The Biden Crime Family (Consolidated Thread)

[Honoria]

House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer Tells Janet Yellen to Turn Over All Suspicious Activity Reports Regarding the Bidens and Burisma

By Mike LaChance
Jun. 29, 2023 9:45 am




James Comer, the chairman of the House Oversight Committee is demanding that Biden’s Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen turn over any and all suspicious activity reports (SARs) related to the Bidens and Burisma.



Now we’re talking.



If Yellen doesn’t comply, Republicans should hold a press conference and ask why the administration is refusing to be transparent about this.



RedState reports:



As Banks Fail and Americans Scramble to Protect Retirement Accounts With Physical Gold and Silver, A Faith-Based Company Shows Them How



House Oversight Chair to Treasury Sec. Yellen: Provide All Suspicious Activity Reports Regarding Bidens



The House Oversight Committee and its Chairman, James Comer (R-KY), have been relentless in pursuing information into bribery allegations against President Joe Biden and the questionable overseas business deals of his son Hunter. However, the Biden administration has been resistant to transparency and generally slow-walks Comer’s requests or simply ignores them.



On Wednesday, the Committee blasted off a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen demanding that her department provide “all suspicious activity reports (SARs) related to Burisma executives & entities to help further our investigation into the Biden bribery scheme.” They added, “The FBI sat on these allegations for years. We’re not.”

From the letter:



Dear Secretary Yellen:



The Committee on Oversight and Accountability has reviewed government documents that allege President Biden, while serving as Vice President, solicited and received a bribe from a foreign source in return for certain actions. These allegations are consistent with the Committee’s ongoing investigation of the Biden family’s foreign business transactions—transactions that subpoenaed bank records have revealed allowed Biden family members and associates to profit over $10 million from foreign sources.



The Committee seeks to craft legislative solutions aimed at deficiencies it has identified in the current legal framework regarding ethics laws and disclosure of financial interests related to the immediate family members of Vice Presidents and Presidents— deficiencies that may place American national security and interests at risk.



This is the way. Republicans have got to start playing hardball.



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Nine Times Joe Biden Denied Family Business Involvement Despite Mounting Evidence
WENDELL HUSEBØ
30 Jun 2023

President Joe Biden has denied his involvement in the Biden family business nine times over four years.



While at least 23 instances of evidence directly contradict his claims, including but not limited to photos, texts, an audio recording, and IRS and former business partner whistleblower testimonies, Joe Biden remains steadfast in insisting that many established facts do not mean he was somehow involved in the family’s overseas business.



The list of denials begins in 2019 when he ran for president. There is a three-year gap between his initial denials and recent repudiations, representing the establishment media’s failure to ask the president about the evidence that has been trickling into the public domain for years.



After the most recent findings in May and June by the Republican-led Congress, the media took a more active role in reporting the family’s affairs. Yet its reporting pales in comparison to how the media covers alleged Republican wrongdoing. According to Media Research Center, fewer than 50 percent of CNN and MSNBC viewers know about key issues regarding the Biden family’s business.



Below are the nine instances Joe Biden denied involvement:



One: May 13, 2019



“We never once discussed it when he was there [Ukraine],” Biden told the Associated Press. “There’s not a single bit of evidence that’s been shown in any reporting that’s been done that he ever talked about it with me or asked any government official for a favor.”



“All the reports indicated that not a single, solitary thing was inappropriate about what my son did. He never talked to me. He never talked to anybody in the administration,” Biden added.



Two: August 28, 2019



“Never discussed with my son or my brother or anyone else anything to do with their businesses. Period, ” Joe Biden said.

Three: September 19, 2019



“I’ve never spoken to my son about his overseas business dealings. Here’s what I know — I know Trump deserves to be investigated,” he said. “You should be looking at Trump. Trump’s doing this because he knows I’ll beat him like a drum.”

Four: October 4, 2019



“Yes, I stand by that statement,” Joe Biden replied when a reporter asked him in Los Angeles about his previous denials.

Five: October 22, 2020



“I have not taken a penny from any foreign source, ever, in my life,” Biden said, referring to Hunter Biden’s role on the board of the Ukrainian energy company during a presidential debate. “Nothing was unethical.”



“My son has not made money from China. The only guy who has made money from China was this guy,” he said about Donald Trump.

Six: June 8, 2023



Joe Biden mockingly called the House GOP revelation that he accepted a $5 million bribe from a Ukrainian energy company “malarkey.”

Seven: June 14, 2023



Joe Biden dismissed a question about the alleged audio tapes by breaking his stride, turning, grinning, and slowly shaking his head while walking away.

Eight: June 26, 2023



After hosting an event in the East Room at the White House about the nation’s economic challenges, Fox News’ Jacqui Heinrich asked President Joe Biden, “Did you lie about never speaking to Hunter about his business deals?”



“No,” Joe Biden replied.

Nine: June 28, 2023



While speaking outside the White House, reporters swarmed the president with questions about his involvement with the family business in response to whistleblower testimony to Congress that his name was thrown around in his son’s deals.



“How involved were you in your son’s Chinese shake-down text message? Were you sitting there? Were you involved?” a reporter asked.



“No, I wasn’t.”



“Were you?” a second reporter asked.



“No!” Biden shouted back.


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Hunter Biden Lawyer Abbe Lowell Denies Joe Biden Was With Hunter in WhatsApp Text, Attacks IRS Whistleblowers in Letter to Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith

By Kristinn Taylor
Jun. 30, 2023 1:35 pm


Hunter Biden lawyer Abbe Lowell denied that Joe Biden was sitting with Hunter Biden as stated in a 2017 WhatsApp message to a Chinese business associate and went scorched earth on the IRS whistleblowers in a letter sent on Friday to House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) that also attacked the committee’s investigation into the handling of Hunter’s tax and gun charges. The letter comes after the committee released (following a party line vote) transcripts and evidence provided by the whistleblowers last week. The transcripts and evidence contain stunning allegations of criminality by Hunter and Joe Biden as well as accusations of obstruction and sabotage of the investigation by officials with the Justice Department.



The WhatsApp text dated July 30,2017 that was obtained by the IRS from Hunter’s Apple iCloud account reads, “I am sitting here with my father and we would like to understand why the commitment made has not been fulfilled. Tell the director that I would like to resolve this now before it gets out of hand, and now means tonight. And, Z, if I get a call or text from anyone involved in this other than you, Zhang, or the chairman, I will make certain that between the man sitting next to me and every person he knows and my ability to forever hold a grudge that you will regret not following my direction. I am sitting here waiting for the call with my father.”



Lowell responded: “… The facts, which some media has now reported, are that President Biden and our client were not together that day, the company being referenced was not CEFC but Harvest Financial Group (with a person who also had the initial “Z”), and that no transaction actually occurred…”



Lowell took direct aim at whistleblower Gary Shapley, a senior IRS investigator who has gone public with his allegations against Hunter Biden and the DOJ.



The letter was reported by Axios.


Excerpts from the ten page Lowell letter.



Since taking the majority in 2023, various leaders of the House and its committees have discarded the established protocols of Congress, rules of conduct, and even the law in what can only be called an obsession with attacking the Biden family. Your recent actions and joint statement with Chairmen Comer and Jordan make clear that you have joined this ignoble group, adopting their irresponsible tactics as your own. In fact, yesterday’s press release by the three of you seeking the testimony of a dozen law enforcement personnel based on the unsworn and slanted statements of the IRS agents is now the proverbial card castle—something that looks real but has no foundation.



Releasing the transcripts of and exhibits from interviews of self-styled IRS “whistleblowers” who may be claiming that title in an attempt to evade their own misconduct was an obvious ploy to feed the misinformation campaign to harm our client, Hunter Biden, as a vehicle to attack his father. It is no secret these interviews were orchestrated recitations of mischaracterized and incomplete “facts” by disgruntled agents who believed they knew better than the federal prosecutors who had all the evidence as they conducted their five-year investigation of Mr. Biden.



Let me be specific: (a) your release of material violated the spirit, if not the letter, of the tax laws and federal rules governing investigations; (b) your attempt to protect the IRS agents was a transparent effort to provide cover to those with a bias and an axe to grind so deep and sharp as to have allowed them to avoid answering for their own conduct under oath; and (c) you then choreographed the dissemination of incomplete half-truths, distortions, and totally unnecessary details about Mr. Biden.



