Reporters Claim Editors From THIS News Outlet Put The Brakes On Hunter Biden Coverage!

By Jennifer Wentworth | Saturday, 25 January 2025 05:15 AM
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In a recent revelation, two former Politico reporters have alleged that their editors deliberately stalled or entirely dismissed their investigative reports on the Biden family's controversies.

This includes the infamous Hunter Biden laptop scandal, which, according to the reporters, was largely ignored by Politico beyond an exclusive piece that labeled the laptop as a potential "Russian disinfo."

Tara Palmeri, currently associated with Puck, hosted her former colleague Marc Caputo, now an Axios reporter, on her podcast "Somebody's Gotta Win". During their conversation, Caputo expressed his disappointment with Politico's handling of the Hunter Biden laptop scandal during the 2020 election.

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"Politico, my former employer, and I knew at the time, didn’t do itself any favors," Caputo said. He recalled his attempts to bring the issue to light, stating, “I was covering Biden at the time, and I remember coming to my editor and saying, ‘Hey, we need to write about the Hunter Biden laptop.’ And I was told this came from on high at Politico: Don’t write about the laptop, don’t talk about the laptop, don’t tweet about the laptop. And the only thing Politico wound up writing was that piece that called it disinformation, which charitably could be called misinformation, at the least."

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According to The Post Millennial, Politico's article titled "Hunter Biden story is Russian disinfo, dozens of former intel officials say," featured an open letter signed by 51 intelligence officials. The letter claimed that the material from Hunter Biden's infamous laptop bore "all the earmarks of a Russian intelligence operation" just days after The New York Post published its explosive story on the laptop in October 2020.

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Caputo also revealed that he had penned a report in 2019 based on opposition research from a rival Democratic campaign of then-candidate Joe Biden. The report centered around a "tax lien" of Hunter's related to his work at Ukrainian energy company Burisma. He said, “And I wrote what would have been a classic story, saying, you know, ‘The former vice president’s son was slapped with a big tax lien for the time that he worked for this controversial Ukrainian oil concern, or natural gas concern, which is haunting his father on the campaign trail.' That story was killed by the editors.' And they gave no explanation for that either. So that the general experience - obviously the public doesn't know about those things." Caputo provided Fox News evidence that the original Word document of the article was created on May 8, 2019.

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Palmeri, who unearthed the story of Hunter Biden's gun incident that resulted in a felony charge for lying about his drug use on a gun form, shared her own experiences. “I spent three months on it, I went to the laptop shop, and I did all of the reporting in Delaware, and I did all of that. But yeah, it had, it had to be like much- it had to be 100% nailed down. I had everything, you know, the police reports… I’m a solid reporter. But I do wonder if it could have if it would have been published a little quicker if it was a different type of story."

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She further told Fox News, "I certainly had to push very hard to get that reporting published. Like, it was a constant, 'Hey, when are we going to do this? Hey, when are we going to get this out there? Hey, when we're going to do this?' Because it was so difficult. Like it was kind of a known feeling that like, it's gonna be difficult to report stuff that's really tough on the Biden administration and family. It's just like a culture."

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Palmeri speculated that many at Politico, including reporters, were keen on currying favor with the new administration, which could explain the reluctance to publish such a piece within the first few months of the administration.

She also claimed that her editors insisted on linking the story to a federal agency before they would consider publishing it. "It had to be about the fact that the Secret Service was involved. I just think the fact that, you know, the president's son is getting in a domestic dispute that involves a gun being thrown out next to a school is pretty shocking. And the police had to be involved."

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Palmeri added, "They felt like for it to be worthy of being published, it had to rise to that occasion that a federal department was involved and they misused power, basically. Like the crime itself was not important- was not worthy of just running the story on that alone. In fairness, they wanted to make sure the story was buttoned up, but they also felt like it needed to be elevated beyond the crime, the obvious crime which we had from the form. We had to nail down that element of the Secret Service part."

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In response to these allegations, a spokesperson for Politico dismissed the claims by their former reporters as "bullsh*t," and accused them of having "a case of false memory." The spokesperson asserted that Politico's reporters "led the way on wide-ranging reporting on the business dealings of Joe Biden’s closest relatives" and stood by its verification of the laptop. In a statement, Politico said, "Our editors uphold rigorous standards, ensuring every story is thoroughly vetted and ‘buttoned up’ before publishing. This approach reflects our unwavering commitment to accuracy and accountability—principles that have guided us and will continue to do so.”

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