CNN's Jake Tapper admits ‘Trump was right’ about Hunter's shady income from Ukraine, China

During a discussion on Thursday, CNN's Jake Tapper admitted that former President Donald Trump was right in the 2020 presidential debates that President Joe Biden's son Hunter did "make a fortune in China." 

Before playing a video where then-candidate Biden argued that Hunter did not make money from China, Tapper told his panel, "Hunter Biden admitted in court in July, that he was in fact paid substantial sums from Chinese companies," he added this admission "directly goes against what Joe Biden said in the debates in 2020, with Donald Trump." 

In a debate clip played by Tapper, former President Trump said that Hunter Biden "made a fortune in Ukraine, in China, in Moscow..." before Biden interrupted claiming that was "simply not true."

"Trump was right I mean, he did make a fortune from China and Joe Biden was wrong," Tapper said after the clip. "I don't know that he was lying about it. You might not have been told by Hunter but this blind spot is a problem."

Republican pollster and strategist Kristen Soltis Anderson responded, "It's a problem one because Republicans aren't gonna let it go, that's for sure." She added, "But also these problems are continuing through the legal system. It's not as though this is something that's been settled in other jurisdictions and Republicans are just harping on it. It is an ongoing thing in our courts."

Tapper asked former Michigan Rep. Andy Levin (D) if he thought it was an issue, to which he responded, "I think dads have sometimes parents sometimes their blind spots about their kids, for sure, and the President may be no exception." He then claimed, "Nothing has tied the president to any of Hunter Biden's dealings. There's no whiff of him being involved or him being implicated in it. And it's, you know, I think it's not something that voters care a lot about." 

In June, an IRS whistleblower statement revealed a text message that suggested Joe Biden was in the room as Hunter was demanding money from Chinese businessman Henry Zhao, who has ties to the Chinese Communist Party. 

The message read, "I am sitting here with my father and we would like to understand why the commitment made has not been fulfilled." It continued, "Tell the director that I would like to resolve this now before it gets out of hand, and now means tonight. And, Z, if I get a call or text from anyone involved in this other than you, Zhang, or the chairman, I will make certain that between the man sitting next to me and every person he knows and my ability to forever hold a grudge that you will regret not following my direction. I am sitting here waiting for the call with my father."