…Now that these shortcomings have been noticed, will the Committee follow up now and ask everyone who came or comes forward and claims the title of “whistleblower” to answer those questions? In that regard, it was more than a little odd for Mr. Shapley to start his interview by declaring “[t]here is no reward for me becoming a whistleblower” and to conclude his interview by thanking the Committee and saying: “Just thanks for listening. My life’s on the line here, so do what you can?” Mr. Shapley may be reaping the “reward” from the cover you have given him considering the penalties for agents illegally leaking this type of information. And how could Mr. Shapley’s life “be on the line” (e.g., was he suggesting someone in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Delaware or elsewhere was threatening him physically? If so, wouldn’t intimidation or threats to a federal agent be ripe for inquiry by the Committee?). Perhaps, Mr. Shapley was referring to his status in some investigation of his own conduct, and his plea to have your Committee “do what you can” was to help him in that regard.



In one excerpt that has now gotten a great deal of media attention, Mr. Biden is alleged to have been sitting next to his father on July 30, 2017, when he allegedly sent a WhatsApp message, urging the completion of some business transaction. See Shapley Tr. at 14. The inference is that the referenced message was being sent to an official of CEFC (China Energy) to forward a false narrative about the Bidens’ involvement in that company. The facts, which some media has now reported, are that President Biden and our client were not together that day, the company being referenced was not CEFC but Harvest Financial Group (with a person who also had the initial “Z”), and that no transaction actually occurred. More important, your own actions call into question the authenticity of that communication and your subsequent use of it. The agent only described one message, but you took that purported text and disseminated images of it on June 22 and June 24 in two Twitter postings.



The screen-grab images you posted are not real and contain myriad of issues: both include a photo of Mr. Biden not from 2017 but from the White House Easter Eggroll in April 2022 (long after the purported message was sent); both images portray the message in a blue bubble, when WhatsApp messages are in green; one image super-imposed the Chinese flag for the contact ID, when surely that was not how a text or contact was kept; and one purports to be a screenshot with the “. . .” of someone composing a text (as in Apple’s iMessage) when that does not happen on WhatsApp. In short, the images you circulated online are complete fakes. Many media articles confirm that data purported to have come from Mr. Biden’s devices has been altered or manipulated. You, or someone else, did that again. All of the misstatements about this communication and your use of a false text are good examples of how providing one-sided, untested, and slanted information leads to improper conclusions.



Referenced tweets by Rep. Smith:

…Furthermore, various statements by the agents demonstrate either a misunderstanding by the agents or, worse, a purposeful attempt to create a false narrative. These include the red-herring issue of appointing the U.S. Attorney in Delaware to be a special counsel when for all intents and purposes the delegation to that U.S. Attorney was as great as that which a special counsel would receive; that prosecutors “let” statutes of limitations expire rather than deciding that a charge was not supported for a year in which a statute of limitations running was irrelevant; implying that the October 7, 2022, meeting in Delaware of prosecutors and agents was somehow the agents’ doing when it is clear from the chronology that it was called the day after a destructive media leak by some agent, likely made with the intent to pressure some inappropriate decision in the investigation; that the agents knew better than the lawyers as to whether an attorney-client privilege review of material was required; or that a Tax Division memorandum recommended some type of charge(s) when the agent admits he never saw it.



Chairman Smith, it is easy when a committee does not operate with fairness and thoroughness and an adherence to rules and procedures to forward a false political narrative. You have done that, and it appears that you (joined now by other Republican chairs who have also been

shown to shoot first—sometimes at their own feet—and aim second) will continue to do that. We can only hope that the specious methods you are using, some of which are laid out in this letter, will inform the public of the right way things should be done.



Sincerely,

Abbe David Lowell

Counsel for Robert Hunter Biden

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Second Hunter Biden Lawyer Doesn’t Deny WhatsApp Texts Are His

WENDELL HUSEBØ
30 Jun 2023

Hunter Biden lawyer Abbe Lowell, who represents high-profile individuals engulfed in political scandals, issued a letter Friday on behalf of the president’s son that did not deny the contents of the WhatsApp IRS whistleblower-revealed texts to be his client’s.



The failure to outright refute the contents of the text messages sent from Hunter Biden is the second case in two weeks from two different lawyers.



Last week, a WhatsApp text surfaced showing Hunter Biden demanded payment in 2017 from a CCP-linked businessman while “sitting” next to his dad was indeed Hunter’s message.



A second text showed Hunter Biden asking a second CEFC business associate, Gongwen “Kevin” Dong, for $10 million, noting the Biden family is best at “doing exactly what the chairman wants.”



Lowell’s letter to members of the congressional House committee did not deny the words in the texts were Hunter Biden’s, although he said the graphics of text screenshots were “fakes.”



Lowell wrote, “In short, the images you circulated online are complete fakes,” without denying the contents of messages to CCP-linked individuals.



He also said House Ways and Means Committee Chair Jason Smith making public the IRS whistleblower transcripts was “feed[ing] the misinformation campaign to harm our client … as a vehicle to attack his father.”



“Your attempt to protect the IRS agents was a transparent effort to provide cover to those with a bias and an axe to grind so deep and sharp as to have allowed them to avoid answering for their own conduct under oath,” he said.



In addition, Lowell claimed the whistleblowers disclosed information to Congress “in an attempt to evade their own misconduct,” alleging Smith violated federal laws in disclosing the IRS agents’ statements.

The letter comes after Hunter Biden’s attorney, Chris Clark, who leads his criminal defense, admitted the first 2017 WhatsApp text demanding money from a CCP-linked businessman while “sitting” next to his dad was indeed Hunter’s message.



“The DOJ investigation covered a period which was a time of turmoil and addiction for my client,” he wrote. “Any verifiable words or actions of my client in the midst of a horrible addiction are solely his own and have no connection to anyone in his family.”



Clark’s statement came on the same day that Breitbart News reported the Biden family business received $5.1 million within ten days of Hunter Biden’s first message to a CCP-linked businessman who worked with Chinese energy conglomerate CEFC Energy, according to the 2020 Senate report on the Biden family.


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A 19-Point Time Line of Joe Biden’s Infamous Links to the Family Business


WENDELL HUSEBØ
1 Jul 2023

Although Joe Biden has personally denied involvement in his family’s international business scheme nine times, a time line of events suggests Joe Biden not only is linked to the family’s affairs but is a key member of an “organized crime” operation, as House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY) termed it.



Comer recently identified “six specific policy decisions” that Joe Biden made that indicate he could be “compromised.”



“Where is the money?” Biden responded in June when asked about his ties to the business. He later said he was joking. “It’s a bunch of malarkey.”



The following 19-point time line lays out the data points obtained from whistleblowers, the “Laptop from Hell,” James Comer, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), and the Senate 2020 report on the family.



One:



In 2013, Hunter flew to China with Vice President Joe Biden aboard Air Force Two. During the excursion, Hunter introduced the vice president to his business partner Jonathan Li, the CEO of a company linked to Chinese intelligence.



Ten days after the visit to China, Hunter secured a ten percent interest in BHR Partners, a Chinese state-backed investment fund co-founded with Li. The fund’s capitalization was $1 billion.



The Bank of China, a state-owned bank, controls BHR Partners. BHR Partners’ website boasts 15 billion RMB (renmibi, the official Chinese currency) in various portfolio companies, translating to more than two billion U.S. dollars.



Hunter Biden held a ten percent interest in BHR with the entity Skaneateles LLC. He controlled Skaneateles, according to Chinese public records from Baidu, as the sole governor until its dissolution in September 2021, a Washington, DC, registration indicated. Documents obtained by Breitbart News, first revealed by the nonprofit Marco Polo, show the control of Skaneateles LLC is held by Kevin Morris, Hunter Biden’s top attorney, who also paid Hunter Biden’s IRS debts.



Two:



Photos from 2014 reveal Joe Biden met with Hunter’s Mexican business associates, billionaire Miguel Alemán Velasco and his son Miguel Aleman Magnani, in the vice president’s office.



“The then-vice president also flew Hunter and his partner Jeff Cooper on Air Force 2 to Mexico City in 2016 where Hunter arranged to meet Alemán’s son for meetings over a ‘flippin gigantic’ business deal,” the Daily Mail reported.



Three:



In 2016, Hunter and Joe Biden flew aboard Air Force Two to Mexico, where Hunter met with a business associate from Mexico City. On the trip, Jeff Cooper, who ran a large litigation firm, SimmonsCooper, invested $1 million in Hunter and James Biden’s now-defunct hedge fund. The New York Post reported:



SimmonsCooper also put up $1 million in investment capital for Hunter and his uncle Jim [James] Biden’s abortive attempt to run a hedge fund in 2009. When the venture ended, the Bidens returned the money.



Cooper joined the VP’s entourage on Air Force Two to Mexico in 2016, when he and Hunter were trying to negotiate an ill-fated petroleum deal with Aleman Magnani.



At 6 p.m. on Feb. 24, 2016, about an hour after “wheels up” from Joint Base Andrews on the five-hour flight to Mexico City, Hunter wrote a plaintive email to Aleman Magnani using Air Force Two’s secure, high-speed satellite communications channel. He blind-copied Cooper.



