This is a perfect storm for the press, which has done everything it can for years to protect Hunter Biden
The story the legacy media tried for years to suppress is back with a vengeance. Hunter Biden, the president’s oft-troubled son, is once more in the news and not in a good way. An IRS criminal supervisory agent requested whistleblower protection, claiming that the five-year Hunter Biden investigation is being impacted by “preferential treatment and politics.”
To make things worse for the press, the White House responded to the allegations just days before President Joe Biden is reportedly announcing his re-election campaign. White House spokesman Ian Sams told Fox News Digital that the president has stood by his commitment to Department of Justice “independence” and said that the investigation is “free from any political interference.”
This is a perfect storm for the press, which has done everything it can for years to protect Hunter Biden from embarrassing coverage that might hurt his father. Now journalists are stuck at least acknowledging the crisis. That doesn’t mean they will cover it fairly.
Still, news eked out in the coverage, such as the fact that I.R.S. and F.B.I. agents reportedly want to bring charges against Hunter Biden, or that the whistleblower claims to have information that would “contradict sworn testimony by a senior political appointee.” CBS said, “that was Attorney General Merrick Garland.”
Maybe that explains why the investigation has lasted longer than a presidential term. News types might ask that question, but only if Biden had an “R” after his name.