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>The president's son allegedly committed quite a few crimes, including offering access to his father (The US President) for money. He has been charged for some of these crimes recently.

It's certainly plausible that the junior Biden may well have offered "access to his father" as a lure to obtain pecuniary benefit.

And while the optics are terrible, I'd note that the current US president held no elective or appointed office in any government when the telegram message that's been cited to "corroborate" the "influence peddling" allegations.

As such, It's not clear to me what, if anything, the senior Biden could have done, at that time, in that context.

I'm not defending anyone here, nor am I trying to skewer anyone. Rather, the narrative presented just doesn't make sense to me given the time frames involved.




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