Four:



A photo reportedly taken in 2014 shows Joe Biden golfing with Hunter and Devon Archer, Hunter’s fellow board member at the Ukrainian gas company Burisma. Archer, who was imprisoned for fraud, is in talks to comply with the House Oversight Committee’s subpoena regarding his knowledge of the Biden family’s alleged $10 million Ukraine “bribe” and additional Biden family business transactions.



“The photograph includes a fourth man who has not been identified. However, he is not Burisma’s top executive Taras Burdeinyi or founder Mykola Zlochevsky. Photographs of both men can be seen here and here,” Reuters reported.



Five:



In 2015, Burisma was under suspicion of money laundering and public corruption. Prosecutor Victor Shokin was investigating the case before his termination due to pressure applied by then-Vice President Joe Biden, who threatened to withhold $1 billion in U.S. aid from Ukraine if the Ukrainian government did not fire Shokin.



Joe Biden later bragged about the firing during a 2018 appearance at the Council of Foreign Relations.



“I said, ‘I’m telling you, you’re not getting the billion dollars.’ I said, ‘You’re not getting the billion. I’m going to be leaving here in,’ I think it was about six hours,” Biden told the audience. “I looked at them and said, ‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money.’ Well, son of a bitch. He got fired.”







Six:



An FBI informant claims to possess two pieces of evidence that show Joe Biden received $5 million after threatening to withhold aid to Ukraine until Shokin was fired, House Oversight Committee Republicans told reporters after reviewing the bureau’s informant file.



Seven:



In 2015, the day after Joe and Hunter Biden met with foreign business partners at Cafe Milano, one of the men emailed Hunter Biden his thanks for the “opportunity to meet your father.”



The New York Post reported:



The never-before-revealed meeting is mentioned in a message of appreciation that Vadym Pozharskyi, an adviser to the board of Burisma, allegedly sent Hunter Biden on April 17, 2015, about a year after Hunter joined the Burisma board at a reported salary of up to $50,000 a month.



“Dear Hunter, thank you for inviting me to DC and giving an opportunity to meet your father and spent [sic] some time together. It’s realty [sic] an honor and pleasure,” the email reads.



An earlier email from May 2014 also shows Pozharskyi, reportedly Burisma’s No. 3 executive, asking Hunter for “advice on how you could use your influence” on the company’s behalf.



Eight:



Hunter and Joe Biden allegedly “coerced” a Burisma executive into paying them $10 million in bribes, a source familiar with the FBI’s informant document confirmed to Breitbart News.



According to Grassley, the FBI informant document said the founder of Burisma, Mykola Zlochevsky, who allegedly paid Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden, kept 17 audio recordings of his conversations with them as an “insurance policy.”



Nine:



In 2015, Hunter and Joe Biden met with business associates from Ukraine, Russia, and Kazakhstan at a popular Washington, DC, restaurant. Joe Biden was then vice president.



The New York Post reported:



Online photos of the interior of Cafe Milano match the background of the shot that shows the Bidens smiling while flanked by Kazakhstani oligarch Kenes Rakishev and Karim Massimov, a former prime minister of Kazakhstan.



Ten:



In 2017, Joe Biden penned a college recommendation letter for a child of Hunter’s Chinese business partner, Jonathan Li, with whom Joe Biden met in China.



Eleven:



In 2017, Hunter Biden stated in an email that Joe Biden was one of his “new office mates” after he “went into business with the CEFC executive,” according to the Washington Post. Hunter also made a key for Joe Biden to use at the House of Sweden in Georgetown.



Hunter Biden appeared to cancel his lease with the House of Sweden in 2018 after the CEFC energy deal failed in 2017. The Biden family had previously negotiated a deal with CEFC whereby Joe Biden (Big Guy) would receive a ten percent equity stake in the joint venture, Hunter’s former business partner Tony Bobulinski.



Twelve:



In 2017, whistleblower Tony Bobulinski, one of Hunter Biden’s many business partners, twice met with Joe Biden to discuss a business deal in China.



“I directly dealt with the Biden family, including Joe Biden,” Bobulinski stated.



After Bobulinski dined with former Vice President Joe Biden, his brother Jim Biden, and Hunter to discuss their deal in China, Bobulinski messaged James, telling him to “thank Joe for his time.”



Thirteen:



Between 2009 and 2017, Hunter’s business partner, Eric Schwerin, met with Vice President Joe Biden at the White House 19 times, White House visitor logs obtained by the New York Post revealed. Schwerin was the president of the infamous but now-dissolved investment fund Rosemont Seneca Partners.



Fourteen:



In 2017, Hunter Biden demanded payment from CCP-linked Chinese businessman Raymond Zhao, while Joe Biden was “sitting next to” him, according to a screenshot of a WhatsApp message from an IRS whistleblower.



“I am sitting here with my father and we would like to understand why the commitment made has not been fulfilled,” the screen capture shows. “Tell the director that I would like to resolve this now before it gets out of hand, and now means tonight.”



The captured transcript of the call continues:



And, Z, if I get a call or text from anyone involved in this other than you, Zhang, or the chairman, I will make certain that between the man sitting next to me and every person he knows and my ability to forever hold a grudge that you will regret not following my direction. I am sitting here waiting for the call with my father.



Fifteen:



Just days after demanding to be paid by a CEFC associate in a WhatsApp text with Joe Biden “sitting” next to him, Hunter Biden asked a second CEFC business associate, Gongwen “Kevin” Dong, for $10 million in another WhatsApp text, noting the Biden family is best at “doing exactly what the chairman wants.”



In a message dated August 3, 2017, Hunter Biden told Kevin he wanted to quit squabbling “over peanuts” and settle on a firm deal by putting “this to bed tonight … and get to work. I am tired of this Kevin. I can make $5M in salary at any law firm in America.”



“Very simple,” Hunter wrote. “10 M per annum budget to use to further the interest of the JV. This move to 5M is completely new to me and is not acceptable obviously.”



“If you think this is about money it’s not,” Hunter added. “The Bidens are the best I know at doing exactly what the chairman wants from this partnership … let’s not quibble over peanuts.”



Chris Clark, Hunter Biden’s attorney, admitted the 2017 WhatsApp text demanding money from a CCP-linked businessman while “sitting next to” his dad was indeed Hunter’s message.



“The DOJ investigation covered a period which was a time of turmoil and addiction for my client,” he wrote. “Any verifiable words or actions of my client in the midst of a horrible addiction are solely his own and have no connection to anyone in his family.”



Sixteen:



In 2018, two years after Joe and Hunter Biden flew to Mexico to meet with Cooper, Hunter texted Cooper about a deal he had in the works with a business partner named Slim, the New York Post reported. “Spoke to my dad about ‘Slim ask,’” Hunter said to Cooper.



“Oh that sounds SO F’ING GOOD,” Cooper responded.



Seventeen:



In 2018, Joe Biden called Hunter Biden and left a voicemail about a business deal with the Chinese energy company CEFC. The voicemail revealed the Biden family’s concern that sensitive information was included in a New York Times article about Hunter Biden’s involvement with CEFC’s chairman Ye Jianming.



“Hey pal, it’s Dad. It’s 8:15 on Wednesday night. If you get a chance just give me a call. Nothing urgent. I just wanted to talk to you,” Joe Biden said.



“I thought the article released online, it’s going to be printed tomorrow in the Times, was good. I think you’re clear. And anyway if you get a chance give me a call. I love you,” the message concluded.



Eighteen:



In 2019, Hunter Biden revealed to his daughter that Joe Biden collected “half [my] salary” for 30 years. Hunter reportedly paid thousands of dollars for Joe Biden’s house repairs from the money reportedly obtained from selling access to Joe Biden.



“I hope you all can do what I did and pay for everything for this entire family for 30 years,” he texted. “It’s really hard. But don’t worry, unlike Pop [Joe], I won’t make you give me half your salary.”



Nineteen:



In 2023, Former Obama White House stenographer Mike McCormick alleged that the FBI has ignored Joe Biden’s role in the family’s foreign influence-peddling “conspiracy” in Ukraine.



McCormick, who told the New York Post he has relevant information implicating Joe Biden in the family’s business affairs in Ukraine, submitted a tip to the FBI in February. McCormick said he never heard back from the FBI — the same law enforcement agency which allegedly “shut down” the investigation into Hunter’s abandoned “Laptop from Hell.”



According to McCormick, Biden’s former national security aide, Sullivan, told reporters on April 21, 2014, on Air Force Two as an anonymous “senior administration official” that the United States intended to help Ukraine’s natural gas industry.



Unknown to the public at the time, Hunter Biden was already a board member of Burisma, a Ukrainian natural gas company. Hunter’s position on the board was not disclosed by the company until May 12, 2014, nearly a month after Sullivan’s statement to reporters.

