New Biden-kin ethical fears
President Biden’s son-in-law’s investment in a health-care company involved in the coronavirus-vaccine effort is raising eyebrows, after Biden pledged that his family would have no influence in government matters.
Yosi Health CEO Hari Prasad created software that would help make the vaccine process more efficient and sought help from one of his company’s first investors, StartUp Health, which employs Dr. Howard Krein — who is married to Biden’s daughter, Ashley — as its chief medical officer, ABC News said.
“Our goal with StartUp Health is to leverage their relationships and work with state and federal agencies,” Prasad told ABC News.
Scott Amey, of the nonpartisan Project on Government Oversight, said, “Krein presents an ethical dilemma because he’s being placed in a position where people want him to deliver access and information that will provide them with a competitive advantage.”
StartUp Health and Krein did not respond to requests for comment. A White House spokesman said Biden will maintain “the highest ethical standards for . . . those around him.”
A suspect has been arrested in the on-camera attack on a 91-year-old Asian man in California, cops said, days after actors Daniel Dae Kim and Daniel Wu announced a $25,000 reward over the “senseless violence.”
Surveillance video shows the suspect — later identified as Yahya Muslim, 28 — coming up behind the unsuspecting nonagenarian Jan. 31 in
Oakland and shoving him to the ground. Muslim also allegedly attacked a 60-year-old man and a 55-year-old woman on the same day, according to KABC-TV.
Muslim, who has been in custody since Feb. 1 in an unrelated case, was charged with three counts of assault, Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O’Malley said Monday. He also faces charges of inflicting great bodily injury and committing a crime against an elderly person.
On Friday, Kim and Wu, angered by the attack and other recent incidents targeting Asian Americans, announced the award on Instagram.
“The number of hate crimes against Asian Americans continues to skyrocket, despite our repeated pleas for help,” Kim wrote.