issue, only this time her answer was different. she said that she had been asked the question a million times and the answer, quote, remains the same. but, in fact, the first time, instead of saying the president had never spoken to hunter about his business dealings, she said this. the president was never in business with his son. so on wednesday, phil wegman from real clear politics pointed out the inconsistency, but john pierr pierre insisted it was the same. i just want to clear this up once for all. the president has said he s never discussed overseas business dealings with his son, but the white house now says that the president has never been in business with his son. so why the updated language? which statement is true? or is it semantics and they are both true? as i stated on monday, when i was asked this question multiple times, nothing has changed. nothing has changed. nothing has changed on this. and so you can ask me a million different ways on this quest
smerconish in philadelphia. in september of 2019, joe biden was asked how many$#ursqj he ha spoken to son hunter about his overseas business activities. the then candidate s answer a was this. i have never spoken to my son about that. that has remained his answer until this week. on monday white house press secretary was asked about this issue, only this time her answer was different. she said that she had been asked the question a million times and the answer remains the same. but in fact the first time instead of saying the president had never spoken to hunter about his business dealings, she said this. the president was never in business with his son. so on wednesday, phil wegman pointed out the insistent sit, but she insisted the answer was the same. i just want to clear this up once if and are all. the president has said he s never discussed overseas business dealings with his son, but the white house now says that the president has never been in business with
Bying. the prosecutor said no, which caused hunter biden to say he could not agree to any deal that didn t offer broad immunity. reactions to all of this, the deal falling apart, democrats say this is the 2023 version of republicans, benghazi, benghazi, benghazi. and hunter is being singled out for harsh treatment because of republican vendettas. but ilene o connor, who headed the justice department tax division from 2001 to 2007, wrote in the wall street journal that he was singled out for a different reason. for favorable treatment. and that anyone else in this tuation would probable g prison. for many years, it has been e department policy to charge the most serious offense that can be proven. he chinged that policy in december of 2022, the tax division manual stilprides that prosecutors are
For harsh treatment because of republican vendettas and a desire to distract from donald trump s third indictment. but ilene o connor, who headed the justice department tax division from 2001 to 2007, wrote in the wall street journal that he was singledut for a differenreon. for favorable treatment. d that anyone else in this situation would probably go to prison. fomany years, it has been justice department policy to charge the most serious offense that can be proven, unquote. mr. garland changed that policy in december of 2022, the tax division manual still provides that prosecutors have specifically prohibited for permitting a defendant to plead to a misdemeanor when the elements of a felony can be proven. and according to the whistleblowers accounts, that s what s happening here. i have said before that my gut tells me that any lapse of judgment on joe s part was motivated more by a desire to save a son from addiction than