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“The Images You Circulated Online Are Complete Fakes” – Hunter Biden Lawyer Accuses Republicans of Faking WhatsApp Message

By Cristina Laila
Jul. 3, 2023 1:01 pm




In a letter sent to Republicans on the House Ways and Means Chairman, Hunter Biden’s lawyer Abbe Lowell denied Joe Biden was sitting next to Hunter Biden when his son sent a threatening WhatsApp message to a Chinese business associate.



IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley revealed Hunter Biden demanded payment from his Chinese business associate over WhasApp messenger.



Hunter Biden demanded payment and threatened Henry Zhao, a Chinese Communist Party official and director of Harvest Fund Management.



Harvest Fund Management had previously invested in Hunter Biden’s firm, BHR Partners – a private investment fund founded in 2013 that is co-owned by the Bank of China.


The July 2017 WhatsApp message Hunter Biden sent to Henry Zhao is as follows according to the IRS whistleblower:



“I am sitting here with my father and we would like to understand why the commitment made has not been fulfilled. Tell the director that I would like to resolve this now before it gets out of hand, and now means tonight. And, Z, if I get a call or text from anyone involved in this other than you, Zhang, or the chairman, I will make certain that between the man sitting next to me and every person he knows and my ability to forever hold a grudge that you will regret not following my direction. I am sitting here waiting for the call with my father.”



Abbe Lowell also accused Republicans of faking the WhatsApp message.



“The screengrab images you posted are not real and contain a myriad of issues. In short, the images you circulated online are complete fakes.” Abbe Lowell wrote in a 10-page letter to House Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith.



Hunter’s lawyer was referring to the graphic posted by Chairman Jason Smith.



The House Ways and Means Chairman simply put Hunter’s WhatsApp message in a graphic to illustrate the threatening text.

Lawyers for IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley responded to Abbe Lowell’s attacks on the House Ways and Means Chairman.



“Biden family lawyers have resorted to intimidation before—reportedly threatening federal prosecutors with “career suicide” if they charged Hunter Biden—so this attempt to intimidate our client and the oversight authorities scrutinizing the politicization of that case is no surprise. IRS SSA Gary Shapley has scrupulously followed the rules and blew the whistle to Congress about the unequal application of tax laws pursuant to 26 U.S.C. §6103(f)(5) and 5 U.S.C. §2302(b)(8)(C), a process facilitated lawfully by the authority of both Chairs of the tax committees, including Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR)—with whom we are still working cooperatively to arrange follow-up testimony to supplement for the Senate any topics not covered in the transcripts of questioning by Republican and Democrat staff already released by the House Ways and Means Committee.” Shapley’s lawyer Mark Lytle wrote.



Click here to read Mark Lytle’s full statement on the latest attacks from Hunter’s legal team.


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Hunter Biden CC’d on Email to VP Joe Biden About Call with Ukrainian President
WENDELL HUSEBØ
5 Jul 2023

A staffer for then-Vice President Joe Biden cc’d Hunter Biden on an email to Joe about a scheduled call with former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, a document released by National Archives due to a Freedom of Information Request (FOIA) shows.



While Hunter Biden earned $83,000 a month as a board member of Burisma Holdings, a Ukrainian energy company, Joe Biden’s assistant, John Flynn, looped in Hunter on a scheduling email, dated May 26, 2016, about a call between Joe Biden and Poroshenko, the Washington Times reported the FOIA.



Flynn wrote to Joe and Hunter Biden:



Boss — 8:45 a.m. prep for 9 a.m. phone call with Pres Poroshenko. Then we’re off to Rhode Island for infrastructure event and then Wilmington for UDel commencement. Nate will have your draft remarks delivered later tonight or with your press clips in the morning.



On May 27, 2016, the call took place. Joe Biden urged Poroshenko to reform Ukraine’s prosecutor general office, the establishment media reported.

At the time, Burisma was under suspicion of money laundering and public corruption. Prosecutor Victor Shokin investigated the case before his termination by Poroshenko due to pressure applied by Joe Biden, who threatened to withhold $1 billion in U.S. aid from Ukraine if the Ukrainian government did not fire Shokin.



Joe Biden bragged about the firing during a 2018 appearance at the Council of Foreign Relations. “I looked at them and said, ‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money.’ Well, son of a bitch. He got fired,” Joe Biden said.



An FBI informant claims to possess two pieces of evidence that show Joe and Hunter Biden received $5 million each in bribes from Burisma, according to House Republican investigators.



A source familiar with the FBI’s informant document confirmed to Breitbart News in June that Hunter and Joe Biden “coerced” Burisma executive Mykola Zlochevsky into paying them $10 million in bribes. Moreover, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) told Breitbart News the FBI informant file shows Hunter Biden’s lucrative position on Burisma’s board represented monthly installments of a $5 million total cut owed him in the deal with his father.

According to Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), the FBI informant said the founder of Burisma, Mykola Zlochevsky, who allegedly paid Joe Biden, kept 17 audio recordings of his conversations with the Bidens as an “insurance policy.”



Watch — Grassley: Foreign National in Alleged Biden Bribery Scheme Has “Insurance Policy” Recordings of Joe and Hunter (At link below)


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Since campaigning for president, Joe Biden denied involvement in the family business nine times. “Where is the money?” Joe Biden jokingly responded in June when asked about his ties to the business.


Watch: Biden Denies Bribery Allegations, Claims He Is Not Interfering with DOJ (At link below)

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But additional whistleblower allegations and documents from the National Archives contradict Joe Biden’s claims.



In 2023, Former Obama White House stenographer Mike McCormick alleged the FBI ignored Joe Biden’s role in the family’s foreign influence-peddling “conspiracy” in Ukraine.



According to McCormick, Joe Biden’s former national security aide, Jake Sullivan, told reporters on April 21, 2014, on Air Force Two as an anonymous “senior administration official” that the United States intended to help Ukraine’s natural gas industry. Unknown to the public at the time, Hunter Biden was a board member of Burisma. The company did not disclose Hunter’s position on the board until May 12, 2014, nearly a month after Sullivan’s statement to reporters.

A second set of emails obtained from the National Archives show then-Vice President Joe Biden approved an official statement in December 2015 about Hunter Biden’s position at Burisma. Another set of emails released from the Archives shows Hunter Biden advised the Office of Vice President Biden in 2014 on how to handle media inquiries regarding his position on the board of Burisma.



In June, Hunter Biden agreed to only plead guilty to two federal tax violation charges and one violation of gun laws.


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Missing Biden Corruption Whistleblower Dr. Gal Luft Resurfaces – Releases 14 Minute Video Detailing Criminal Allegations Against Biden Crime Family

By Jim Hoft
Jul. 6, 2023 1:05 pm




Missing Biden corruption whistleblower Dr. Gal Luft released a 14-minute video to The New York Post on Thursday detailing damning allegations against Joe Biden and his family in a massive international bribery scheme filmed in an undisclosed location while on the run from the Biden regime and Department of Justice.



The Gateway Pundit previously reported that Luft vanished from Cyprus in April under mysterious circumstances. He is now living as a fugitive in undisclosed foreign location.



Luft was an adviser to CEFC China Energy (CEFC), a business conglomerate with extremely close ties to the Chinese Communist Party. He served alongside Hunter Biden.



CEFC Energy paid Hunter approximately $5 million in 2017 alone to secure energy deals in the United States, according to the Washington Free Beacon.



Gal said he was arrested in Cyprus to stop him from testifying to the House Oversight Committee. Luft has evidence that the Biden family received payments from individuals with ties to Chinese military intelligence and that they had an FBI mole who shared classified information with their benefactors from the China-controlled energy company CEFC.


Dr. Luft also released incriminating evidence against the lawless FBI and DOJ and their illegal acts to defend Joe Biden.



Dr. Gal Luft: Under normal circumstances, I would be testifying before Congress about my experience with CFC. Sadly, due to circumstances I shall describe here in this video, I am forced to tell you this story via video.



My ordeal goes back to a fatal decision I made in March of 2019 to share with the US. Government my knowledge about the Biden family’s relations with CFC. As I said, it was in March of 2019 in a two day session at the US. Embassy in Brussels. I insisted that the meeting take place in March because at the time there were rumors that Joe Biden was planning to run for president.



I saw it as my civic duty to alert the government beforehand and give it enough time to probe the issue. I want to be clear. I’m not a Republican. I’m not a Democrat. I have no political motive or agenda.



