Vice President Kamala Harris opens her arms as she talks with President Joe Biden outside the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House Monday, Jan. 25, 2021, prior to the president's remarks and executive signing for his 'Buy American' initiative. (Official White House photo by Adam Schultz)
Few observers think the Biden-Harris administration won't be compromised by family members at some point.
After all, Joe Biden's son, Hunter, already is under federal investigation and reports have documented evidence in his abandoned laptop computer talks about a Chinese business deal and a percentage for the "big guy," which business associates identified as Joe Biden.
Further, Biden's brother apparently has been promoting, in business operations, his relationship to the president.
But it seems the first critical incident has developed because of the "rogue" diplomacy of the niece of Kamala Harris, the vice president.
According to a report in the Washington Examiner, Meena Harris, 36, has been engaged social media "diplomacy" that has been getting attention in India.
She's called for the release of political activist Nodeep Kaur, and has supported Indian farmers locked in a confrontation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government.
She recently called India's government "a dictatorship," which could, according to the report "complicate U.S. efforts to strengthen ties with India, one of Biden's pledges."
Brett Bruen, the White House global engagement director for the Barack Obama administration, said the actions could "seriously complicate our diplomacy with Delhi."
The conflict is obvious, since the changes being addressed by Modi have been endorsed by the U.S. State Department.
"Family members weighing in on foreign policy has always been a big no-no," Bruen warned. "It creates the impression that they can exert undue influence on the process and also opens up major vulnerabilities for our national security as countries and groups will target them to try and advance their particular policy goals."
Biden, meanwhile, in a phone call this week with Modi, pledged "close cooperation."
The family complications, however, remain, the report noted.
"The administration has sought to tamp down speculation about family members profiting off of their ties to the country's highest officeholders. Biden's son Hunter has come under fire, including for a newly announced book, as have Biden's brothers and his son-in-law, a medical entrepreneur," the Examiner explained.
Meena Harris also has been an issue.
"Her company, Phenomenal, sells and markets products that make apparent reference to her most famous family member, and she has published two bestselling books, including one named after her mother Maya and aunt Kamala," the report said.
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