the media knew this crap was going on for a long time

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bidens-cash-in-on-ukraine_b_5326687

Jul 15, 2014

Hunter Biden is mainly known as a lawyer and investor, but he is also an advocate for humanitarian causes and even a HuffPost blogger. He also sits on the Advisory Board for the National Democratic Institute (NDI), a D.C.-based outlet that runs democracy promotion and civil society development programs all over the world, including Ukraine. NDI is chiefly funded by the U.S. government, and the Kremlin’s contempt for organizations like this is well-documented: after USAID’s forced departure from Moscow, NDI moved its staff out of Russia. According to senior State Department official Victoria Nuland, U.S. government’s democracy programming in Ukraine, run through organizations like NDI, cost U.S. tax payers 5 billion dollars since the fall of the Soviet Union.

The Kremlin must be well aware of Hunter Biden’s family ties (duh!) and NDI credentials. No matter what the White House says about the inability of Joe Biden to influence his son’s work in Ukraine, the U.S. government has already lost this PR battle. Just as Washington is unable to persuade the American people that the United States has national security interests in Ukraine; nobody in Europe, Russia, or Ukraine will believe that there is no conflict of interest in Hunter Biden’s appointment.