Dems equate Hunter’s “brand” protection peddling w/ Trump son-in-law Kushner’s Affinity Partners venture capital start-up, initially focused on Israeli tech, using $2B in Saudi sovereign fund capital
One of the latest to attempt equating Hunter and Kushner is bandana-topped Maryland Rep Jamie Raskin, who appeared today on ABC This Week, interviewed by Jonathan Karl.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/raski...
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/raski...
1) timing: Kushner’s deal w/ Saudi Arabia was done in the summer of ‘21, after Trump (and Kushner) left office whereas Hunter/Joe were working their influence based on Joe’s current power as VP, association w/ Pres Obama, and immediate current power w/ US senate/house members.
2) people: while Kushner was using mainly associations in Arab states developed during Trump’s term in office, Hunter was approaching (or being approached) by people who had a lot to gain, or lose, because of Joe’s immediate political power. Hunter never met many of those people face-to-face.
3) arrangements: a consortium of largely Arab investors in Affinity Partners is looking for a direct capital gain on their investment based on profits anticipated from the various Tech start-ups in several different nations, not only Israel. There’s a difference between venture capitalism and “brand” political protection racketeering.
4) functions: Kushner works with about 20 other fund overseers, several of whom have noted venture capital experience; Hunter’s relationship to the companies paying protection was never more than ceremonial, and they expected nothing back from Hunter and his partner(s) except political favoritism, primarily from his politically connected father.
5) evidence: Joe openly, publicly, boastingly related how he, in March 2016, used his clout to stop a Ukrainian government investigation of Burisma, a Ukrainian company that was at the same time paying Hunter hundreds of thousands of dollars for doing nothing but linking Burisma to the Biden political protection “brand” as a Burisma “corporate board member.” Joe did this while he was in office as Obama’s VP.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affinit...
The BPR headline mistakenly states that Karl "confronts" Raskin. That's a huge overstatement; surely didn't "confront" Raskin enough..
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/08/...
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people, having evidence manufactured, using the media to convict the innocent in the
brainwashed useful idiots, and then using the power of government to bring charges
with only innuendo and no actual evidence.
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