{"id":125617,"date":"2021-02-12T09:05:52","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T14:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=125617"},"modified":"2021-02-12T12:42:44","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T17:42:44","slug":"biden-family-business-dealings-raise-ethical-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-family-business-dealings-raise-ethical-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden family business dealings raise ethical questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-family-business-dealings-raise-ethical-questions%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=125617&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2371777\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2371777\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2371777 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/AP21042788168176-655x437.jpg\" alt=\"President Joe Biden speaks during a visit to the Viral Pathogenesis Laboratory at the National Institutes of Health, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021, in Bethesda, Md. (AP Photo\/Evan Vucci)\" width=\"655\" height=\"437\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2371777\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Joe Biden speaks during a visit to the Viral Pathogenesis Laboratory at the National Institutes of Health, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021, in Bethesda, Md. (AP Photo\/Evan Vucci)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 9:33 AM PT \u2013 Friday, February 12, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>The media has taken a closer look into family members of Joe Biden as their business dealings present new ethical challenges to his administration.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden family became a topic of debate during the 2020 election and reports are now suggesting Biden\u2019s son-in-law Howard Krein could be the next to cash in on the presidency.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, the White House dismissed concerns that Krein\u2019s work with the coronavirus response could be considered a conflict of interest. Krein, who is married to Biden\u2019s daughter Ashley, was an early investor in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.startuphealth.com\/\">StartUp Health<\/a> and is now its chief medical officer.<\/p>\n<p>Back in December of 2020, the company began investing in companies who had the explicit intent to build government relationships and promote their COVID-19 technology. This occurred as Krein began formally advising Biden on the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Reporters have raised concerns that Krein could use his position to promote companies to the White House or influence policy. White House Press Secretary Jennifer Psaki didn\u2019t address the rumors head on. Instead, she reiterated Biden\u2019s previous vow on ethics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell Dr. Krein is his son-in-law and I think he was here because the president was inaugurated recently, which is understandable,\u201d Psaki stated. \u201cThe president has made it clear that there will be an absolute wall between him and any businesses dealing with his family members.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Biden\u2019s brother Frank was featured in an advertisement in January for a law firm in which he promoted his relationship with his brother. The ad shows Frank advocating for a law firm as a non-attorney.<\/p>\n<p>It focused on a class-action lawsuit against sugar cane growers in Florida with Biden stating his brother was a \u201cmodel\u201d for how these cases should be handled. It\u2019s unknown if he was attempting a pay-to-play scheme, but Frank claimed he never used his brother\u2019s position to uplift his own.<\/p>\n<p>The most controversial allegations regarding the Biden family have largely focused on Hunter Biden and his international business relations. Reports indicated Hunter was the sole owner of a limited liability corporation that reportedly holds a 10 percent stake in the BHR Partners firm.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, Psaki said Hunter is working to \u201cunwind\u201d his connections with the Chinese equity company.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, Hunter received a $2 million advance for his memoir published by Simon and Schuster. This same company refused to publish GOP Sen. Josh Hawley\u2019s (R-Mo.) book following demonstrations on January 6.<\/p>\n<p>None of the Biden family has come forward to release a statement or challenge the allegations. White House officials maintain their position that none of Biden\u2019s family has gotten any special treatment and will not have roles in the White House.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/president-trumps-speech-from-jan-6-proves-he-called-for-peace-despite-dems-false-accusations\/\">President Trump\u2019s speech from Jan. 6 proves he called for peace, despite Dems\u2019 false accusations<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1893300,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3620,4284,6533,6534,3881,5283],"class_list":["post-125617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden","tag-business","tag-dealings","tag-ethical","tag-family","tag-raise"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125617\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1893300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}