>> SIR, THERE IS SOMETHING
PERSONAL THAT’S AFFECTING YOU.
YOUR SON, WHILE THERE’S NO TIES
TO TO YOU, COULD BE CHARGED BY
YOUR DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
HOW WILL THAT IMPACT YOUR
PRESIDENCY?
>> FIRST OF ALL, MY SON’S DONE
NOTHING WRONG.
I TRUST HIM, I HAVE FAITH IN
HIM, AND IT IMPACTS MY
PRESIDENCY BY MAKING ME FEEL
PROUD OF HIM.
PETE: JOE BIDEN IS SAYS HUNTER
HAS DONE NOTHING WRONG, HE’S
PROUD OF HIM, AS PROSECUTORS
CLOSE IN ON A POSSIBLE
INDICTMENT OF THE PRESIDENT’S
SON AFTER A 4-YEAR INVESTIGATION
INTO HIS TAX AND GUN VIOLATIONS.
HERE TO REACT, NEW YORK POST
COLUMNIST, HOUR AND FOX NEWS
CONTRIBUTE MIRANDA DEVINE.
MIRANDA, THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
THIS IS THE DEFAULT SETTING OF
JOE, I THINK, AT THIS POINT.
I DON’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HIS
BUSINESS DEALINGS AND I’M PROUD
OF HIM.
AND HEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT THE
REPORTER SAID, HAS NO
CONNECTIONS TO YOU, IT’S ALL
SO --
[LAUGHTER]
BEFITTING THE SITUATION THEY’RE
IN.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF HIS RESPONSE
IN THIS MOST RECENT INTERVIEW?
>> LOOK, OBVIOUSLY, REHEARSED.
AND THE PLAN FOR JOE BIDEN IS TO
JUST REMOVE HIMSELF ENTIRELY
FROM THE INFLUENCE PEDDLING
OPERATION THAT HE’S INVOLVED IN
WITH HIS SON HUNTER AND HIS
BROTHER JIM, PRETEND THAT IT HAS
NOTHING TO DO WITH HIM AND THAT
HUNTER IS JUST BEING PERSECUTED
IN A POLITICAL WITCH HUNT.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT’S
PROBABLY THE ONLY WAY HE CAN DO
CONSIDERING HE’S LIED ABOUT HIS
INVOLVEMENT SINCE BEFORE THE
2020 ELECTION.
AND IT WILL WORK FOR HIM, THOSE
AMERICANS AND THERE ARE STILL
MANY OF THEM WHO BELIEVE THAT E
JOE BIDEN, THAT HIS ONLY SIN IS
THAT HE LOVES HIS SON TOO MUCH.
THAT MYTHOLOGY OF JOE BIDEN
THAT’S BEEN AROUND FOR MORE THAN
FOUR DECADES WHICH IS THAT HE’S
A LOVING FAMILY MAN, MODERATE
DEMOCRAT, LUNCHING PAL JOE IS,
WORKING CLASS JOE, THE POOREST
MAN IN CONGRESS AND A WONDERFUL
FAMILY MAN BECAUSE OF THE
TRAGEDY IN HIS OWN LIFE.
THAT’S WHAT HE’S PLAYING ON.
AND I THINK THE END GAME IS THAT
HE’S SETTING UP, FRAMING THIS
SYMPATHY CARD SO THAT WHEN IT
COMES TIME DURING THE LAME DUCK
PERIOD THAT HE WILL PARDON
HUNTER.
AND AMERICANS WILL FORGIVE HIM
BECAUSE THEY WILL SAY, WELL,
HUNTER WAS A DRUG ADDICT AND,
LOOK, JOE JUST LOVES HIS FAMILY.
HE’S BEEN THROUGH ENOUGH TRAGEDY
IN THE HIS LIFE.
PETE: SO DRAW IT OUT AS LONG AS
POSSIBLE, ULTIMATELY KNOWING
THAT A PARDON IS SOMETHING HE
COULD DO AT THE END OF THIS TERM
OR DOWN THE LINE, THAT’S REALLY
INTERESTING.
BUT THE HUNTER BIDEN TEAM MAYBE
SEES IT A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY,
MIRANDA, BECAUSE AXIOS IS
REPORTING THERE’S CLASH BETWEEN
HUNTER BIDEN’S LEGAL TEAM AND
THE WHITE HOUSE.
HUNTER WANTS TO GO ON THE
OFFENSE, THE WHITE HOUSE WANTS
IT TO GO AWAY.
HERE’S A PORTION OF THE ARTICLE.
TOP AIDES TO JOE BIDEN HAVE
CLASHED WITH HUNTER BIDEN’S TEEM
OVER STRATEGIES WERE DEALING
WITH THE LEGAL BATTLES.
THE TENSIONS LED HUNTER OUT
WITHOUT INVOLVING THE
PRESIDENT’S TOP AIDES TO HIRE A
PROMINENT LAWYER IN DECEMBER AS
PART OF A PLAN TO TAKE A MORE
COMBATIVE APPROACH THAN HUNTER’S
PREVIOUS LAWYERS HAD TAKEN.
BECAUSE IT SURPRISE YOU HUNTER
WANTS TO GO ON THE OFFENSE HERE?
>> NO.
LOOK, I THINK FROM HUNTER’S
POINT OF VIEW HE FEELS HE’S DONE
NOTHING WRONG.
AND REMEMBER, IN HIS LAPTOP HE
SAYS HE GAVE HALF OF THE MONEY
TO HIS FATHER, THAT HE WAS
BASICALLY ACTING AS THE BAGMAN
FOR THE OPERATION.
SO HE JUST WANTS TO SAVE HIMSELF, AND AND HE HAS KEVIN
HIMSELF, AND AND HE HAS KEVIN
MORRIS WHO’S A CAPABLE ATTORNEY,
HUNTER’S FORMER --
[INAUDIBLE]
CALL HIM HIS SUGAR BROTHER
BECAUSE HE PAID OFF THE IRS BACK
TAXES AND PAYING FOR HIS $20,000
RENT IN MALIBU.
AND KEVIN MORRIS IS ENCOURAGING
HUNTER TO SAVE HIMSELF.
HE’S BEEN AN ADVOCATE FOR HUNTER
AND NOT WORRYING ABOUT BIDEN AND
THE WHITE HOUSE.
AND, OF COURSE, THE WHITE
HOUSE --
[INAUDIBLE]
IMPERATIVE IS TO THE PROTECT JOE
BIDEN.
PETE: YEAH.
CONFLICTING PRIORITIES, FOR
SURE, FOR ONE FAMILY.