"Aunt Val" (from HB's texts) speaks:
Biden’s sister insists Hunter corruption claims just political attacks by Trump, GOP
Valerie Biden Owens, the president’s younger sister, has dismissed the notion that her nephew Hunter Biden’s entanglement in murky foreign business dealings is an issue for the first family, saying claims of corruption and ethical malfeasance are just political attacks by former President Donald Trump and his supporters.
During a “CBS Mornings” interview promoting Owens’ forthcoming book “Growing Up Biden: A Memoir,” anchor Gayle King asked the presidential sibling whether Hunter Biden posed a problem for his relatives.
“No,” Owens replied.
Citing revelations about lucrative deals involving Hunter Biden, the president’s brother Jim Biden, and companies linked to China’s Communist government, King pressed: “Was it on the up and up, was it not on the up and up, was Joe Biden involved, was Jimmy Biden involved?”
Owens, 76, who has played crucial roles in her brother’s Senate and presidential campaigns, claimed that the interest in Hunter Biden’s business entanglements stemmed from the 2020 presidential race.
“The only race that I wasn’t enthusiastic about Joe getting involved in was the 2020 presidency,” she said, “because I expected, and was not disappointed, that it would be ugly and mean and it would be an attack on my brother Joe, personally and professionally, because the former president is very intent on bringing my brother down.”
“What’s that got to do with Hunter?” King asked.
“I assumed from the beginning that the former president and his entourage would attack my brother by going and attacking the family,” said Owens, adding that Trump and his Republican allies “thought that the weak link would be to attack my brother’s child.”
Linky:
nypost.com/2022/04/11/valerie-biden-owens-claims-hunter-biden-corruption-claims-just-political-attacks-by-trump/