It now has a new demand before it will fully recognize or report on the scandal. Of course, after long repeating denials of Joe Biden that he ever knew about his son's foreign business deals, the media must now recognize that Hunter was selling influence and access.

So they have added yet another task: show Joe Biden actually accepting money.

It is what in literature is called the "impossible task" demand like the Slavic tale of a Tsar ordering a suitor "to go there he does not know where" and to "get that he does not know what."

A direct bribe given to Joe Biden in an envelope or a direct deposit is obviously not impossible. Call it the "highly improbable task," After all, former Rep. William Jefferson was found with cold-hard cash in his freezer. However, among professional influence peddlers, a direct payment to the principal would be viewed as sacrilegious — enough for a lifetime ban from the major corruption league.

Jefferson was an amateur. The Bidens have been in the influence peddling business for decades and Hunter told his Chinese contacts that they are "the best" at what these foreign figures wanted from them.

Only a certifiable moron today would deposit any of the $20 million documented by the House committees in an actual account of Joe or Jill Biden. Those accounts are subject to continual monitoring and potential subpoenas.