Senior legal correspondent for The Federalist, Margot Cleveland.
Margot, it's good to see you again.
Thank you so much for joining us tonight.
What's your reaction to this trial?
Well, I think so far what we're seeing is a
stark contrast to the circus that was going on in
Manhattan.
This is very methodical.
They're focusing on the evidence, and they're focusing on evidence
that is connecting Hunter's purchase of the gun to times
when he, by his own words, was using and addicted
to drugs.
So there's that.
And there's also this.
If you could take this on, House Ways and Means
Chairman Jason Smith reportedly plans to criminally refer Hunter Biden
to the Justice Department for lying to Congress.
Chairman Smith accused Hunter Biden of lying underoath in his
closed door deposition to Congress earlier this year and also
obstructing a congressional investigation into the Biden family's international influence
peddling scheme.
What do you make of this one?
Well, the gun charge is really just a portion of
all the criminality that has been out there and the
evidence since been out there.
So it we're still not seeing any criminal charges related
to the international business dealings.
It sounds like we're having Congress trying to get involved,
but I, I don't think there's going to be much
that comes of that.
Unfortunately, Congress does not have the same capabilities as the
prosecutors do, but we'll have to see how how that
does proceed.
So they don't control the Senate.
That's the problem for Republicans.
The Republicans say in the House that they've been obstructed
every step of the way.
Chairman Smith saying Hunter Biden lying underoath about his WhatsApp
text message where Hunter Biden threatened his Chinese business partner
to pay up in their business deal and that his
father Joe Biden was sitting next to him.
And then Hunter claimed he messaged the wrong person.
But but records show the two had been messaging each
other for months.
And The thing is, too, Hunter Biden and his partners
launched at least 16 off balance sheet shell companies while
Joe Biden was vice president to handle the cash flows
from overseas that we're hearing surpassed now $24 million.
There's something like 20 overall shell companies, 16 of them
launched when Joe was vice president.
So this is industrial strength corruption allegations we're talking about
final word it is.
And there is so much out there that has not
been explored.
And the focus right now being on the gun case,
we're really not seeing what really should have been investigated
a long time ago.
Not just the corruption of Hunter Biden, but it goes
back to Joe Biden.
And the laptop that was presented to the jury today
really was a linchpin of connecting the big guy to
this corruption.
And I have to just say, it is very, very
satisfying to see the Biden administration, Department of Justice, authenticating
the laptop that Joe Biden and his 51 pals in
the intelligence community had said was Russian disinformation.
And now we see that it was nothing of the
sort.
Margot Cleveland, you're terrific.
Thanks for joining us, And look who's here.