Joe Biden has been corrupt for a long time

The Washington Examiner has shown how real reporting works. They did a deep dive into government records to find out how Joe Biden interacted with various government agencies.

They found that in at least 2 occasions Joe used his position as a Senator to push very obscure issues that just happened to benefit the law firm his son, Hunter, was a partner in.

On 2/28/2007 Biden expressed concern to DHS about its proposed safety regulations for chemical plants.  Presumably DHS was concerned because if bad actors, terrorists, were employed at chemical plants they could access chemicals which could be used in a chemical weapons attack.

The interesting thing is that just eight weeks earlier the Industrial Safety Training Council had hired the law firm where Biden was a partner to lobby DHS on the need for extended background checks for employees.  They were doing so presumably to make more money for themselves since the Industrial Safety Training Council is a trade group that represents companies that provide safety training for people who work at chemical facilities.

Hunter Biden, Joe's son, didn't register as a lobbyist for this particular activity but as a partner he would financially benefit from the work done by his firm for the trade group.

The second incident that the Washington Examiner found was Biden sending a letter to U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on 1/31/2007 about implementing an expanded background check system for volunteer organizations.

When Biden wrote that letter his son's law firm was working for a coalition of state level criminal justice advocates called SEARCH which just happened to be advocating a broader fingerprint screening system.

On 3/8/2008 Biden introduced a Bill that would implement a national fingerprint background check system for volunteer groups working with children.

Once again Hunter Biden benefited from Joe's actions and the fact that Hunter could tell prospective clients that he, Hunter, could get a Senator to go to bat for them had to help with getting new business.

Interestingly ABC News has reported that Joe Biden was concerned that the conflicts associated with his son's lobbying work could have had a negative impact on Joe's 2008 presidential run which shows that Joe was aware of problems associated with his actions.

This is of interest because Joe is currently trying to create the impression that he has never gone to bat for his son.