There is no easier job in Washington than serving as a press secretary for a Democratic politician.

That's because the liberal press just does your job for you.

Consider, for example, this work of art from the Associated Press: “The Republican leading the probe of Hunter Biden has his own shell company and complicated friends.”

For the record, Hunter Biden stands accused of overseeing a massive, multi-million-dollar influence-peddling operation throughout his father’s political career, trading on the family name to strike potentially illegal business deals with Chinese and other foreign nationals. During the 2020 campaign, President Biden stated unequivocally that he had “never discussed” and "never talked” to his son about his business interests, which was later shown to be untrue.

The president also claimed that his son “has not made money” dealing with China, which is also false. Hunter took in about $7 million from foreign sources, beginning at around the time of his father’s vice presidency. Hunter and his business associates formed at least 15 companies (many of which are now defunct) during his father’s vice presidency. Nearly 20 Biden-linked LLCs were used to move the cash around. Moreover, then Vice President Biden himself apparently used pseudonyms to exchange emails with his son regarding said influence-peddling scheme.

In contrast, there’s House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.), the Republican targeted by the AP, who........

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