{"id":1455926,"date":"2022-04-27T18:44:42","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T22:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1455926"},"modified":"2022-04-27T18:44:49","modified_gmt":"2022-04-27T22:44:49","slug":"biden-i-think-the-greatest-sin-that-anyone-can-commit-is-the-abuse-of-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-i-think-the-greatest-sin-that-anyone-can-commit-is-the-abuse-of-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden: \u2018I Think The Greatest Sin That Anyone Can Commit Is The Abuse Of Power\u2019"},"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\">30<\/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-i-think-the-greatest-sin-that-anyone-can-commit-is-the-abuse-of-power%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=1455926&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/04\/Untitled-design-60.png?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Well, the American people are one step closer to looking into President Joe Biden\u2019s eyes and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/joe-biden-says-told-vladimir-putin-no-soul-video\/\">understanding<\/a> his soul like he did to Russian President Vladimir that one time \u2014 as Biden likes to claim. On Wednesday, Biden told a group of teachers and other White House guests that the \u201cthe greatest sin anyone can commit is the abuse of power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During an event at the White House honoring National and State Teachers of the Year, the commander-in-chief forayed into the topic of ethics and morality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got involved in politics because I think the greatest sin anyone can commit is the abuse of power,\u201d Biden told a group of teachers and other White House guests from the East Room on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>His comments can be seen here:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BIDEN: &#8220;I got involved in politics because I think the greatest sin anyone can commit is the abuse of power.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Biden said the environment got him involved in politics. Before that, it was civil rights, then it was voting rights. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/io9EYzbtTJ\">pic.twitter.com\/io9EYzbtTJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1519417582662701058?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 27, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Biden \u2014 of course \u2014 has been accused of numerous scandals throughout his decades in public office that could rise to the level of abuse of power.<\/p>\n<p>What some see as the most concerning abuse of power is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/joe-bidens-son-hunter-and-other-family-members-have-made-31-million-off-chinese-elites-author-says\">the possibility<\/a> that members of his family \u2014 such as his son Hunter Biden and brother Jim Biden \u2014 reportedly used the family\u2019s last name and Biden\u2019s position to secure lucrative contracts and salaries overseas, including with Chinese elites. There is even speculation that Biden personally benefited, raising questions about what influence foreign actors might have had over Biden as he has sat in some of the highest levels of power.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/joe-bidens-poorest-man-in-congress-humble-brag-trips-over-hunters-pesky-laptop\">reported<\/a> that Biden bragged about being one of the poorest members of Congress while claiming politicians shouldn\u2019t make money while in office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBiden\u2019s claim that politicians should not make money while serving the people appeared to fly in the face of reports \u2014 and even Hunter Biden\u2019s own admission \u2014 that the family name was used to secure meetings and possibly even grease the wheels of foreign business transactions\u201d The Daily Wire noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is impossible for me to be on any boards \u2026 without saying that I\u2019m the son of the vice president of the United States \u2014 lots of things would not happen in my life if my name wasn\u2019t Biden,\u201d Hunter Biden told ABC News in late 2019.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8HOLY, WOW\ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n<p>Hunter Biden admits he used his father\u2019s office for personal gain:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is impossible for me to be on any boards without saying that I\u2019m the son of the vice president of the United States \u2014 lots of things would not happen in my life if my name wasn\u2019t Biden.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sick <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jIWQgn6tDh\">pic.twitter.com\/jIWQgn6tDh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bennyjohnson\/status\/1184098902699663362?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 15, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Potential <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/joe-bidens-poorest-man-in-congress-humble-brag-trips-over-hunters-pesky-laptop\">pieces of evidence<\/a> from \u201cHunter Biden\u2019s laptop, which were passed off by legacy media and numerous former intelligence officials as <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/reminder-these-50-intelligence-officers-claimed-without-evidence-that-new-york-posts-hunter-biden-story-was-russian-disinformation\/\">Russian misinformation<\/a> in the weeks leading up to the 2020 presidential election,\u201d potentially implicate Biden in a money-making scheme.<\/p>\n<p>As pointed out by the Republican National Committee, an email allegedly from Hunter\u2019s associate claims that Biden agreed to pay Hunter\u2019s legal bills for a deal with China.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Joe Biden claims he was never involved in Hunter&#8217;s business deals.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s an email from Hunter&#8217;s associate saying that Biden agreed to pay Hunter&#8217;s legal bills for a deal with China. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oBYVERTZJI\">pic.twitter.com\/oBYVERTZJI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1518989891572576256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 26, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/report-joe-biden-granted-west-wing-meeting-to-hunter-associate-while-he-was-vp\">report<\/a> also claims that Hunter\u2019s \u201cclosest business partner spent a lot of time visiting the White House between 2009 and 2015 \u2014 and he apparently even scored a meeting with \u2018the big guy\u2019 himself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/report-joe-biden-granted-west-wing-meeting-to-hunter-associate-while-he-was-vp\">noted<\/a> by The Daily Wire, the \u201cfact that Hunter\u2019s business partner was a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/white-house-stands-by-claim-that-hunter-biden-did-not-profit-off-chinese-business-deals-docs-show-his-companies-made-millions\/\">regular presence<\/a> at the White House could blow yet another hole in Biden\u2019s often-repeated claim that he \u2018knew nothing\u2019 of Hunter\u2019s foreign business dealings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hunter\u2019s former business associate has also alleged that Hunter would set aside certain amounts of money for his father from dealings he made by using the Biden name and connections to his dad.<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/harris-gov-cuomo-other-top-democrats-listed-as-key-domestic-contacts-in-alleged-hunter-biden-email-exchange\">reported<\/a> that Tony Bobulinski gave a statement to the New York Post \u201ctestifying to the veracity of one email exchange from Hunter\u2019s alleged laptop outlining a plan to split the equity in a new business venture\u201d with a former executive at a Chinese energy company. The email showed \u201cH,\u201d a reference to Hunter, getting 20%, and holding 10% for \u201cthe big guy,\u201d who Bobulinski identified as Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I am outlining is fact,\u201d Bobulinski said in 2020. \u201cI know it is fact because I lived it. I am the CEO of Sinohawk Holdings, which was a partnership between the Chinese operating through CEFC\/Chairman Ye and the Biden family. I was brought into the company to be the CEO by James Gilliar and Hunter Biden. The reference to \u2018the Big Guy\u2019 in the much publicized May 13, 2017 email is in fact a reference to Joe Biden. The other \u2018JB\u2019 referenced in that email is Jim Biden, Joe\u2019s brother.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time that Biden has opined about \u201cabuse of power.\u201d After leaving the vice presidency, Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oprah.com\/own-super-soul-sunday\/former-vice-president-joe-biden-on-why-people-abuse-power\">told<\/a> Oprah that he believes people abuse power because they \u201care seduced by the notion that they are so self-important, that they really matter. In fact, it is not usually the case.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If the reports about Hunter and his dad are true, Biden\u2019s comments to Oprah should serve as a pretty sharp rebuke of both men\u2019s moral characters and public integrity.<\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. Believe the same? <a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/utm.io\/ueuP8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Become a member now and join our mission<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, the American people are one step closer to looking into President Joe Biden\u2019s eyes and understanding his soul like he did to Russian President Vladimir that one time \u2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":326,"featured_media":1480743,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1455926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1455926","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\/326"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1455926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1455926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1480743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1455926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1455926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1455926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}