On Wednesday, multiple Republican senators spoke out and demanded that incoming acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen appoint a special counsel to continue the investigation into Hunter Biden’s dubious business and tax practices before it could be nixed by a Biden administration. Of course, Biden’s defenders in the broadcast networks largely covered up the calls for accountability while NBC Nightly News openly scoffed at the idea.
Completely ignoring the public comments from Republican senators on the matter, NBC White House correspondent Kristen Welker (who moderated a presidential debate between President Trump and nominee Joe Biden) spent only 26 seconds on calls for a special counsel. She also made it seem as though those calls were only coming from Trump:
And according to an Associated Press report, President Trump is now considering pushing to have a special counsel appointed to investigate Hunter Biden. Hunter Biden is already the focus of a federal criminal investigation examining if he broke tax and money laundering laws in his Chinese business dealings. He said he handled his affairs legally and appropriately. The President-Elect asked today if he's confident his son did nothing wrong.
Welker also included a soundbite of President-Elect Biden saying he was “confident” that his son had done nothing wrong. Of course, she refused to note how that contradicted previous statements he’s made claiming he had never talked with his son about his business deals.
While NBC only spent 26 seconds on the story (during a report moaning about Trump’s refusal to concede), that was 26 more seconds than ABC’s World News Tonight and CBS Evening News gave it.
But it was a completely different story over on Fox News Channel’s Special Report, where senior political correspondent Mike Emanuel reported on e-mails Hunter had sent seeking $10 million. “Separately, Fox News has obtained June 2017 correspondence between Hunter Biden and Ye Jianming, the chairman of CEFC, China Energy Company, offering best wishes from the entire Biden family and urging Ye to quickly send a $10 million wire to properly fund and operate Biden’s joint venture with the now-bankruptcy CEFC,” he said.
He also included soundbites of Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Ron Johnson (R-WI) urging the appointment of a special counsel:
EMANUEL: Some allies of President Trump are saying it may be time for us special counsel to look into Hunter Biden’s business dealings, concerned a Biden administration may not be interested in a serious criminal investigation.
GRAHAM: I am absolutely calling on a special counsel to look at all things Hunter Biden; to see if he presents a conflict for the Biden administration regarding his business dealings in Ukraine.
(…)
JOHNSON: To me, it's kind of a last resort, but in this case, if we don't see action prior to President Trump leaving office, this special counsel might be warranted.
“Senate chairmen leading this Hunter Biden probe on Capitol Hill admit with an active criminal investigation, they are not getting full access from the Justice Department to the relevant materials, so they are anxiously waiting to see what the U.S. Attorney in Delaware digs up in this high-profile probe,” Emanuel concluded.
For more about Hunter Biden, the liberal media's refusal to acknowledge the Biden family's Chinese ties, and how it impacted the 2020 presidential election, check out the MRC poll and Rich Noyes's analysis here.
The transcript is below, click "expand" to read:
NBC Nightly News
December 16, 2020
7:09:46 p.m. Eastern(…)
KRISTEN WELKER: And according to an Associated Press report, President Trump is now considering pushing to have a special counsel appointed to investigate Hunter Biden. Hunter Biden is already the focus of a federal criminal investigation examining if he broke tax and money laundering laws in his Chinese business dealings. He said he handled his affairs legally and appropriately. The President-Elect asked today if he's confident his son did nothing wrong.
PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN: I'm confident.
(…)
Fox News Channel’s Special Report
December 16, 2020
6:09:33 p.m. EasternBRET BAIER: There is increasing concern tonight about what will happen to the investigation into Hunter Biden’s business dealings and taxes after his father becomes president. This, as new information surfaces almost every day. Senior political correspondent Mike Emanuel looks at that situation tonight.
[Cuts to video]
MIKE EMANUEL: At a Senate hearing focused on election security, tempers flared between the chairman and ranking member over the committees Hunter Biden investigation.
(…)
EMANUEL: Separately, Fox News has obtained June 2017 correspondence between Hunter Biden and Ye Jianming, the chairman of CEFC, China Energy Company, offering best wishes from the entire Biden family and urging Ye to quickly send a $10 million wire to properly fund and operate Biden’s joint venture with the now-bankruptcy CEFC.
Some allies of President Trump are saying it may be time for us special counsel to look into Hunter Biden’s business dealings, concerned a Biden administration may not be interested in a serious criminal investigation.
SEN. LINDSEY GRAHAM (R-SC): I am absolutely calling on a special counsel to look at all things Hunter Biden; to see if he presents a conflict for the Biden administration regarding his business dealings in Ukraine.
EMANUEL: The current regulations say, “The attorney general, or cases in which the attorney general is recused, the acting attorney general will appoint a special counsel when he or she determines that criminal investigation of a person or matter is warranted” and when it’s in, quote, "The public interest.”
If President Trump decides he wants one, he presumably needs acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen to take action.
SEN. RON JOHNSON (R-WI): To me, it's kind of a last resort, but in this case, if we don't see action prior to President Trump leaving office, this special counsel might be warranted.
EMANUEL: One of the top Democrat says it is not needed.
DICK DURBAN (D-IL) I hope that the selection of attorney general by President Biden makes it clear that a person of honesty and integrity can take a look at this and handle it properly.
EMANUEL: A Democrat from Biden's home state of Delaware says enough already.
SEN. TOM CARPER (D-DE): We need to turn the page and move on. There are hundreds of millions of people in this country that need to be vaccinated.
[Cuts back to live]
EMANUEL: Senate chairmen leading this Hunter Biden probe on Capitol Hill admit with an active criminal investigation, they are not getting full access from the Justice Department to the relevant materials, so they are anxiously waiting to see what the U.S. Attorney in Delaware digs up in this high-profile probe.
