How Do You Solve a Problem Like Hunter?

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🗓️ 8 December 2023

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Today we discuss the indictment of Hunter Biden. Does this, along with the inquiry into Joe Biden's connections to Hunter's business, effectively neutralize the president's chief argument against Donald Trump? What will Joe Biden do now? What's in the best interest of the country? Also—mailbag! Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hope for the best.
0:09.0	Expect the words.
0:11.0	Some bring champagne, some die of furs.
0:15.0	The way of knowing which way it's going.
0:19.0	Hope for the best expect the worst. Welcome to the commentary magazine Daily Podcast. Today is Friday, December 8th,
0:28.7	2023. I'm John Pothoritz, the editor of Commentary. With me as always executive editor,
0:33.8	Abe Greenwald, Hi, Abe.
0:35.2	Hi, John.
0:36.3	Washington Commentary columnist and Director of Domestic Policy
0:40.2	Studies at the American Enterprise Institute, Matthew Connetty,
0:43.5	Hi Matt, Matt, Matt's colleague at AEEI,
0:46.8	our media commentary columnist Christine,
0:48.9	Rosen, hi Christine, hi John,
0:51.0	and senior editor Seth Mandel. Hi Seth, hi, John. Hi,
0:53.0	Seth Mandel. Hi Seth. Hi, John.
0:55.0	David Weiss, the special prosecutor in the Hunter Biden matter handed down a nine-count indictment in California,
1:02.0	alleging major tax fraud.
1:05.0	Essentially that Hunter Biden did not pay over a million dollars in taxes owed to the federal government with some pretty spicy
1:15.5	details in there like the fact that he tried to write off a ten thousand dollar
1:20.0	membership at a sex club as a business expense. Now I think by the way there is
1:26.9	probably some argument somewhere that if you're hosting foreign clients of a certain me and build that you might want to take him to a sex
1:39.1	club to close the deal. Except he claimed it was a golf club well you know what is
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