"One thing that I don't have to do is sit here and open my kimono as it relates to how much money I make or make or did or didn't. But that's the commitment that I'm making." Let's see if anybody else makes that commitment. "I'm taking it off the table, Amy," Hunter Biden said of his decision to step away from any foreign businesses. On the same day the Biden campaign rolled out their government ethics plan, a lawyer for Hunter Biden announced that his client would step down from the board of directors of a Chinese-backed private equity company by the end of this month - and commit to halting all work with foreign entities if his father wins the White House in 2020. And while he cited being a lawyer at a prominent firm and his record serving on several boards as qualifications for the job, in his interview with ABC News, Hunter Biden acknowledged that his last name likely played a role in his Burisma board appointment. "I think that I had as much knowledge as anybody else that was on the board - if not more."Įven so, on Sunday the Biden campaign released details of a proposed government ethics plan, which included a stipulation designed to "rein in executive branch financial conflicts of interest" - an apparent response to allegations lodged against the Biden family. I was a lawyer for Boies Schiller Flexner, one of the most prestigious law firms in - in the world." "I was the chairman of the board of the U.N. "I was vice chairman of the board of Amtrak for five years," he continued. But - by this idea that I was unqualified to be on the board," said Biden. And there's been a lot of misinformation about me, not about my dad. " read the press reports that I'd joined the board of Burisma which was a Ukrainian natural gas company. And that really is the way that I've been trying to live my life."īiden spoke with conviction when asked about how much information he shared with his father and even whether he was qualified. And the only thing that I'm looking to handle is to make certain that I get up every day and do the next right thing. And I'll let my dad's campaign handle that. "And I'll let you guys in the media handle that. "I'll let Congress handle that," he said. Hunter Biden reiterated that he never discussed his foreign business dealings with his father, and made it clear he has no interest in becoming a political football as congressional Democrats haul witnesses in for depositions as part of their impeachment proceedings. "But other than that, really, I want to make it clear, it's not like anybody has to have any discussion beyond that." I mean, and then discussion was literally like, 'Oh my gosh,'" the younger Biden told ABC News, describing their mutual surprise at the nature of the transcript. Hunter said his father asked him about his daughter, Maisy, before getting into the big news. Soon after reading the transcript released by the White House, Hunter picked up the phone and called his father. It's his first broadcast interview since attracting the attention of Trump, who posed this question to his 66 million Twitter followers last week: "WHERE'S HUNTER?" No topic was off-limits when Biden sat down with ABC News' Amy Robach over the weekend, including how the spotlight on his personal and professional life has threatened his ongoing struggle with addiction. Did I do anything improper? No, not in any way. That's where I made the mistake," said Biden. "I gave a hook to some very unethical people to act in illegal ways to try to do some harm to my father. "However, was it poor judgment to be in the middle of something that is.a swamp in - in - in many ways? Yeah." Is that I think that it was poor judgment because I don't believe now, when I look back on it - I know that there was - did nothing wrong at all," Hunter Biden told ABC News in an exclusive interview. "In retrospect, look, I think that it was poor judgment on my part. As President Donald Trump continues to fill his Twitter feed and campaign speeches with attacks on Hunter Biden over his foreign business deals, the former vice president's son defended the ethical implications of his private ventures in an interview with ABC News, but conceded taking a misstep in failing to foresee the political implications on his father's career.
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