With the exception of the NY Times' Nicholas Kristof, who unhinged his jaw to pen a full-throated defense of 'poor drug-addict Hunter', mainstream journalists went to town on both White House spox Karine Jean-Pierre and Pentagon spox John Kirby during Friday's press briefing.
"I'm not going to comment further on this," said Kirby, after he was asked if a WhatsApp message from Hunter which appears to demand payment from a Chinese businessman contradicted Joe Biden's earlier claims that he and Hunter never discussed Hunter's business dealings.
"I'm just not going to get into family discussion," she said, when asked why Hunter attended a White House state dinner with Indian officials and AG Merrick Garland on Thursday night.
Chairman Smith released whistleblower testimonies on Thursday from IRS agents who allege that the Justice Department has interfered in the investigation into Hunter and is suppressing evidence of the first son's misdeeds.
In part of the testimony from IRS Criminal Supervisory Special Agent Gary Shapley, the IRS agent claimed that investigators uncovered a July 30, 2017, WhatsApp message that Hunter sent to Henry Zhao, CEO of Harvest Fund Management.
Hunter's attorney did not deny the authenticity of the WhatsApp message in a statement to Fox News, though he did suggest that it was misleading or could be fake.
"Biased and politically-motivated, selective leaks have plagued this matter for years. They are not only irresponsible, they are illegal. A close examination of the document released publicly yesterday by a very biased individual raises serious questions over whether it is what he claims it to be. It is dangerously misleading to make any conclusions or inferences based on this document," said Hunter's attorney, Chris Clark.
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