A photo of sawdust Hunter Biden’s psychiatrist sent to him via Special Council David Weiss Delaware federal court filing. The lines of sawdust were said to have been cocaine. – NBC News, Feb. 20, 2024
Column By Mike Bibb
The tales and trials of Hunter Biden are getting more bizarre. Now, sawdust is being characterized as lines of Hunter’s cocaine.
Oh boy, can’t wait until the Special House Committee investigating Hunter’s, and Daddy Joe’s foreign business dealings finally gets rolling soon.
When Hunter failed to appear for a subpoenaed hearing by The House Oversight Committee last month, the committee decided to reschedule another meeting for Feb. 28.
Maybe Hunter will show up – maybe, he won’t.
This could be the funniest comedy since the old Three Stooges “Disorder in the Court” flick (1936). The entire script may consist of a single storyline repeated over and over – “I don’t recall.”
In the meantime, President Joe, who has already been described by Special Council Robert Hur as being “a well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory,” will jet around the country, collecting campaign funds, and slamming MAGA Republicans as neo-Nazis. Or, some other disparaging comment.
Longtime newspaperman John Young has already added a new slur to the name-calling game: “MAGA is the 21st-century Ku Klux Klan.” – Gila Herald, Feb. 26, 2024.
A well-meaning, elderly man looking for votes, and calling nearly half the electorate neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and now, a modern version of the Ku Klux Klan, seems a bit weird. Even for a guy with a poor memory.
I have no way of knowing if the sawdust incident was simply a dopy parody of the mysterious baggie of coke found inside the White House several months ago – which the FBI couldn’t figure out who it belonged to or how it got there – or, simply the continuing waggish narrative of a presidency adrift in the fog of its confusion.
Either way, whether the lines of powdery substance in the picture are of cocaine, sawdust from recently milled juniper fencing slats, or banana-nut muffin mix from Jill’s kitchen, is irrelevant.
Hunter’s attorneys have disputed the claim, saying the picture was taken and sent by a carpenter from his woodshop to illustrate how he overcame his cocaine addiction by focusing on what is important in life.
Who knows – or cares?
The thing is, someone in the DOJ came up with the bright idea it might be used as evidence in Hunter’s upcoming tax and firearms litigations.
What? Everyone knows Hunter was a frequent dope user – possibly, still is. Data revealed within his laptop computer illustrates this. He was booted out of the Navy Reserve because of his fondness for it. That fact isn’t argumentative.
After a plea deal concerning Hunter’s firearms and income tax issues fell apart last year, new gun charges were filed in Sept. 2023 regarding his 2018 pistol purchase and the falsifying of a federal background application.
Readers may remember the handgun was later discovered tossed into a dumpster, adjacent to a public school. Authorities tracked it to Hunter Biden. Reportedly, cocaine residue was found on the gun’s holster.
In Dec. 2023, tax charges were refiled alleging nonpayment of $1.4 million in income tax in 2016-2019.
When interest and penalties are tacked on, the amount is considerably higher.
All of this baloney is indicative of the apparent differences between how Biden’s Department of Justice is treating Hunter’s legal entanglements, as opposed to former President Donald J. Trump’s supposed wrongdoings.
In Hunter’s case, evidence and motions have dragged on for years, and still no trial.
In contrast, within a few months, Trump was indicted, brought to trial, found guilty, and fined hundreds of millions of dollars. Additional courtroom skirmishes will follow. Undoubtedly, the same results are expected.
If there was ever any suspicion our legal system is in complete disarray – at least, on the federal level – these two cases provide a stark realization something has gone haywire.
The drug-afflicted 54-year-old son of the current Democrat President of the United States who seems to lack any meaningful employment, or receives income from a lawful business or investments, suddenly can hire big-dollar attorneys and stall his case indefinitely.
On the flip side, a real estate billionaire, former U.S. president, and 2024 Republican presidential candidate is accused, indicted, and brought to trial at Mach speed.
With the General Election only about eight months away, Dems are getting desperate. Faced with the unpleasant reality they are stuck with Joe and Kamala for a rerun, and knowing their chances of winning are slipping each day, it appears their campaign strategy is predicated upon a single premise: Do whatever it takes to convict and jail Trump.
Anything less will be a waste of time.
Now, I’m just an old country bumpkin, not particularly endowed with an abundance of fame, fortune, influence, or smarts. However, it appears to me when a guy of limited finances, skills, and impaired intelligence is treated more fairly and compassionately by the government than a wealthy tax-paying businessman and former U.S. president, then the scales of justice look to have been intentionally tinkered with in favor of the dude whose daddy is boss over the present Department of Justice.
And, running for president, again.
Perhaps, I’m being overly pessimistic. But, with all the agitation, claims, and counterclaims being revealed by the House Oversight Committee regarding Hunter and Joe’s foreign “business” dealings – as allegedly supported by bundles of evidence and witness testimony – I get the nauseating feeling there’s more to this Swampy story than we’re being told.
Similar to an exciting Perry Mason and Matlock TV drama always ending with an unexpected finale.
Then again, not certain I’ve ever seen an episode involving a doddering president of the United States, his brother, and recovering crackhead son, apparently scheming to sell favors from the Oval Office to the highest bidder.
To my knowledge, this is the first occurrence in the 248-year history of the country.
I’d imagine good old Uncle Joe Biden, involved family members and a few friends, will ultimately be recorded by history in a manner considerably less flattering than they may be expecting.
After, of course, he’s awarded a Nobel Prize for something totally make-believe!
The opinions expressed in this editorial are those of the author.
