Biden insists son Hunter has NOT caused any conflicts for the US with his foreign business deals

President Joe Biden defended his scandal-plagued adult son Hunter and praised him for overcoming his drug addiction in an interview that aired Sunday night.

The president urged 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley that his son’s foreign business dealings did not conflict with Biden’s previous position as vice president under Barack Obama.

Hunter Biden’s foreign business relations were the subject of a federal tax fraud investigation that flared up earlier this year.

“I love my son, number one,” Biden said when asked whether Hunter Biden’s work or past drug struggles could pose a risk on the 2024 campaign path.

The president continued, “He fought an addiction problem and he overcame it, he wrote about it.”

“And no, there is nothing at all that I have observed that would affect me or the United States in relation to my son Hunter.”

Hunter Biden had previously acknowledged the federal investigation into his taxes, which CNN reported in July heated.

Sources told the outlet that prosecutors were considering whether to charge charges, but were also wary of Justice Department guidelines advising not to bring potentially politically charged cases to the fore so close to an election.

Senate Republicans sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday requesting that U.S. Attorney David Weiss, who oversees the Hunter probe, be granted protection as special counsel.

“Since the investigation involves the president’s son, we believe it is important to provide US Attorney Weiss with special counsel powers and protections so that he can investigate an appropriate scope of possible criminal conduct, the appearance of impropriety.” and provide additional assurances to the American people that Hunter Biden’s investigation is free from political influence,” the letter said.

It is led by Republican Senator John Cornyn of Texas and Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell, as well as 30 of their colleagues.

There appear to be no charges filed against Hunter Biden or anyone else in the investigation at this time.

Hunter Biden has previously admitted his finances are being investigated by the federal government

A separate investigation by congressional Republicans in 2020 looked specifically at Hunter Biden’s work on the board of a Ukrainian energy company, while his father as vice president helped lead policy initiatives between Washington and Kiev.

That investigation found no wrongdoing on the part of the president, but did suggest that his son was trying to use his father’s status for further professional success.

Hunter Biden had the potential to have a seismic impact on the 2020 election when the New York Post first reported on the contents of a laptop’s hard drive that belonged to the 52-year-old.

Aside from lewd depictions of sex acts and drug use, the laptop also revealed a series of emails showing Hunter Biden trying to coordinate meetings with his father and his business associates — though it’s not clear how many of those have come to fruition.

But the coverage never caught on with the mainstream media at the time, many of which cited the dubious origin of the explosive information. Some major outlets claimed they were not given independent access to the hard drive.

This is one of the images supposedly recovered from Hunter Biden’s laptop hard drive

WHO’S WHO IN THE HUNTER CHINESE EMAILS

Hunter Biden

The vice president’s son was known for looking for business deals in China. He traveled there with Air Force Two in 2013 and introduced his father to a business associate, Jonathan Li. In 2017, after his father left office, he started a relationship with Ye Jianming.

Ye Jianming

Chairman and Founder of CEFC China Energy, 43. A child prodigy of the Chinese energy world. Gave Hunter a diamond in 2017 as they pursued a business relationship. But in November 2017, the company was charged by the DOJ with bribery in Africa and was arrested in China in March 2018, allegedly on the orders of Xi Jinping. Hasn’t been seen or heard from since, but in a 2018 prosecution, a senior communist leader was accused of taking bribes from him.

Zang Jian Jun

Senior executive at CEFC and also a senior figure in the China Chamber of International Commerce.

Tony Bobulinskic

Penn State wrestler and Navy veteran, a 48-year-old California businessman who appears to have done other business in China. Unclear how he and Gilliar know each other. Other business ventures include an investment in a Chinese menswear company called VLOV.

Rob Walker

Bill Clinton official who now co-founded a technology-focused private equity firm, Pilot Growth. His wife Betsy Massey Walker was Jill Biden’s assistant when she was Second Lady.

James Gilliar

British-born 56-year-old businessman based in the Czech Republic. Set up jc2r, the company featured in the emails, in 2015. It is no longer active. Gilliar appears to be breeding racehorses with his wife Erika and also appears to be an adviser to a holding company run by the Abu Dhabi son’s leader.

James Biden

The younger brother of Joe Biden and a serial entrepreneur who has long claimed to benefit from his brother’s political career. He and Hunter had business together in 2006 when they bought investment firm Paradigm Global Advisors, which they dissolved in 2010 after connections to a Ponzi fraudster emerged.

The President and the Great Man

Reportedly Joe Biden in many of the text exchanges, although Hunter’s posts don’t directly mention this.