{"id":1948474,"date":"2023-06-15T18:03:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T22:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-snaps-at-reporter-who-asks-him-about-alleged-bribery-scandal\/"},"modified":"2023-06-15T18:04:01","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T22:04:01","slug":"biden-snaps-at-reporter-who-asks-him-about-alleged-bribery-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-snaps-at-reporter-who-asks-him-about-alleged-bribery-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden angrily responds to reporter&#8217;s question on bribery scandal."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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-snaps-at-reporter-who-asks-him-about-alleged-bribery-scandal%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=1948474&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--><h2>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Biden<\/a> Fires Back at Reporter Over Bribery Allegations<\/h2>\n<p>During a press conference on Thursday, President Joe Biden found himself facing questions about an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-raids-detroit-city-hall-council-members-homes-in-light-of-corruption-probe\/\" title=\"FBI raids Detroit City Hall, council members\u2019 homes in light of corruption probe\">alleged bribery scheme<\/a> that he and his son, Hunter, are accused of being involved in while Biden was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: 'Pipeline' to Obama Admin Seen as 'Currency'\">vice president<\/a> in the Obama administration.<\/p>\n<p>The allegations stem from an FBI <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wray-declines-to-confirm-fbis-use-of-geolocation-data-to-track-capitol-rioters-but-says-it-would-not-surprise-me\/\" title=\"Wray Declines to Confirm FBI\u2019s Use of Geolocation Data to Track Capitol Rioters But Says It \u2018Would Not Surprise Me\u2019\">confidential human source<\/a> who claimed that the Bidens received up to $5 million each in bribe money from an executive at the Ukrainian gas company Burisma.<\/p>\n<p>When New York Post reporter Steven Nelson asked Biden about being referred to as the &#8220;Big Guy&#8221; in the Ukraine FBI informant file, Biden responded with a dismissive laugh and retorted, &#8220;Why do you ask such a dumb question?&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Why did the Ukraine-FBI informant file refer to you as &#8216;the Big Guy&#8217;?&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>BIDEN: &#8220;Why&#8217;d you ask such a dumb question?&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vuLRP1N7xV\">pic.twitter.com\/vuLRP1N7xV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1669412953576095753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 15, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to a report by Fox News, the bribery allegation is documented in an FD-1023 form created by the FBI based on an interview with the confidential human source in June 2020. The source has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-snaps-at-reporter-who-asks-him-about-alleged-bribery-scandal\/\" title=\"Biden angrily responds to reporter's question on bribery scandal.\">deemed highly credible<\/a> by the FBI.<\/p>\n<p>The source, a businessman, reportedly had multiple interactions with the Burisma executive regarding obtaining U.S. oil rights and establishing connections with a U.S. oil company while Biden was vice president. When questioned about why the executive sought advice when Hunter Biden was on the board, the executive allegedly referred to Hunter Biden as &#8220;dumb.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The source informed the FBI that the executive claimed the company had to pay the Biden family due to an ongoing investigation by Ukrainian prosecutor Viktor Shokin. The executive believed that breaking into the U.S. market would be challenging under those circumstances.<\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p>According to the source, the executive mentioned a payment of &#8220;$5 million for one Biden, $5 million for the other Biden.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The source also revealed that the executive had &#8220;paid&#8221; the Bidens through various bank accounts, making it difficult for prosecutors to trace the money for a significant period of time.<\/p>\n<p>In 2016, while Biden was still vice president, he exerted pressure on Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to remove Shokin by threatening to withhold $1 billion in U.S. loan guarantees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI said, \u2018You\u2019re not getting the billion.\u2019 I\u2019m going to be leaving here in, I think it was about six hours. I looked at them and said: \u2018I\u2019m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you\u2019re not getting the money,\u2019\u201d Biden recalled telling Poroshenko. \u201cWell, son of a b****, he got fired. And they put in place someone who was solid at the time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden became visibly agitated when questioned about an alleged bribery scandal during a recent press conference. Accused of involvement during his time as vice president, Biden&#8217;s response reflected his frustration. The FBI reportedly received information from a confidential human source regarding Biden&#8217;s alleged participation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":134,"featured_media":1948475,"comment_status":"open","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":[541],"tags":[28762,3620,20427,5926,4738,4499,4633],"class_list":["post-1948474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-angrily","tag-biden","tag-bribery","tag-question","tag-reporters","tag-responds","tag-scandal"],"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\/1948474","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\/134"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1948474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1948474\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1948475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1948474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1948474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1948474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}