were you? no! the only thing they can do is make up things about my family. it s not going to go very far. sean: keep in mind, according to the foreign corrupt practices act, quote, payments or gifts to third parties, such as officials, family members as an indirect way of corruptly influencing a foreign official, that would be illegal. joe biden doesn t have to be caught on tape pocketing a big wad of cash. he can still be guilty of corruption if his family members were taken that money in. apparently nine bidens got paid including grandkids. what do they do for that someone what did hunter do for that money? was hunter even cableable of working through this complicated time in his life through addiction. and let as not complicate the biden business model at all, not hard tabids or as now some are calling it the biden brand.
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inappropriate, charles. there s so many things that are stacking up that i think merrick garland was, his hand was forced here, but ultimately, it just delays this case even more, and it s been going on for five years now. charles: the sweetheart deal centered around a couple of specifics. does elevating this to special counsel status now expand the scope of what is being investigated or will be investigated? because there s so many unanswered questions that, by the way, would not have been answered in that sweetheart deal. no, they wouldn t have. and remember, the government stood in court and said that, one, this deal has never been done before with any other defendant and also that, you know, charles, the most serious crimes have already lapsed, the statute of limitation has run. and, you know, the foreign corrupt practices act which gets to the bribery issue here on the firing of the ukrainian are prosecutor, you know, that happened in 20 # 15, 2016 time frame. so that s, you kno