MSNBC defended the legality behind Hunter Biden receiving money from foreign governments through his business dealings during a report on 'Morning Joe.'
A MSNBC report on "Morning Joe" Friday said Hunter Biden taking money from foreign governments on its face wasn't against the law, even if it looked bad.didn't break the law by simply receiving money from foreign governments, during a report on"Morning Joe" Friday.
News broke Thursday that federal agents had gathered enough evidence to charge the president's son with tax crimes and for lying on a gun application. FEDS WEIGH CHARGES AGAINST HUNTER BIDEN, OUTCOME OF YEARSLONG CASE COULD BE ‘IMMINENT’: SOURCE Biden's business dealings have been under scrutiny for years, but host Joe Scarborough pointed out that proving corruption there would be more difficult for federal agents than the"open and shut case" of tax crimes.
Justice Correspondent Ken Dilanian argued this was because it was"perfectly legal" for the president's son to take money from foreign governments. "In terms of like corruption, conflict of interest, we’ve never heard a hint that there were potential criminal charges there because Hunter Biden wasn’t an officeholder. It was perfectly legal for him to take money from foreign governments, as long as he wasn't inappropriately giving them information from his family or something. There's no hint of that," he remarked.
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