Nearly all media outlets have finally arrived at the same conclusion: Hunter Biden is in trouble. The First Son’s international deals run the whole gamut of legality: “ethically gray,”; “incredibly corrupt,”; and finally “danger to national security.” And it may go all the way to the Oval.
But while the world is busy digging into the laptop from hell, Hunter Biden is comfortably lounging in a rented Malibu mansion, paying an estimated $20,000 a month. And if that isn’t a slap in the face, this is: taxpayers are paying $30,000 a month for his Secret Service detail, according to a new report from ABC News.
“Typically, wherever a protectee sets up their residence, the Secret Service is forced to find someplace to rent nearby at market value,” Retired senior Secret Service agent Don Mihalek says.
“This isn’t new. The Service has had to do this in past administrations, and unfortunately, the housing market right now has driven the prices up substantially.”
“In Malibu, Hunter Biden’s digs include a four-bedroom, three-bathroom ‘resort-style’ home with an open floor plan, vaulted high ceilings, chef’s kitchen and French doors, according to a description on its property listing,” ABC News reports. “The mansion also features a ‘spacious park-like yard’ with a pool, a spa, a built-in barbecue bar, and alfresco dining, according to the listing.”
Biden’s Secret Service detail is housed next door —and their digs sound even nicer.
“The Spanish-style estate that the Secret Service has rented sits on a 0.7-acre lot above the Malibu coast and also features ‘gorgeous ocean views,’ according to its listing,” ABC reports. “With six bedrooms, six bathrooms, a gym, a tasting room, a built-in barbecue, a pool, a spa, and a spiral staircase that leads up to a ‘castle-like tower to the master retreat with wet bar,’ the luxury mansion boasts ‘resort style living at its finest’ and is ‘a perfect retreat for discerning clientele,’ its listing says.
“Hunter should recognize the exorbitant cost of his own protection in the exclusive Malibu neighborhood, and cooperate with the Secret Service to bring down the expenses,” says Craig Holman, a government affairs lobbyist at progressive good-government group Public Citizen. “A cost of $30,000 a month for the Secret Service to rent a home in Malibu next to Hunter is an unconscionable burden to taxpayers, all for the personal benefit of Hunter Biden. Hunter should realize this and accommodate his security detail in his own home.”
Let me ask you something, Craig: does Hunter Biden sound like the kind of person who would recognize the “exorbitant cost” of his own protection? Does he sound like the type to consider the “unconscionable burden to the taxpayers?”
Hopefully Hunter’s enjoying his “resort-style” home and “spacious floor plan.” It’ll be a far cry from his 4’ x 6’ cell with limited yard time.
