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Hunter Biden WhatsApp message fuels GOP assertions of corruption, even after plea

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Hunter Biden's plea deal with the prosecutor who has been probing him has rankled numerous GOP lawmakers, who this week leveled new accusations against the Bidens. The Justice Department's five-year probe into Hunter Biden lurched toward a conclusion this week with the announcement of a plea deal that will likely allow President Joe Biden's 53-year-old son to avoid prison. But that hasn't stopped congressional Republicans from levelling fresh accusations of corruption against the president and his family. GOP lawmakers on Thursday released transcripts from two IRS whistleblowers who together complained in April that the Justice Department sabotaged investigators' efforts to level harsher penalties against the younger Biden -- an accusation at odds with statements made by the Trump-appointed U.S. attorney who prosecuted the case. The latest whistleblower allegations follow a string of investigative efforts by the GOP-led House Oversight Committee and its chairman...

Peru's president asks Cabinet to take anti-corruption pledge

Peru’s newest president has sworn in her Cabinet and asked each member to pledge not to be corrupt while in office LIMA, Peru -- Peru’s newest president , Dina Boluarte, swore in her Cabinet on Saturday just three days after becoming the country’s first female head of state and asked each minister to pledge not to be corrupt while in office. The 17 ministers picked by Boluarte, who on Wednesday was elevated from vice president to replace the ousted Pedro Castillo as the country’s leader, will be key to further inflaming or calming a South American country experiencing a seemingly endemic political crisis. Boluarte presented her centrist government amid demonstrations across Peru calling for her resignation and the scheduling of general elections to replace her and Congress. She asked each of the nine men and eight women to swear or promise to perform their duties “loyally and faithfully without committing acts of corruption.” All Cabinet members knelt before her and wore red-and-whit...