New polling shows the majority of Americans, including a large portion of Democrats, believe that President Joe Biden has taken bribes and payments from foreign sources.
By a more than two-to-one majority, Americans believe the accusations against the president and his family, according to a poll conducted this month by Issues & Insights. Fifty-six percent of those polled said the bribery allegations are "likely" true while only 27 percent said they are "unlikely."
Thirty-nine percent of Democrats said the accusations are likely and 42 percent said they are unlikely.
The pollsters said in their analysis that of the 36 demographic and political categories, only two categories, Democrats and liberals, did not say in a majority or plurality that Biden is likely guilty.
The data come after reports have surfaced for months detailing allegations that Biden and his family, namely his son Hunter Biden, took money from foreign entities, including in China, Ukraine, and Romania.
Texts surfaced last month showing Hunter Biden invoking his father's name to threaten a Chinese businessman to pay up.
"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," Hunter Biden told Henry Zhao, an official with the Chinese military intelligence-linked energy company CEFC China Energy in 2017. "I am sitting here waiting for the call with my father. I sure hope whatever it is you are doing is very very very important."
Biden denied any knowledge of the texts. "No, I wasn’t!" Biden shouted at a reporter who asked in late June if he was with his son when the threat was sent. The Washington Free Beacon found that photos on Hunter Biden's abandoned laptop place him at his father's house the day the messages were sent.
Hunter Biden agreed in June to plead guilty to misdemeanor tax crimes, a move that will likely keep him out of prison. The plea deal ends a five-year probe by the Justice Department into Biden's taxes.
An IRS whistleblower alleged that the Justice Department shielded Hunter Biden and his father from scrutiny, undermining the tax investigation.
"There were certain investigative steps that we weren't allowed to take that could have led us to President Biden," whistleblower Gary Shapley said. "We needed to take them."
House Republicans probing the Biden family's foreign dealings said the plea deal with the Department of Justice will not impact their investigation into the Biden family's overseas business dealings.
