Texts from Hunter Biden to a former employee obtained by the Daily Mail show that in 2019 the president’s son threatened to withhold back pay from a legal assistant unless she had sex with him on FaceTime. …

As the New York Post reported in 2020 when Biden’s laptop mysteriously came to public light, he and the assistant had had sex prior to this March 2019 FaceTime call, and images of the two were found on the computer. But the allegation of withholding pay for sex could be a big new problem for the president’s son, who is already in trouble.

[I’d say the fact that these allegations are getting notice in New York Magazine is “a big new problem” for the Bidens. So too is the sudden use of Hunter’s laptop as a reliable journalistic resource by outlets like NY Mag. Not long ago, these media outlets treated the laptop like it was personally built by Vladimir Putin. Suddenly, it’s relevant. And as for a new low, maybe we need to stay tuned on that score as well. — Ed]