Update, 2/16/2024: Special counsel David Weiss has charged FBI whistleblower Alexander Smirnov, 43, with felony false statement and obstruction crimes, alleging Smirnov lied about President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden having received $5 million each in bribes from the Ukrainian energy company Burisma.
Original Story: While Pres. Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, received nothing more than a slap on the wrist from the Justice Department for two tax charges related to earnings from foreign entities, fully 57% of U.S. registered voters say the president took $5 million of bribes from foreign nationals.
On Tuesday, the news broke that Hunter Biden had brokered a plea deal regarding two tax charges and a separate gun charge – a deal being characterized as preferential treatment and a miscarriage of justice, given the severity of the bribery accusations by a trusted informant in a report the FBI is refusing to share with Republican lawmakers and the American people.
A national survey of registered voters, conducted June 14-15 by The Harris Poll and HarrisX, finds that:
- 57% of voters say Joe Biden took $5 million bribe as vice president.
- Two-thirds (66%) of voters say Joe Biden lied by claiming he never discussed Hunter Biden’s foreign business dealings with his son.
- 83% say the FBI report should be made public, and
- 55% say FBI not really investigating the possibility that Joe Biden took a $5 million bribe.
Although Republican and Democrat voters greatly disagree, the results for Independent voters mirror the overall results for all respondents combined:
- 57% of Independents say Joe Biden took $5 million bribe as vice president.
- Two-thirds (68%) of Independent voters say Joe Biden lied by claiming he never discussed Hunter Biden’s foreign business dealings with his son.
- 82% of Independent voters say the FBI report should be made public, and
- 50% of Independent voters say FBI not really investigating the possibility that Joe Biden took a $5 million bribe.
The results are particularly striking, given that the liberal, legacy media have refused to report on Biden's scandal. A recent NewsBusters analysis revealed that ABC, NBC, and CBS gave zero seconds of coverage for four days after it was reported that Pres. Biden had allegedly received five million dollars from an executive of the Ukrainian gas company Burisma.
The survey also finds that two-thirds (65%) of all registered voters believe Pres. Biden has mishandled classified documents. And, given that he, former Sec. of State Hillary Clinton and other senior officials have done so without being charged, a majority (53%) of all voters and Independents (54%) say the indictment of former Pres. Donald Trump is a case of selective prosecution, not a fair application of justice.
In a separate question, 55% of both all voters and Independents said they believe the indictment of Trump over documents is politically motivated and not a valid indictment.
Likewise, 56% of voters say that the indictment of Trump is “interference by the Department of Justice in the 2024 elections.”