To be clear, the conversations where James Biden was recorded by the FBI were taken down as part of an investigation of Scruggs and his associates - not James Biden.
The first is of Tim Balducci, a lawyer and Scruggs associate who was planning to go into business with James Biden and another man as partners in a "Consulting group," as the Post put it.
The second is of James Biden speaking - apparently again to Balducci - on Oct. 15, 2007, about James Biden's potential role as a consultant for the chief of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, who had applied with the Bureau of Indian Affairs to use 100 acres of tribal land to open a $375 million casino.
As the Post reported,the new "Consultant" firm of Balducci, James Biden and Steve Patterson, a man whom Joe Biden met through his Senate colleague segregationist Democratic Sen. John Stennis.
James Biden's attorney downplayed any interaction between the Biden brothers in a business sense.
As to the conversation that included the "Whore" line, Fishman told the Post that James Biden "Was discussing a potential opportunity to sell insurance to the Choctaw tribe, but he never pursued that business."
As to James Biden's involvement with Balducci and Patterson, Fishman told the Post, "More than fifteen years ago, Jim and Sara Biden had serious discussions about starting a firm that would provide legal and consulting services. That venture never got off the ground. Jim and Sara were not aware of or involved in any unethical or illegal behavior" on the part of Balducci and Patterson.
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