Biden's Son Keeps Law License Despite Drug-Related Navy Reserve Discharge

Biden's Son Keeps Law License Despite Drug-Related Navy Reserve Discharge

by Warner Todd Huston 19 Oct 2014

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/10/19/Vice-President-s-Son-Won-t-Lose-Law-License-Despite-Cocaine-Charges

Despite being cashiered out of the Navy Reserve for testing positive for cocaine, Vice President Joe Biden's son is still being allowed to practice law and won't lose his Connecticut law license.

Late last week the Wall Street Journal reported that in February of this year Hunter Biden, 44, tested positive for cocaine during a drug test administered by the Navy and was immediately discharged from the Navy Reserve.

Days later the Connecticut Bar announced that it was not initiating any reviews of the younger Biden's law license.

Lawyers in Connecticut face an automatic review of their licenses when they have been convicted of a crime, but Biden's dismissal from the Navy for cocaine, the Bar Association said, did not rise to that threshold.

"At this point, I'm not aware that Mr. Biden has been arrested for anything, and certainly not convicted," said Michael P. Bowler, Connecticut's Statewide Bar Counselor.

The VP's son had joined the Navy Reserves in 2012 as a candidate for the Direct Commission Officer Program. By May of 2014 he was assigned to the Navy Public Supports Element East in Norfolk, Virginia but lost his commission after the drug test.

Biden was given two waivers to be allowed into the Navy Reserves in the first place. One because he was already in his forties when he wanted to join the Reserves, and a second because he was arrested on drug charges when he was younger.

Hunter Biden is the managing director at Rosemont Seneca Technology Partners and is also a former lobbyist. He also joined the board of Ukraine's largest private oil and gas producer last May.

Bar Association

Dennis W. Archer was the president of the American Bar Association, and is a member of the Alpha Phi Alpha.

Note: Andrew J. Young is a member of the Alpha Phi Alpha, and a director at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund.

Thurgood Marshall was a member of the Alpha Phi Alpha, the founder of the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, and Thurgood Marshall Jr’s son.

Adam Clayton Powell Jr. was a member of the Alpha Phi Alpha, and an Oak Bluffs (MA) homeowner.

Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is an Oak Bluffs (MA) homeowner, an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, a senior director at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, the Brookings Institution (think tank), and the New America Foundation.

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, and a board member for the International Crisis Group.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Leslie H. Gelb is a board member for the International Crisis Group, and an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project.

Teresa Heinz Kerry is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), married to John F. Kerry, and her son is Christopher D. Heinz.

John F. Kerry is married to Teresa Heinz Kerry, the secretary at the U.S. Department of State for the Barack Obama administration, and his senior adviser was Daniel Burrell.

Daniel Burrell was John F. Kerry’s senior adviser, and is a director at Rosemont Solebury Capital Management.

Christopher D. Heinz is Teresa Heinz Kerry’s son, and a founding partner at Rosemont Solebury Capital Management.

Rosemont Solebury Capital Management is an investor in Rosemont Seneca Technology Partners.

R. Hunter Biden is a managing partner at Rosemont Seneca Technology Partners, a director at the Truman National Security Project, and Joseph R. Biden Jr’s son.  

Ronald A. Klain is a director at the Truman National Security Project, the coordinator of government Ebola efforts for the Barack Obama administration, and a trustee at the Third Way.   

Thurgood Marshall Jr. is a trustee at the Third Way, and Thurgood Marshall’s son.

William M. Daley is a trustee at the Third Way, a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, was the chief of staff for the Barack Obama administration, and a director at the Chicago Urban League.

Valerie B. Jarrett is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, the senior adviser for the Barack Obama administration, her great uncle is Vernon E. Jordan Jr., a friend of Linda Johnson Rice, and was a director at the Chicago Urban League.

Linda Johnson Rice is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, a friend of Valerie B. Jarrett, and John H. Johnson’s daughter.

John H. Johnson was Linda Johnson Rice’s father, and a member of the Alpha Phi Alpha.

Thomas J. Burrell was a member of the Alpha Phi Alpha, and a director at the Chicago Urban League.

Dennis W. Archer is a member of the Alpha Phi Alpha, and was the president of the American Bar Association.

Anne-Marie Slaughter is a director at the New America Foundation, an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project, and was a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Madeleine K. Albright is an honorary director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), and an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project.

Robert J. Abernethy is an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project, a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), and a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

R. Hunter Biden is a director at the Truman National Security Project, a managing partner at Rosemont Seneca Technology Partners, and Joseph R. Biden Jr’s son.  

Joseph R. Biden Jr. is R. Hunter Biden’s father, the vice president for the Barack Obama administration, and a regent for the Smithsonian Institution.

Shirley Ann Jackson is a regent for the Smithsonian Institution, and a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

David M. Rubenstein is a regent for the Smithsonian Institution, a co-chairman for the Brookings Institution (think tank), and the president of the Economic Club of Washington.

Vernon E. Jordan Jr. was the president of the Economic Club of Washington, is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a senior director at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, an Oak Bluffs (MA) homeowner, a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Adam Clayton Powell Jr. was an Oak Bluffs (MA) homeowner, and a member of the Alpha Phi Alpha.

Dennis W. Archer is a member of the Alpha Phi Alpha, and was the president of the American Bar Association.