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Headline Roundup October 3rd, 2019

China Should Investigate Bidens, says President Trump

Summary from the AllSides News Team

President Trump has asked China to investigate Hunter Biden's business dealings in the country during his father's vice presidency. The president previously accused the Bidens of similar misconduct in Ukraine.

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Hunter Biden's China adventure is a problem for Joe Biden
Hunter Biden's China adventure is a problem for Joe Biden

Washington Examiner

Opinion

President Trump's phone conversation with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine is deeply problematic. But Joe Biden's decision to allow his son, Hunter, to travel with him on a 2013 trip to China is a problem for the former vice president.

As NBC News reports, Hunter joined his father's official visit while seeking Chinese investment for a new equity fund he was forming. While NBC says there are no indications Hunter met with Chinese government officials during the visit, it notes that Hunter attended some formal events with his father. NBC...

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Adam Schiff says Trump asking China to investigate Biden is ‘a fundamental breach’ of his oath of office
Adam Schiff says Trump asking China to investigate Biden is ‘a fundamental breach’ of his oath of office

CNBC

News

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said Thursday that President Donald Trump’s request for China to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden constitutes “a fundamental breach of the president’s oath of office.”

“To have a president of the United States suggesting, urging a foreign country to interfere in our presidential elections is an illustration that if this president has learned anything from the two years of [former special counsel Robert Mueller’s] investigation, it’s that he feels he can do anything with impunity,” Schiff told reporters on Capitol Hill.

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Donald Trump's accusations about Hunter Biden and a payout from China: A closer look
Donald Trump's accusations about Hunter Biden and a payout from China: A closer look

PolitiFact

News

President Donald Trump has spent months criticizing business activities by Hunter Biden, the son of former Vice President Joe Biden, who could face Trump in the 2020 presidential election.

The first activities Trump and his allies spotlighted — the younger Biden’s ties to a Ukrainian energy company — have already led to a House impeachment inquiry against Trump. We previously found no evidence that Joe Biden used his official activities to benefit his son.

More recently, as pressure for impeachment has grown, Trump and his allies have been spotlighting another...

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