The DOJ sent to Brussels a delegation of six people, two prosecutors from the Southern District of New York by the names of Daniel Richenthal and Katherine Gaush, and four FBI agents. One of them was Special Agent Joshua Wilson from the Baltimore field office, which also happens to cover the state of Delaware…



…Perhaps the most alarming information I revealed was of a mall within the DOJ who shared classified information with Hunter Biden and his Chinese partners. The information I provided the FBI in March of 2019 was fully corroborated nine months later when the famous laptop belonging to Hunter Biden, which contained all the emails and receipts, was handed to the FBI. And guess who seized the laptop from the computer repair shop? It was Special Agent Joshua Wilson, who was with me in Brussels earlier. In other words, the FBI knew about from me about the Biden CFC deals before they got hold of the laptop, way before they had enough time to investigate the issue, but they didn’t. After Brussels, I never heard back from the DOJ.



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'Bank Records Don't Lie': GOP Reps Have Uncovered 'More Disturbing Findings' in Hunter Biden Case



By Randy DeSoto

July 6, 2023 at 3:27pm


House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer teased in a Wednesday interview that more information will soon be coming out concerning the committee’s investigation into President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden’s alleged influence peddling.



“We’re up to six banks now, and we’re gonna have an announcement hopefully next week of more findings, more disturbing findings,” Comer told Fox News host Jason Chaffetz, who formerly served as chairman of the Oversight Committee.



“Bank records don’t lie. People make a big issue out of taxes. People cheat on their taxes all the time, but it’s hard to cheat on bank records,” Comer added.



The Kentucky Republican said his committee is also seeking documents from the Treasury Department regarding bank violations that may shed further light on bribery allegations centered on Joe Biden.



Last month, the FBI permitted members of the Oversight Committee to review an FD-1023 form dated concerning a claim that Biden engaged in criminal misconduct while serving as President Barack Obama’s vice president.



The document was generated based on an interview with a “highly credible” source, who alleged that Joe and Hunter Biden received $5 million each from Ukrainian energy company Burisma as part of a bribery scheme.



Comer explained that the investigation is entering the deposition phase, starting with former Hunter Biden business partner Devon Archer.



“We have a list of who’s who that were involved in the Biden organization that we plan on deposing throughout the summer,” Comer announced.

Comer also discussed the investigation in a Fox News interview on Tuesday, saying Hunter Biden was clearly the one designated to take the rap if something went wrong.



“What [is] becoming more evident every day: Joe Biden did use Hunter to be the fall guy in case anything happened,” Comer said.



“And he’s always told his son, according to everyone that we’ve interviewed who had anything to do with the Biden family influence peddling, that ‘Don’t worry, son, you’re a Biden and I’ll keep you out of trouble.’ And thus far, he’s been able to do that,” he added.


Hunter Biden entered a plea agreement with federal prosecutors last month on tax evasion and illegal gun possession charges.



U.S. Attorney David Weiss recommended probation for failure to pay more than $100,000 in taxes in 2017 and 2018.



The maximum punishment for the misdemeanor tax evasion charges is a $25,000 fine and one year in prison, according to Roll Call.



The court filing also said Hunter Biden entered a pretrial diversion agreement to resolve a charge of possession of a gun by a drug user or drug addict.



The New York Times reported that under the deal, the president’s son must be drug-free for two years and agree to never own a gun again.



Comer commented on Tuesday, “Joe Biden is the real bad guy here. I mean, Hunter Biden’s terrible, but his dad is the reason that he’s the way he is.”



The lawmaker accused the president of “[laundering] money through shell companies identified with Hunter Biden.”



“Just because you’re a crack cocaine addict doesn’t give you the right to take $25 million from foreign nationals and not pay a penny in taxes on it,” Comer said. “This money didn’t just fall into Hunter Biden’s lap. It’s because of Joe Biden.”


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David Weiss: FBI Informant File Alleging Biden Bribes a Part of Ongoing Investigation


WENDELL HUSEBØ
10 Jul 2023
United States Attorney David Weiss admitted the FBI informant form alleging the Biden family bribes is part of an ongoing investigation.



According to House Oversight Committee Republicans who reviewed the bureau’s FD-1023 form, an FBI informant claims to possess two pieces of evidence that show President Joe Biden and Hunter Biden received $5 million each from Mykola Zlochevsky after Joe Biden threatened to withhold aid to Ukraine until a prosecutor was fired.



A source familiar with the FBI’s informant document confirmed to Breitbart News that Hunter and Joe Biden allegedly “coerced” the Burisma executive into paying them $10 million in bribes.

The FBI informant also claims Zlochevsky kept 17 audio recordings of his conversations with Hunter and Joe Biden as an “insurance policy,” according to Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA).



Watch — Grassley: Foreign National in Alleged Biden Bribery Scheme Has “Insurance Policy” Recordings of Joe and Hunter (At link)


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In response to a congressional inquiry by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Monday, Weiss said Graham’s questions about the FBI FD-1023 form relate to an ongoing investigation, and as such, that prevents him from answering the senator’s questions.



“Your questions about allegations contained in an FBI FD-1023 Form relate to an ongoing investigation,” Weiss wrote. “As such, I cannot comment on them at this time.”

Weiss’s response appears to correspond with his original statement about Hunter Biden’s plea deal. Weiss said in June the investigation into Hunter Biden was ongoing, despite the deal.



However, Hunter Biden’s lawyer, Chris Clark, appeared to have a different understanding of the case’s status.



“With the announcement of two agreements between my client, Hunter Biden, and the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Delaware, it is my understanding that the five-year investigation into Hunter is resolved,” he said shortly after Weiss announced the deal.



As Breitbart News reported, Hunter Biden’s plea deal with Weiss appears to exclude the alleged Biden $10 million “bribery” scheme an FBI informant documented and that Weiss reportedly obtained from former Attorney General William Barr. Hunter Biden will reportedly receive no jail time upon agreeing to plead guilty to two federal tax violation charges and one violation of gun laws.



The decision to ultimately charge Hunter Biden was up to Weiss. But in March, Attorney General Merrick Garland said he would personally have to authorize any potential charges against the president’s son — including in a separate “jurisdiction.”



“I would then have to authorize it and permit it to be brought in another jurisdiction and that is what I promised I would do,” he said.



IRS whistleblowers contend the DOJ twice prevented Weiss from bringing stronger charges against Hunter Biden, and Garland refused to name a special counsel in the tax investigation, which could have provided a degree of separation between Joe Biden and his DOJ, a fact Weiss disputed Monday.



Related: IRS Whistleblower Speaks Publicly for First Time, Says DOJ Intervened to Slow-
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FBI Director Wray Doesn’t Confirm or Deny if Joe Biden Is Under Investigation for Alleged Burisma Bribes

WENDELL HUSEBØ
12 Jul 2023

FBI Director Christopher Wray did not confirm or deny if President Joe Biden is under investigation for alleged bribes from an executive at Burisma Holdings, a Ukrainian energy company that paid Hunter Biden $83,000 per month for a board position.



While testifying before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, Tom Tiffany (R-WI) asked Wray if Joe Biden accepted payments from Burisma and whether he is under investigation for the alleged bribe of $5 million.

“Did Joe Biden take payments from Burisma or any other foreign companies as vice president, President, or as a private citizen Biden?” Tiffany asked.



Wray refused to answer the question and directed the member to U.S. Attorney David Weiss, who told Congress on Monday the FBI informant form alleging the Biden family bribes is part of an ongoing investigation. Weiss’s statement appears to correspond with his original statement about Hunter Biden’s plea deal.



“As you may know, there is an ongoing investigation being led by the U.S. Attorney in Delaware, Mr. Weiss, appointed by President Trump in the last administration that our Baltimore field office is working with,” Wray said. “And I would refer you to him as to what if anything can be —”



Tiffany cut Wray off and interjected before he could finish. “So, the president is under he is under investigation?” he asked.



“I’m not going to confirm or speak to who is or isn’t under investigation for what,” Wray said before Tiffany again interjected.



“So, he’s not under investigation?” Tiffany asked a second way.



“I didn’t say that either,” Wray said. “By long standing department policy and practice, I’m not going to be confirming or denying who is or isn’t under investigation.”



The line of questioning comes as an FBI informant claims to possess two pieces of evidence that show Joe Biden and Hunter Biden received $5 million each from Mykola Zlochevsky after Joe Biden threatened to withhold aid to Ukraine until a prosecutor was fired, according to House Oversight Committee Republicans who reviewed the bureau’s FD-1023 form.



A source familiar with the FBI’s informant document confirmed to Breitbart News that Hunter and Joe Biden allegedly “coerced” the Burisma executive into paying them $10 million in bribes.


The FBI informant also claims Zlochevsky kept 17 audio recordings of his conversations with Hunter and Joe Biden as an “insurance policy,” according to Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA).

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As House Republicans dig, here's what we know of Hunter Biden's business web

by Sarah Bedford, Investigative Reporter |

July 12, 2023 05:04 AM


House Republicans may soon release more evidence of alleged influence peddling involving the Biden family and their business associates, adding to the findings they’ve uncovered over the past several months.



