Thursday, August 20, 2020

Trump campaign releasing Hunter Biden ad as Joe Biden accepts nomination: report


The Trump campaign reportedly plans to release a new digital ad targeting Hunter Biden Thursday, the same day his father, former Vice President Joe Biden, will accept the Democratic Party’s nomination for president.
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The campaign ad, part of a seven-figure buy, will focus on Hunter Biden’s dealings with China while his father was vice president, suggesting he used his father's position for personal profit, according to Politico.
The ad shows a reporter asking Hunter Biden if negotiations for a joint investment fund with a Chinese bank took place during a 2013 flight with the vice president for a Bejing trip they took together.
The ad will run on YouTube.
In July 2019, the president asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in a private phone call to investigate Hunter Biden’s involvement with Ukrainian oil company Burisma and in the fall he told reporters he thought China should also investigate the Bidens, “cause what happened with China is just about as bad as what happened in Ukraine.”
Biden’s work with the Burisma has come under scrutiny after Trump alleged that Joe Biden inappropriately used his diplomatic influence in Ukraine to help his son.
Hunter Biden said in an interview last year business never came up on the Bejing flight and said he was on the trip because of his daughter, according to Politico.
The ad also broadly paints Joe Biden as pro-China, The Hill reports.
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Trump’s Ukrainian phone call eventually led to his impeachment on abuse of power and obstruction of Congress charges. He was acquitted in February.
No evidence of wrongdoing has been found on the part of either Biden and both men deny the allegations. Hunter Biden has since pledged to avoid business deals with foreign entities if his father becomes president.
The Senate has also been investigating Hunter Biden’s involvement in Ukraine.

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