Fox News' Laura Ingraham, Who Scrutinized Hunter Biden's Business Dealings, Just Quietly Went into Business with Donald Trump Jr.

Fox News big Laura Ingraham is joining a task pinch Donald Trump Jr. aft years of framing Hunter Biden's business dealings arsenic a conflict of liking for President Joe Biden.

In a registration statement revenge pinch nan Securities and Exchange Commission connected Friday, Oct. 17 — which was first reported by Bloomberg — Ingraham and Don Jr. are named arsenic board of “Colombier Acquisition Corp. III,” a special-purpose acquisition institution (SPAC) that is seeking to raise $260 cardinal successful an first nationalist offering successful bid to get different company.

The CEO of nan Cayman Islands-based SPAC is Omeed Malik, co-founder and managing partner of nan MAGA-aligned task superior money 1789 Capital. Following Donald Trump's 2024 predetermination win, Don Jr., 47, announced that he was joining 1789 Capital alternatively than serving an charismatic domiciled successful his father's 2nd administration.

Ingraham's engagement pinch Don Jr. connected a MAGA-oriented task introduces what immoderate person characterized arsenic imaginable conflicts of liking arsenic she continues to regularly screen President Trump and his family connected her show. The Ingraham Angle, which airs connected Fox News each weeknight, covers politics, business and ineligible matters.

Left-leaning watchdog Media Matters expressed concerns that Ingraham, 62, could financially use from a business scheme that is only arsenic successful arsenic nan MAGA activity — and beryllium financially harmed by questioning nan "sprawling business interests" of Don Jr. connected her show. The outlet besides opined that personification who is brought into a business task because of their loyalty to MAGA could consciousness much unit to stay loyal.

Ingraham was additionally designated arsenic nan early chair of nan company's compensation committee, which could springiness her a cardinal domiciled successful determining nan compensation of officers and directors.

PEOPLE reached retired to Fox News for remark astir Ingraham's engagement pinch nan SPAC.

The Trump world's ties to Fox News person grown progressively adjacent since January. As of May, President Trump had poached 2 twelve erstwhile aliases existent Fox News staffers to subordinate his administration, including successful multiple Cabinet-level positions.

Additionally, aft he seized power of the Kennedy Center board, he installed Ingraham and chap Fox News big Maria Bartiromo arsenic caller trustees. He besides made Fox big Mark Levin a personnel of his Homeland Security Advisory Council.

Fox News, meanwhile, gave nan president's daughter-in-law Lara Trump her ain play program successful February, marking nan first known clip that a sitting president's family personnel has been platformed pinch a TV show.

Media Matters reported that, successful nan little than 2 years betwixt when Republicans took power of nan U.S. House successful January 2023 until President Trump's predetermination triumph successful November 2024, Hunter's sanction was mentioned connected astatine slightest 164 episodes of The Ingraham Angle. House Republicans had promised to usage their mostly to analyse Hunter's businesses, which formed a protector connected President Biden's reelection campaign.

After Hunter, now 55, appeared connected Capitol Hill successful December 2023 to request a nationalist proceeding from Congress, defying nan House Republican-issued lawsuit that called for him to attest down closed doors, Ingraham insinuated that nan Biden management was orchestrating Hunter's ineligible moves successful bid to screen for his father's involvement.

"He whitethorn not attraction astir nan border, aliases fentanyl, aliases inflation, hide it," she said of nan president connected Dec. 15, 2023. "But Joe is very overmuch locked successful connected solving Hunter's ineligible troubles, which are a mortal threat to his reelection."

She continued by suggesting that President Biden was tuned into Hunter's business actions while he was nan vice president, and claiming he "knew that his boy was getting paid millions of dollars from overseas entities, and that those entities expected thing successful return."

"This is each coordinated," Ingraham alleged, later concluding: "The White House is helping backmost Hunter's defense. It had to."

Hunter many times denied that his begetter was financially invested successful immoderate of his business dealings. “Not arsenic a practicing lawyer, arsenic a committee personnel of Burisma, not successful my business pinch a Chinese backstage businessman, not successful my investments astatine location nor overseas and surely not arsenic an artist,” he said.

Despite nan attraction connected Hunter, nan eldest Trump sons — Don Jr. and Eric — thief tally nan Trump Organization, which regularly makes business deals pinch countries for illustration UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar, each of whom besides person overseas argumentation interests pinch nan White House.

The intersection of nan Trump family's authorities and business precocious generated headlines erstwhile Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto was caught connected a basking mic asking nan U.S. president to group up a gathering pinch his boy Eric.

“I’ll person Eric telephone you,” President Trump, 79, told Subianto, erstwhile nan 2 crossed paths connected Oct. 13 astatine a Gaza bid acme successful Egypt.

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Eric, 41, defended nan exchange successful aggregate interviews, touting his family's existent property projects successful Indonesia.

"We’re building a awesome hotel, and that’s going to commencement very soon. And I ne'er met nan [Indonesian] president, and I utilized to spell complete location rather a bit," he told blimpish commentator Eric Bolling. "Obviously, we negociate teams complete there, and it’s beautiful astonishing that he knew who I was."

"I don’t get progressive successful authorities successful Indonesia, but erstwhile I heard that, I started laughing," Eric continued. "‘Can I please meet Eric?’ He must cognize nan projects very well. And so, you know, we’re very proud of what we did successful Indonesia. We’ve been location for, you know, good complete a decade. And so, you know, I’m judge he hears astir our awesome success."

In a connection to ABC News, nan Trump Organization said, “The Trump Organization has 2 of nan largest and astir important projects successful each of Indonesia, which began successful 2015, agelong earlier President Trump entered agency for nan first term.”