During a discussion about the Biden family’s business dealings on Thursday’s installment of “The Story,” Fox News contributor Kellyanne Conway confronted fellow network colleague Juan Williams over his past remarks about her time serving in the Trump administration.
According to Mediate, the two clashed after the House Oversight Committee released a memo that cited financial records showing relatives of President Joe Biden received $1.3 million between 2015 and 2017 from an associate with ties to China. Biden’s son, daughter-in-law, brother, and an unidentified family member received payments, raising questions about what services were provided to obtain such an exorbitant amount.
“This happened while Joe Biden was still the vice president,” said Conway, referring to some transactions. “What did [the Chinese] think that they were going to get from him?”
Conway then referenced Hunter Biden’s infamous laptop, which contained images of the president’s son doing drugs and brandishing a firearm. She also said Williams once called for her termination as a Trump adviser. “What he did – showing himself using drugs, using a handgun – that’s all possibly a felony. Don’t look the other way. You know what, Juan? On this network, you called for my firing because of the ridiculous Hatch Act because I said Elizabeth Warren had lied about her ethnicity for 34 years,” said Conway. “Because I said Joe Biden was an old, rich, White, straight guy. He is. You said I should be fired for that, and you’re ok with the Biden family getting $3 million? That’s rich.”
Williams responded that he believed investigating the matter was legitimate, but he criticized the partisan nature of such investigations. “Well, I just think that when we look at these things, it’s all legitimate,” he said. “Investigate away. But it’s all become so partisan; it just looks like a witch hunt.”
The website said it could not find proof that Williams called for Conway’s termination, though her recollection may be accurate. She may have been alluding partly to a 2019 report from Special Counsel Henry Kerner, who recommended Conway’s removal as an adviser to then-President Donald Trump for violating the Hatch Act. This civil statute prohibits executive branch employees from engaging in political activity while performing their official duties.
Among other instances, Kerner cited Conway’s attacks on then-2020 presidential candidates Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Biden while serving in her official capacity as a White House adviser.
