceal the identities of the officials participating in these conversations was so excessive they first attempted to conceal the name of the person whose documents we requested in the first place,” he added.

According to the documents, the redactions were made under the FOIA exemption (b)(6) for “personal privacy information.”

Some redactions only cover the name of the employee while keeping his or her State Department email uncovered. Other redactions cover both the name and email, making it unclear if some of the redacted emails are official State Department emails.

It is unclear why Kerry’s office is redacting the names and emails of the federal employees he oversees, who are all paid with taxpayer dollars.

Joe Biden’s poll numbers aren’t exactly good. A new Rasmussen poll has revealed that a staggering percentage of Americans agree that he is a “puppet” — a high number we’re sure President* Biden wishes didn’t exist.

A survey of 1,000 voters conducted February 15-16 — less than one month into Biden’s presidency — asked voters one simple question:

“Joe Biden’s not the moderate nice guy that they made him out to be. He’s a puppet of the radical left.” 

Americans were asked to “agree” or “disagree.” The poll results have a a 95% confidence level, and the answers aren’t good for Biden. Only 40 percent of voters chose “disagree.” A whopping 54 percent chose “Agree,” however. This means that most Americans recognize that Joe Biden is a puppet of leftists who want to push a socialist agenda on America.

While Republicans “Agreed” at an 82 percent rate and unaffiliated voters chose “agree” more than half the time, Democrats showed that they are deluded. Only 27 percent chose “Agree.” Overall, the percentages were closest to how “Unaffiliated” voters view things.

This was another case of Donald Trump being right. Way before this poll happened, while he was still campaigning against Joe Biden, President Trump said that Joe Biden was a “puppet of the radical left movement” during a speech near Scranton, Pennsylvania. Trump was, naturally, mocked for his remark, but once again reality has caught up to the Democrats and the media. Americans agree overwhelmingly with President Trump.

Trump warned Americans many times that Biden would be nothing but a puppet for leftists, and life is playing out exactly as he said. Biden recently skipped his obligations to play Mario Kart at Camp David, for example. Kamala Harris seems to be in charge. And America continues to glide steadily toward socialism, as it has from the very moment he was elected.

It’s up to us to stop Joe Biden. Don’t just vote in the next presidential election. Show up for the midterms and help take Congress back. We need control of both the House and Senate in 2024 to protect the integrity of the election so this leftist puppet gets shut down before he has a second term to ruin our country.

Normally, Presidents respond to emergencies quickly and call the governor of affected states to ask what they can do to help. But what if the governor of the state is a Republican, and what if you’re Joe Biden? Then contacting the governor isn’t exactly a priority.

On day six of the winter storms that have left Texas in disarray with rolling blackouts and weather conditions not usually encountered in the Lone Star State, Biden finally took a break from Mario Kart to call Governor Greg Abbott.

“President Biden conveyed his support to the people of Texas in this trying time,” the White House says. “He reiterated that the federal government will continue to work hand-in-hand with state and local authorities in Texas to bring relief and address the critical needs of the families affected.” Then, Biden tweeted about his decision to finally call Texas — complete with a photo of him finally taking an interest:

Biden announced on the same day that warming centers would finally open through the state to help those who are without power because of the storm. Once again, this happened six days into the storm.

President* Biden also says that he now intends to be receptive to the needs to Texas and other states that are impacted by this unprecedented and dangerous storm:

Joe Biden promised to be a President for all Americans, but last time we checked, Texans are Americans — and Biden let them suffer for days while he jetted off to Camp David to play Mario Kart. Liberals, naturally have been silent on his decision to prioritize video games over the lives of the people of Texas. Joe Biden is not a uniter. He views conservatives as second-class citizens at best. And this is just one piece of evidence that proves it. If he wanted to unite America, he would have made Texas a priority on day one of the storm.

Will President Trump run in 2024? A Politico/Morning Consult poll recently revealed that they would vote for President Trump over numerous other Republicans, including Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Mitt Romney, and even Mike Pence, who came in second. There has never been a man who is more popular in the Republican Party. But does President Trump feel like sacrificing everything yet again to serve the American people? The answer is a resounding “maybe.”

In an interview with Newsmax’s Greg Kelly on Wednesday, President Trump refused to say whether or not a 2024 run was in the works. But he did hint that he may be willing to take on Joe Biden again.

“Well, we have tremendous support. I won’t say yet, but we have tremendous support.” President Trump says. “I’m looking at poll numbers that are through the roof. I’m the only guy that gets impeached and my numbers go up. Figure that one out.” President Trump’s approval numbers did indeed rise post-impeachment.

President Trump says that MAGA is still going strong. “The whole MAGA movement, call it MAGA, call it whatever you want, call it America First as opposed to America last,” he told the host. But he made it clear that he knows the Republican Party doesn’t entirely back him. “The Republicans are soft. They only hit their own. Like Mitch. They hit their own,” he says. “They don’t hit — if he spent the same time hitting Schumer and Biden, they would be much better off. That, I can tell you.”

President Trump may be playing coy because of a new political party he might form. Reports have suggested that the President has inquired about forming the “Patriot Party,” a new entity intended to challenge Democrats and RINOs alike. It’s unclear what will happen at this point, but someone needs to step up and take down Biden in 2024.