In another blow for the Trump administration effort to smear Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, a Fox News investigation found “no role” for Biden in the business dealing of his son, Hunter, the network said on Sunday.
Fox News reporter Griff Jenkins made the admission on Sunday during a segment focused on the controversial story pushed by Trump and his allies.
Jenkins explained that the news organization had been provided documents by Tony Bobulinski, Hunter Biden’s former business partner.
“You’re talking about a business venture with the Chinese energy company in 2017 at a time when Joe Biden was not vice president,” Jenkins explained. “But Fox’s review of Bobulinski’s documents, which were given to us, found no role for Joe Biden in that business venture.”
“There’s another former business partner who says he knows of no involvement by Joe Biden,” Fox News host Howard Kurtz continued. “The Wall Street Journal says it also reviewed the text messages and emails, saying, they don’t show either Hunter Biden or James Biden — the brother — discussing a role for Joe Biden,” he added.
“My problem with this is these emails are from 2017. At that time, Joe Biden is out of office. So while it may have been unseemly — if it was true that Joe Biden was even acquiescing in a potential deal with China — he no longer has the power of the White House behind him at that time,” Kurtz argued.
“That’s correct,” Jenkins agreed. “One thing is for sure, it’s not getting the kind of attention that Fox has given it and the New York Post and others as we get close to this election.”
Watch the exchange in the video below from Fox News.
