{"id":2456910,"date":"2025-07-08T13:34:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T17:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-bidens-presence-during-key-white-house-call-inappropriate-to-top-adviser-new-book\/"},"modified":"2025-07-08T13:35:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T17:35:21","slug":"hunter-bidens-presence-during-key-white-house-call-inappropriate-to-top-adviser-new-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-bidens-presence-during-key-white-house-call-inappropriate-to-top-adviser-new-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunter Biden&#8217;s presence during key White House call &#8216;inappropriate&#8217; to top adviser: New book"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fhunter-bidens-presence-during-key-white-house-call-inappropriate-to-top-adviser-new-book%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=2456910&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>A new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leaked-memo-biden-team-told-him-early-debate-with-trump-would-help\/\" title=\"Leaked memo: Biden team told him early debate with ... would help\">book titled *2024<\/a>: How Trump Retook the White House adn the Democrats Lost America* by Josh Dawsey, Tyler Pager, and Isaac Arnsdorf reveals that Hunter Biden&#8217;s involvement in a key White House conference call during Joe Biden&#8217;s presidency was deemed &#8220;inappropriate&#8221; by Ed siskel, the White House counsel. The call concerned whether President Biden should issue an on-camera response to a Supreme Court decision about former presidents&#8217; immunity from prosecution. Hunter Biden&#8217;s unannounced presence and input in the discussion unsettled some White House staff,including Siskel. the book also alleges that Hunter tried to pressure the Democratic National Committee into <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >covering substantial legal fees related<\/a> to his federal tax and gun charges. According to the authors, Hunter Biden played a significant role in his father&#8217;s inner circle and campaign efforts, which caused concern among Biden&#8217;s aides.This publication follows similar claims from another recent book, *Original Sin*, which highlighted attempts by Biden&#8217;s allies to conceal his cognitive decline while supporting his run for a second term.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Hunter Biden&rsquo;s presence during key White House call was &lsquo;inappropriate&rsquo; to top adviser: New book<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2157254\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Ed Siskel, the White House counsel to former President<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/aclk?sa=l&amp;ai=DChsSEwjN97iV3a2OAxVQK7MAHQdMISwYACICCAEQABoCeW0&amp;co=1&amp;gclid=CjwKCAjwg7PDBhBxEiwAf1CVu2RHJV8wDOBRA11Jeq4RD_RZ8xfzbqLYFoGv86Ibe6-rNDrgSKij-BoCcEAQAvD_BwE&amp;category=acrcp_v1_48&amp;sig=AOD64_2IMQ2VdsvTlnWjloPTzSxiHXLOjA&amp;q&amp;adurl&amp;ved=2ahUKEwj5jLCV3a2OAxVhEVkFHUcsK2EQ0Qx6BAgOEAE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> Joe Biden<\/a>, last year warned that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hunter-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Hunter Biden<\/a>&rsquo;s participation in his father&rsquo;s pivotal conference call was &ldquo;inappropriate,&rdquo; according to a new book detailing the inner workings of the Biden circle.<\/p>\n<p><em>2024: How Trump Retook the White House and the Democrats Lost America<\/em>,&nbsp;by journalists Josh Dawsey, Tyler Pager, and Isaac Arnsdorf <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3463977\/leaked-memo-biden-team-help-early-debate-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">was released Tuesday<\/a>, becoming the latest book to accuse Biden&rsquo;s team of covering up his dementia-like symptoms during his time in office as allies worked to help him win a second term.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3465373\/watch-live-trump-participates-in-first-cabinet-meeting-after-signing-big-beautiful-bill\/\">WATCH LIVE: Trump participates in first Cabinet meeting after signing &#8216;big, beautiful bill&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3465126\/maga-base-sticks-trump-activists-influencers-get-antsy\/\">MAGA base sticks with Trump as activists and influencers get antsy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3464466\/liberation-day-trump-tariff-pause-clouds-trade-forecast\/\">Ninety deals in 90 days: Trump&#8217;s tariff pause clouds &#8216;Liberation Day&#8217; economic forecast<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>One excerpt from the book portrayed Hunter Biden as wielding particular influence over his father, engaging with the White House in a manner that made even some of the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"... taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">president&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s staff, such as Siskel, uneasy.