Hunter Biden once told CNN anchor Jake Tapper that he would 'knock you out' during a confrontation at a Super Bowl party in 2018, according to a new book by Tapper and CNN contributor Alex Thompson. The incident, reported by Puck, occurred at a pre-game event for Super Bowl LII in Minneapolis.
Tapper, who moderated the June 2024 debate that led to President Joe Biden's withdrawal from the race, approached Hunter Biden after shaking hands with former Congressman Kevin McCarthy. Hunter allegedly put his arm around Tapper and said, 'If we were not in a public setting, I would knock you out.'
The cause of the threat remains unclear. Some sources suggest Hunter was angry about CNN's coverage of allegations regarding his drug use and 2017 divorce, which Tapper denied covering. Others claim Hunter believed Tapper had called him to inform him of his brother Beau's death, a charge Tapper strongly refuted.
Tapper denied ever contacting Hunter about Beau's death, stating, 'At no point in my life have I ever called Hunter Biden—I've never even had his phone number.' He confirmed the confrontation but said it was over 'coverage he wrongly believed I had done regarding divorce allegations of drug use and using prostitutes, which I actually had never done.'
The book, titled 'Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again,' has drawn criticism from some who accuse CNN of being complicit in the alleged cover-up. Commenters on CNN's own story accused the network of 'complicity in the fraud,' while others mocked Tapper for writing a book about a cover-up they claim he helped perpetuate.