House Oversight Committee members are sifting through new bank records related to the complicated web of accounts, companies, and business partners that Hunter Biden, the president’s brother James Biden, and other members of the Biden family used to collect millions of dollars from foreign entities starting when Joe Biden was vice president.


And while congressional investigators have not yet compiled all of their latest findings, the bank records could shed more light on the payments from Chinese, Ukrainian, Romanian, and other foreign companies that close Biden associates collected and then doled out to the Biden family in smaller increments. Those arrangements often shielded Hunter Biden and other family members from taking money directly from the foreign actors.



House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) last week teased “disturbing findings” in the Biden case that his committee would release as soon as this week, although that timeline is likely to be pushed back.



John Robinson “Rob” Walker, James Gilliar, and Devon Archer are three of the Biden associates likely to face even more scrutiny from congressional investigators focused on bank records.



Among the bank records that Comer requested directly from Bank of America were those involving Walker, a close business associate of the president’s son. Comer’s committee also sent subpoenas for records to JPMorgan Chase, HSBC, and Cathay Bank, likely seeking transactions involving the more than a dozen shell companies used by the Biden family and their associates to filter foreign money.



Lawmakers already have evidence that Walker’s company paid more than $2 million to Biden family members from 2015 to 2017, after receiving millions from a Chinese energy company to which Hunter Biden has multiple ties, as well as from a Romanian company.



State Energy HK Limited, a Chinese company, paid Walker $3 million in March 2017, bank records show. Walker later disseminated a third of that money to Biden family members, including Hallie Biden, the widow of President Joe Biden’s late son Beau, James Biden, and Hunter Biden. Gilliar, a frequent business partner of Hunter Biden’s from that time, also got a third of the money.



Hunter Biden’s spokesperson later defended the payments as “seed funds” from the work with Walker, although that does not explain why Gilliar received his cut all in one chunk and the Biden family took theirs over two months through smaller transactions with multiple shell companies and accounts.



Oversight Committee investigators have focused on another set of payments from Walker to Biden family members that occurred while Joe Biden was vice president. In 2015, a Romanian company believed to belong to Gabriel Popoviciu, a wealthy businessman under investigation for corruption, paid Walker’s company $3 million.



Hunter Biden, according to a review of emails found on his abandoned laptop, actively worked to help Popoviciu avoid prosecution.



According to one email chain from May 2016, for example, Hunter Biden discussed with Walker and Gilliar which powerful friends they should call to help argue that Popoviciu was facing “injustice” at the hands of Romanian investigators.



On emails involving Walker, Gilliar, Hunter Biden, and another lawyer working with them, the lawyer boasted that U.S. Embassy officials had “primed this for us” as they sought to set up a meeting with Romania’s anti-corruption unit on behalf of Popoviciu.



After deliberating about whether to proceed with the delicate meeting with anti-corruption officials, the lawyer later emailed Walker, Gilliar, and Hunter Biden to note that the U.S. ambassador to Romania had “called me to discuss a development that is best relayed over phone. Can we connect either tonight or first thing tomorrow? Bottom line is that we should proceed with requesting the meeting.”



While the meeting did not appear to have taken place, the exchanges show how Hunter Biden’s business associates worked their connections to Obama administration officials to help Popoviciu as he faced an indictment. Then-Vice President Joe Biden had traveled to Romania and spoken out forcefully against corruption in Romania while his son performed the work, for which he did not register as a foreign agent.



Walker ultimately paid Hunter Biden, James Biden, and Gilliar cuts of the money Popoviciu’s company had given directly to him, again wiring the Biden family’s share through a maze of accounts.



Oversight Committee Republicans wrote in a May memo that the Romanian episode was one of several examples that have made them “concerned about the Biden family’s pattern of courting business in regions of the world in which the then Vice President had an outsize role and influenced U.S. policy.”



Another, and perhaps the highest profile, has involved Hunter Biden’s work for the Ukrainian energy company Burisma.



Like in other foreign consulting deals, Hunter Biden did not register as a foreign agent, and instead of taking his money from Burisma directly, he took it in the form of a loan from a company owned by Archer, another close business partner.



That arrangement came to light through testimony provided by an IRS whistleblower to the House Ways and Means Committee.



Republicans have grown increasingly frustrated that the Justice Department has done so little to investigate the type of activity that has landed other people behind bars.



The House GOP has publicized these findings after having subpoena power for just over six months; the FBI and IRS have had five years to investigate Hunter Biden and have thus far produced only a lenient plea deal for misdemeanor tax charges that have little to do with the most substantive allegations against the president’s son.



This week, the Justice Department indicted a witness who said he had intimate knowledge of illegal conduct involving the Hunter Biden business web, in part for doing something identical to what Hunter Biden is accused of doing.



Gal Luft, a think tank owner, faced charges for failing to register as a foreign lobbyist for work he did on behalf of a Chinese energy company, CEFC, to which Hunter Biden also has significant business ties.



In addition to bank records, Comer has also pressed the Treasury Department for suspicious activity reports related to payments sent to Biden family members and their associates.



Federal law requires banks to flag transactions over $5,000 that raise red flags, such as transfers that involve complex networks of accounts or payments involving unusually large sums of money.



Members of the House Oversight Committee reviewed some suspicious activity reports in March, and in May, Republicans on the committee released a memo outlining their finding that $10 million from foreign sources had flowed to Biden family members and their associates through a tangled network of companies and accounts.


“After foreign companies sent money to business associates’ companies, the Biden family received incremental payments over time to different bank accounts,” Oversight Republicans wrote in their memo. “These complicated financial transactions appear to conceal the source of the funds and reduce the conspicuousness of the total amounts made into the Biden bank accounts.”



The new findings coming from the Oversight Committee could also involve information taken from suspicious activity reports, which the Treasury Department had at first resisted providing to GOP lawmakers.


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Hunter Biden's Chinese Partners Recruited Ex-CIA Director To Do Beijing's Bidding

Chuck Ross

July 11, 2023


A Chinese energy conglomerate linked to Joe and Hunter Biden allegedly recruited former president Bill Clinton’s CIA director to do Beijing’s bidding, raising questions about what the firm sought from the Biden family.



According to federal prosecutors, CEFC China Energy funded a scheme to "recruit" former CIA director James Woolsey to pen articles for Chinese state-run media that promoted Chinese government initiatives. Prosecutors allege that CEFC China Energy ran the operation through Gal Luft, the co-director of a think tank Woolsey founded. Luft is charged with failing to register as a foreign agent for "work related to Chinese foreign principals." Luft, a dual Israeli and American citizen, disclosed earlier this year that he was under investigation, but claimed he was targeted because he provided the FBI with information about Hunter Biden’s work for CEFC China Energy in 2019.



The allegation that CEFC China Energy targeted a top American intelligence official for an influence operation is certain to add intrigue to the company’s dealings with the Biden family. The family's links to CEFC China Energy drew the attention of the Justice Department’s and FBI’s counterintelligence investigators, according to IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley, who led the agency’s tax fraud investigation of Hunter Biden. Republicans have asserted that the family’s work with CEFC China Energy "posed counterintelligence and extortion concerns," in part because of CEFC China Energy’s alleged ties to Chinese military intelligence.



In some ways, CEFC China Energy’s approach to Biden is similar to its outreach to Luft. Prosecutors allege that Patrick Ho, a CEFC China Energy executive and leader of the company’s China Energy Fund Committee think tank, gave $350,000 to Luft’s think tank in 2015. The following year, Ho asked Luft to "recruit and ‘educate’" Woolsey so that he "would make public statements…which were in the interest of China." According to prosecutors, Luft wrote articles under Woolsey’s name for Chinese state media outlets that promoted China’s Belt and Road Initiative, the massive infrastructure project that Beijing has used to gain influence in foreign countries. CEFC China Energy paid Woolsey $6,000 per month, according to the indictment.



CEFC China Energy also made its first outreach to Hunter Biden in 2015, when his father was vice president. The father of a classmate of Hunter Biden’s daughter contacted Hunter Biden in October 2015, offering to facilitate a donation from CEFC China to a charity where Hunter Biden served as a director. The man, Scott Oh, also asked to discuss "investment opportunities" and "invitations for the B’s to speak in China," an apparent reference to the Biden family.



Weeks later, former United Nations official Vuk Jeremic, who served as a consultant for CEFC China Energy, contacted Hunter Biden to arrange a meeting with the company.



It is unclear what transpired between CEFC China Energy and the Bidens until 2017, when Hunter Biden formally struck a lucrative consulting deal with the company.



The exact nature of Hunter Biden’s work for CEFC China Energy has remained a mystery. He discussed potential energy mergers for CEFC China Energy and energy companies in Louisiana, but those deals fizzled. The company paid Hunter Biden $5 million from August 2017 through May 2018, according to bank records.