<\/p>\n<p>The authors wrote that Siskel was shocked and dismayed when he discovered that Hunter Biden was on a White House video call with the then-president discussing whether his father should provide an on-camera statement to the Supreme Court&rsquo;s July 2024 decision that former presidents have some immunity from prosecution.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Suddenly an unidentified voice piped up from Biden&rsquo;s screen and recommended an Oval Office address,&rdquo; the book reads. &ldquo;At first, some aides had no idea who was speaking. It soon became clear the voice belonged to Hunter Biden, who the White House staff had not known was on the call. Siskel expressed some concern about the appearance of using the Oval Office.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Hunter snapped back: &lsquo;This is one of the most consequential decisions the Supreme Court has ever made.&rsquo; He said his father had every right to use the powerful imagery of the Oval Office to deliver that message,&rdquo; the book continues. &ldquo;They later settled on the Cross Hall, the long hallway on the first floor of the White House. After the call ended, Siskel told colleagues. Hunter&rsquo;s presence was inappropriate.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The new book also alleges that Hunter Biden attempted to pressure the Democratic National Committee into paying massive legal fees for the federal tax and gun charges he faced last year.<\/p>\n<p>During an ABC interview over the weekend, Dawsey said that while doing research for the book, Hunter emerged as a pivotal figure in his father&rsquo;s White House, including in helping him campaign for reelection.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What we found out over the course of reporting for our book is Hunter Biden (was) a major figure in the president&rsquo;s orbit,&rdquo; the <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> reporter told the outlet. &ldquo;He was often on these calls, he would pipe in to calls, he was helping him make campaign decisions, and the president was very concerned about his son. It was one of the things that was an albatross on him as he tried to run for reelection.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">As seen through a window from the Colonnade outside the Oval Office, second gentleman Doug Emhoff, Vice President Kamala Harris, first lady Jill Biden, Hunter Biden, and Melissa Cohen Biden watch as President Joe Biden speaks during his farewell address on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo\/Mark Schiefelbein)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3465318\/kevin-oconnor-denied-delay-biden-autopen-deposition-house-oversight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">COMER REJECTS BIDEN&rsquo;S PHYSICIAN&rsquo;S REQUEST TO DELAY DEPOSITION ON FORMER PRESIDENT&rsquo;S HEALTH BEFORE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The release of <em>2024: How Trump Retook the White House and the Democrats Lost America<\/em>,&nbsp;comes after <em>Original Sin: President Biden&rsquo;s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again<\/em>, written by CNN&rsquo;s Jake Tapper and&nbsp;<em>Axios&rsquo;s<\/em>&nbsp;Alex Thompson, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3409863\/steven-spielberg-biden-mental-decline-cover-up-jake-tapper-alex-thompson-book\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">provoked a similar uproar<\/a>&nbsp;when it was published in May.  <\/p>\n<p>Both books center on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3463977\/leaked-memo-biden-team-help-early-debate-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">allegations&nbsp;<\/a>that Biden&rsquo;s top allies attempted to cover up his decline and helped him attempt to run for another term, despite evidence that he suffered from severe cognitive troubles in recent years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2157254\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2157254\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top adviser called Hunter Biden&#8217;s role in key call &#8216;inappropriate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2456911,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/joe-biden-hunter.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[32528,58641,58640,32648,32127],"class_list":["post-2456910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-hunter-biden","tag-inappropriate-2","tag-key-call","tag-new-book","tag-white-house"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/joe-biden-hunter.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456910","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\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2456910"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2456914,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456910\/revisions\/2456914"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2456911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2456910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2456910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2456910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}