During Monday’s press conference, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki refused to answer questions about President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, including questions about a newly released book titled “The Laptop From Hell” and his foreign investments.
“Shortly after President 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,” the reporter began. “I was hoping you could commit to basic transparency about that transaction, including the name of the buyer, the dollar amount, and the timing.”
“And the second question is: My colleague Miranda Devine has a new book out called the ‘Laptop From Hell,’ and I was hoping that you could confirm that the laptop is indeed authentic and not Russian disinformation, as you seemed to suggest on Twitter last year,” he continued.
“Well, on the first, the President’s son is not an employee of the federal government, so I’d point you to his representatives,” Psaki said. “And as it relates to the book, I have neither had the time nor interest in exploring or reading the book.”
Jen Psaki refuses to commit to transparency around Hunter Biden’s business dealings in communist China because he’s “not an employee of the federal government.” pic.twitter.com/rvgEEwSRNf
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Psaki previously tweeted in October 2020 that the contents of the laptop were “stolen disinfo,” a stance that appears to have changed based on her comments made Monday.
As the Daily Mail explained, “The laptop story was first broken by the New York Post in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election. It was ignored by much of the liberal media, and smeared as false online, with Twitter notoriously suspending the Post’s account over the story.”
“The company Hunter Biden was linked to specializes in making investments and then flipping them for a profit,” the Daily Mail added. “He and two other Americans served on the board and controlled 30 per cent of BHR, with the rest of the company owned or controlled by Chinese investors that include the Bank of China, according to records filed with Chinese regulators obtained by The New York Times.”