There is evidence that Joe Biden was involved in his son’s dealings with CEFC China Energy. Rob Walker, a longtime Biden family friend, told the FBI in December 2020 that Joe and Hunter Biden attended a meeting with CEFC China Energy officials at the Four Seasons in Washington, D.C. And Tony Bobulinski, a former Hunter Biden partner, has released text messages that indicate he met with Joe Biden in May 2017 to discuss a venture with CEFC China Energy.



Hunter Biden invoked his father in a threatening text message to CEFC China Energy executives on July 30, 2017, demanding payment as part of their business arrangement. The company wired Hunter Biden $100,000 days later, and would send him millions of dollars more over the ensuing months. In September 2017, Hunter Biden asked the building manager for his Washington, D.C., office to make a set of keys for his father and CEFC China executives, referring to them all as "office mates."



CEFC China Energy also paid Hunter Biden another $1 million to provide legal services to Patrick Ho, the CEFC China Energy executive who worked closely with Luft. Ho, who is described as Luft’s "co-conspirator" throughout the latest indictment, was indicted in November 2017 for attempting to bribe two African officials to purchase oil rights on behalf of CEFC China Energy. Ho’s meetings with the African officials were arranged by Vuk Jeremic, the CEFC China Energy consultant who contacted Hunter Biden about working with the firm in late 2015.



House Republicans have sought interviews with Jeremic, a former Serbian foreign minister, but he has declined the request.



The indictment provides other details about CEFC China Energy’s ties to the Chinese government, and covert activities aimed at helping Beijing.



According to prosecutors, Luft claimed that CEFC China Energy chairman Ye Jinming "has very close relations with President Xi Jinping." Hunter Biden met Ye numerous times, including at Ye’s house in Miami in February 2017, where Ye gave him an $80,000 diamond. Hunter Biden wrote a letter to Ye on June 1, 2017, offering "best wishes from my family and I."



"We are all hoping to see you here again soon, or in Shanghai," Biden wrote. He also touted "top relationships we have with the leaders both politically and economically in countries you are interested in expanding into."



Hunter Biden seemingly acknowledged concerns that CEFC China Energy was linked to the Chinese government. He referred to Patrick Ho as the "flippen spy chief of China" in audio recordings in 2018. In May 2017 text messages, Hunter Biden said that he wanted to avoid registering work for CEFC China Energy under the Foreign Agents Registration Act, the same law that Luft is now accused of violating.



Neither Hunter Biden nor Woolsey, who served as Clinton’s CIA chief until 1995, have been charged with any crimes related to their work for CEFC China Energy.


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Republican Lawmakers Uncover Email Chain That Shows 'Ultimate Purpose' of Hunter Biden's Burisma Role: Report



By Jack Davis

July 12, 2023 at 3:39pm


House Republicans say that emails concerning the Ukrainian energy company that had Hunter Biden on its board indicate that his real purpose there was to insulate the company from prosecution.



A report from Fox News cites a Nov. 2, 2015, email from Burisma executive Vadym Pozharskyi to Hunter Biden and his associates in which Pozharskyi indicated the “ultimate purpose” of the agreement in progress was to short-circuit “any cases/pursuits against Nikolay in Ukraine,” referring to Mykola Zlochevsky, who also went by Nikolay.



“My only concern is for us to be on the same page re our final goals,” Pozharskyi wrote. “With this in mind, I would like us to formulate a list of deliverables, including, but not limited to: a concrete course of actions, incl. meetings/communications resulting in high-ranking US officials in Ukraine (US Ambassador) and in US publicly or in private communication/comment expressing their ‘positive opinion’ and support of Nikolay/Burisma to the highest level of decision makers here in Ukraine :President of Ukraine, president Chief of staff, Prosecutor General, etc.”



“The scope of work should also include organization of a visit of a number of widely recognized and influential current and/or former US policy-makers to Ukraine in November aiming to conduct meetings with and bring positive signal/message and support on Nikolay’s issue to the Ukrainian top officials above with the ultimate purpose to close down for any cases/pursuits against Nikolay in Ukraine,” Pozharskyi wrote.



The communications came weeks before a 2016 trip to Ukraine by then-Vice President Joe Biden in which he told Ukraine $1 billion in aid would not be forthcoming until prosecutor Victor Shokin, who had Burisma in his sights, was fired.



Trending: Republican Lawmakers Uncover Email Chain That Shows 'Ultimate Purpose' of Hunter Biden's Burisma Role: Report

Republican Rep. Virginia Foxx of North Carolina, a member of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, said the chain of events raises “serious concerns as to what machinations were really at play — and were purposefully concealed from the American people.”



“No matter how you slice Hunter Biden’s involvement, it screams public corruption at the highest levels and must be fully investigated,” she said.



“The calm, judicious, steady reveal of incredibly condemning evidence that clearly incriminates the Biden crime family will eventually alarm even the most ardent supporters of this WH occupier,” Republican Rep. Clay Higgins, of Louisiana said.



“Our President is compromised, he should resign and be forever condemned, and the Democrat Party should begin rebuilding itself,” he said.


Republican Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona said the latest emails “further establish bribery and corruption between Ukraine officials and the Bidens. In short, they are evidence of potential criminal activity by Joe, the Big Man, Biden and his son, Hunter.”



“Putting personal interests ahead of American interests is not just a dishonor of the office, but treasonous. It is a major scandal unprecedented in the annals of our history and the House Oversight and Accountability Committee will investigate and expose as much of the ugly truth as possible,” he said.



The standard line from the Biden campaign and Bidne White House has been that Shokin had to go because he was part of the problem of corruption in Ukraine.



Republicans are not buying that any longer.



“I don’t think Biden had Shokin fired because he was too lax on corruption. I think Biden had him fired to cover his own tail when it comes to the Biden family’s shady business dealings in Ukraine,” Republican Rep. Tim Burchett of Tennessee said.



Republican Rep. Kelly Armstrong of North Dakota said the timeline revealed by the emails “further supports the conclusion that Burisma hired Hunter Biden to gain access to his father. They wanted a U.S. policymaker to take their side, and they got Vice President Joe Biden, who was in charge of Ukraine policy for the Obama administration. These emails raise even more questions that need answers.”



Allegations in a document filed with the FBI claimed that an executive at Burisma paid Joe Biden and Hunter Biden $5 million to gain their support for the company, according to Fox News. The allegation has not been proven.



However, a Senate report said even at the time, officials were aware of a potential conflict by Hunter Biden’s presence on Burisma’s board.



A 2020 Senate report noted that the “Obama administration knew that Hunter Biden’s position on Burisma’s board was problematic and did interfere in the efficient execution of policy with respect to Ukraine. Moreover, this investigation has illustrated the extent to which officials within the Obama administration ignored the glaring warning signs when the vice president’s son joined the board of a company owned by a corrupt Ukrainian oligarch.


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Ex-FBI Special Agent In Wilmington Office Deals Blow To Biden, Confirms IRS Whistleblower Testimony

David HawkinsJuly 17, 2023 - 7:20 pm



The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability found a new Biden whistleblower who corroborated earlier whistleblower testimony in a big blow to team Biden. The committee said:



“Today, our committee staff conducted a transcribed interview with a former FBI supervisory special agent assigned to the FBI’s Wilmington office and the Biden criminal investigation.



“The agent confirmed key portions of the IRS whistleblowers’ testimony. The agent’s testimony is sickening and reveals the lengths to which the DOJ is willing to go to cover up for the Bidens.



House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer said: “Today, a former FBI supervisory special agent assigned to the FBI’s Wilmington office and the Biden criminal investigation confirmed key portions of the IRS whistleblower’s testimony.



“The night before the interview of Hunter Biden, both Secret Service headquarters and the Biden transition team were tipped off about the planned interview.



“On the day of the Hunter Biden interview, federal agents were told to stand by and could not approach Hunter Biden—they had to wait for his call.



“As a result of the change in plans, IRS and FBI criminal investigators never got to interview Hunter Biden as part of the investigation.



“The Justice Department’s efforts to cover up for the Bidens reveals a two-tiered system of justice that sickens the American people.



“The Oversight Committee, along with the Judiciary Committee and Ways and Means Committee, will continue to seek the answers, transparency, and accountability that the American people demand and deserve.”



Below are key takeaways from today’s transcribed interview of a former FBI supervisory special agent.



As part of the criminal investigation into Hunter Biden, there were multiple witness interviews planned for December 8, 2020. IRS Supervisory Special Agent Gary Shapley and the former FBI supervisory special agent were assigned to interview Hunter Biden.


On the evening of December 7, 2020, Shapley and the FBI supervisory special agent learned that FBI headquarters had notified Secret Service headquarters about the planned interview with Hunter Biden. Additionally, they learned the Biden transition team was notified about the planned interview. This was not the original plan by the career agents, which frustrated their investigative efforts because people found out who didn’t need to know.



