{"id":19573,"date":"2020-12-11T16:11:14","date_gmt":"2020-12-11T21:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=19573"},"modified":"2020-12-11T16:43:42","modified_gmt":"2020-12-11T21:43:42","slug":"jake-tapper-notes-hunter-biden-investigation-lara-trump-fires-glad-you-finally-figured-that-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jake-tapper-notes-hunter-biden-investigation-lara-trump-fires-glad-you-finally-figured-that-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Jake Tapper Notes Hunter Biden Investigation; Lara Trump Fires: \u2018Glad You Finally Figured That Out\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%2Fjake-tapper-notes-hunter-biden-investigation-lara-trump-fires-glad-you-finally-figured-that-out%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=19573&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--><p>On Wednesday, CNN\u2019s Jake Tapper noted that Hunter Biden acknowledged this week that the Department of Justice was investigating his \u201ctax affairs.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Hunter Biden says the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office in Delaware advised his legal counsel yesterday that they are investigating his tax affairs. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rYDWCpWgka\">pic.twitter.com\/rYDWCpWgka<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jaketapper\/status\/1336777206182404097?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 9, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Hunter Biden released a statement saying, \u201cI learned yesterday for the first time that the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office in Delaware advised my legal counsel, also yesterday, that they are investigating my tax affairs. I take this matter very seriously but I am confident that a professional and objective review of these matters will demonstrate that I handled my affairs legally and appropriately, including with the benefit of professional tax advisors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tapper, miffed that CNN had reached out to Hunter Biden\u2019s legal team but did not receive a response, with Joe Biden\u2019s transition team offering a press release instead, followed by tweeting: \u201cCNN\u2019s @evanperez \u00a0was working on the story about the US Attorney investigation and reached out to Hunter\u2019s legal team for comment Monday. They spoke on Tuesday and said they would get back to him today. They didn\u2019t. Instead, the transition team issued a press release.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hunter Biden says the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office in Delaware advised his legal counsel yesterday that they are investigating his tax affairs. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rYDWCpWgka\">pic.twitter.com\/rYDWCpWgka<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jaketapper\/status\/1336777206182404097?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 9, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Tapper then chided the Biden transition team: \u201c@PamelaBrownCNN was working on this with @evanperez. Note to Biden transition team: if your strategy to deal with bad news is to falsely promise a comment to journalists operating in good faith then issue a press release, you will end up getting called late in the process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Finally, Tapper tweeted, \u201cFederal criminal investigation into Hunter Biden focuses on his business dealings in China, from @PamelaBrownCNN and @evanperez.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Federal criminal investigation into Hunter Biden focuses on his business dealings in China, from \u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PamelaBrownCNN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PamelaBrownCNN<\/a>\u2069 and \u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/evanperez?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@evanperez<\/a>\u2069 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4YeDNWXgZS\">https:\/\/t.co\/4YeDNWXgZS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jaketapper\/status\/1336797916846034949?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 9, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Former California GOP Chairman Ron Nehring targeted the Biden transition team, pointing out, \u201cIn other words, Team Biden took the heads up from @evanperez as a signal the story was about to break, then decided to go public and pre-empt @CNN to attempt to frame the issue more favorably. Have they at least since called and said thanks for the heads-up?\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">In other words, Team Biden took the heads up from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/evanperez?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EvanPerez<\/a> as a signal the story was about to break, then decided to go public and pre-empt <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CNN<\/a> to attempt to frame the issue more favorably. Have they at least since called and said thanks for the heads up? \ud83e\udd14 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iwxkxBo0Qs\">https:\/\/t.co\/iwxkxBo0Qs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ron Nehring (@RonNehring) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RonNehring\/status\/1336795747329712128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 9, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>But Lara Trump went straight for Tapper, who had insisted when she spoke with him on the October 18 edition of CNN\u2019s \u201cState of the Union,\u201d \u201cI don\u2019t know what that means. I don\u2019t know what that means,\u201d after Lara Trump had stated, \u201cYou think politically correct, soft Joe Biden would have shut down travel to China, especially now, when we know it\u2019s been very lucrative for Joe Biden and his family, China?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lara Trump tweeted, \u201cGlad you finally figured out \u2018what that means,\u2019 @jaketapper.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Federal criminal investigation into Hunter Biden focuses on his business dealings in China, from \u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PamelaBrownCNN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PamelaBrownCNN<\/a>\u2069 and \u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/evanperez?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@evanperez<\/a>\u2069  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4YeDNWXgZS\">https:\/\/t.co\/4YeDNWXgZS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jaketapper\/status\/1336797916846034949?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 9, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/12\/09\/politics\/hunter-biden-tax-investigtation\/index.html\">CNN story<\/a>\u00a0to which Tapper referred begins by acknowledging, \u201cAfter going quiet in the months before the election, federal authorities are now actively investigating the business dealings of Hunter Biden, a person with knowledge of the probe said.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The story quickly added, \u201cHis father, President-elect Joe Biden, is not implicated,\u201d before continuing: \u201cNow that the election is over, the investigation is entering a new phase. Federal prosecutors in Delaware, working with the IRS Criminal Investigation agency and the FBI, are taking overt steps such as issuing subpoenas and seeking interviews, the person with knowledge said.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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