On December 8, 2020, Shapley and the FBI supervisory special agent were notified they would not be allowed to approach Hunter Biden’s house and instead would have to wait near his residence until Hunter Biden contacted them.



The former FBI supervisory special agent told committee investigators he had never been told to wait outside to be contacted by the subject of an investigation.



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As a result of these actions, Shapley and the former FBI supervisory special agent never interviewed Hunter Biden.

🚨BREAKING🚨



Today, our committee staff conducted a transcribed interview with a former FBI supervisory special agent assigned to the FBI’s Wilmington office and the Biden criminal investigation.



The agent CONFIRMED key portions of the IRS whistleblowers’ testimony, including…



— Oversight Committee (@gopoversight) July 17, 2023



Read more key takeaways from the interview here: t.co/dpiauUjgNr



— Oversight Committee (@gopoversight) July 17, 2023

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FBI told Hunter Biden investigator to duck Committee questions, bombshell letter shows

By Steven Nelson and Josh Christenson

July 18, 2023 4:32pm Updated


WASHINGTON — The FBI warned a supervisory agent who investigated Hunter Biden that he was expected to “decline to respond” to House Oversight Committee questions about the “ongoing” case involving the first son, a bombshell letter obtained by The Post shows.



FBI general counsel Jason Jones sent the letter Sunday afternoon, just hours before the agent was set to testify — even though a source tells The Post that the FBI knew of a scheduled Monday deposition for several days.



“[T]he Department expects that you will decline to respond to questions seeking non-public information likely covered by one or more components of executive privilege or other significant confidentiality interests, in particular information about deliberations or ongoing investigative activity in law enforcement matters,” Jones wrote.



“You should instead refer such questions to the FBI’s Office of Congressional Affairs,” the FBI lawyer went on.



“Consistent with longstanding practice, this will afford the Department the full opportunity to consider particular questions and possible accommodations that may fulfill the Committee’s legitimate need for information while protecting Executive Branch confidentiality interests.”



Hunter Biden

The FBI confirmed details of the probe that were previously shared by 2 IRS agents, including Hunter’s legal team tipped off about an approach to interview him in December 2020 about his failure to pay millions in taxes on foreign income.


The FBI agent proceeded to confirm key details of the probe that were previously shared by two IRS agents — including that Hunter’s legal team was tipped off about a planned approach to interview him in December 2020 about his failure to pay millions in taxes on foreign income, spoiling the opportunity.



Jones referred to the Hunter Biden case as “ongoing” in his letter, using similar wording to Delaware US Attorney David Weiss — which congressional Republicans fear is intended to hinder their demands for records and testimony.



Hunter Biden’s legal team say that they believe their client’s legal exposure is over after he reached a probation-only plea deal last month on two misdemeanor tax fraud charges and a gun possession felony that will be expunged following probation.



“According to information provided to you by the Committee, the Committee is seeking information about an individual ongoing criminal investigation and prosecution,” Jones wrote.



James Comer

The FBI warned a supervisory agent who investigated Hunter Biden that he was expected to “decline to respond” to House Oversight Committee questions about the “ongoing” case a bombshell letter obtained by The Post shows.


“Specifically, the Committee has stated an interest in what the Committee has described to you as certain events that took place in December 2020 as part of this investigation. As the Department recently emphasized when affirming that U.S. Attorney David Weiss will appear before the House Committee on the Judiciary ‘at an appropriate time, consistent with the law and Department policy,’ the Department’s longstanding policy is to seek ‘wherever possible to provide information about closed, rather than open, matters.'”



Jones added: “Department officials, including those who have left the Department, are obligated to protect non-public information they learned in the course of their work. Such information could be subject to various privileges, including law enforcement, deliberative process, attorney work product, and attorney-client privileges, and privacy interests. Current and former Department officials also must protect classified information, sources and methods, and grand jury information protected by Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 6(e).

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[Midnight]

NO MORE TALK – START THE IMPEACHMENT: House Oversight Releases 14 Year Timeline of Biden’s Illegal Influence Peddling Scheme

By Jim Hoft Jul. 18, 2023 9:15 am



Gifts to Hunter Biden from Communist china including a Rolex and a diamond worth $80,000.


The House Oversight Committee on Tuesday released a 14-year timeline of the Biden Crime Family’s influence peddling and selling out America to foreign regimes including Communist China.



The Oversight Committee is likely just scratching the surface of the criminal actions by Joe Biden, his son Hunter, and the extended Biden family.



The Biden family was selling out America to Ukraine, Romania, and Communist China.



Now it’s time for Congress to act. The future of the country is at stake.



The Gateway Pundit readers have known about this for years now.




Back on November 2, 2020, before the presidential election, Joe Hoft at The Gateway Pundit posted this on the Biden Crime family.



The MSM, Democrats and the Biden Campaign are complaining that the Tony Bobulinski story is a lie. They want Americans to believe that Hunter and Joe Biden are men of character and Bobulinski is the man lacking integrity. Unfortunately for this corrupt group, we have evidence that proves Bobulinski right.

Yaacov Apelbaum at the Illustrated Primer reports:



Several MSM outlets have been challenging the validity of Tony Bobulinski’s claims regarding Joe Biden’s and his brother Jim’s involvement with Hunter’s China business activity. The latest NY Post forensic evaluation confirmed that Bobulinski’s email was legit. But apparently, this is not good enough for propaganda outlets like CNN, NYT and WaPo which continue to challenge these emails and any claim of “family” involvement.


Apelbaum claims to have a small sampling of documents and other digital evidence confirming Bobulinski’s assertions are legit.



This content has been certified via traditional computer forensic techniques and has been authenticated via these sources and methods:



Hunter Biden’s official identification documents such as driver license, passport, and birth certificate



A variety of Hunter Biden’s financial records



Detailed records of wire transfer activity into and out of his accounts



Source documents



Email and messaging activity



Voice recordings



Imagery, video, cell phone, laptop, and geospatial linkages







Apelbaum also has evidence of payments from China. In the below image, Hunter is pressing Mervyn Yan from CEFC for payment and the subsequent wire transfers to his account and the Chinese payment to Owasco P.C, one of Biden’s businesses







Note that last evening we reported that Hunter’s Owasco Company is where he is making recurring transfers to an individual who is a ghost with no Internet footprint, and Hunter’s company OWASCO happens to be the name of one of the Finger Lakes in New York.



In another image, Apelbaum provides a Biden family contract with the Chinese CEFC and subsequent large wire transfers to a New York bank account controlled by Hunter and his uncle Jim and aunt Sarah:







Apelbaum provides a letter between Hunter and China introducing Tony Bobulinski. Apelbaum also provides evidence of Hunter’s earnings in 2015 which amounted to $2.5 million. He then provides evidence that Ukrainian company Burisma payments to Hunter are not recognized as income. Then Apelbaum produces some of the perks Hunter obtained as a result of his corrupt deals around the world. This includes furs, diamonds and a discussion with the King of Jordan:







The Bidens are a crime family. We have proof. Unlike the Democrats who claim all sorts of libelous activities of the President and his family. The US and the world will lose if the Bidens, the Clintons, Obama and others steal this election.


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[Honoria]

IRS Whistleblower: Assistant US Attorney Rejected Search Warrant at Biden’s Residence Due to ‘Optics’ – Even Though “She Agreed That Probable Cause Existed” (VIDEO)

By Cristina Laila
Jul. 19, 2023 2:53 pm

Two IRS whistleblowers, Gary Shapley, and Joseph Ziegler, testified before the House Oversight Committee on the government prosecutors’ preferential treatment of Hunter Biden.



Rather than charging Hunter Biden with felonies for evading taxes and providing false statements to the feds, Joe Biden’s corrupt DOJ gave him a sweetheart deal.



Hunter Biden was hit with two misdemeanors related to unpaid taxes from 2017 and 2018.



Joe Biden’s DOJ blocked two search warrants and multiple felony charges against Hunter Biden, according to IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley.



As Central Banks Stockpile Gold, a Christian Company Helps Americans Get Ahead of the “Retirement Bubble”



“I am blowing the whistle because the Delaware U.S. Attorney’s Office, Department of Justice Tax, and Department of Justice provided preferential treatment and unchecked conflicts of interest in an important and high-profile investigation of the President’s son, Hunter Biden,” IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley told lawmakers.



Shapley previously told lawmakers that an Assistant US Attorney in Delaware working on Hunter’s case REJECTED a search warrant for Joe Biden’s Delaware home in 2020.



A separate search warrant for Hunter Biden’s storage locker was also blocked by Joe Biden’s henchmen.



On Wednesday Shapley said Assistant US Attorney Lesley Wolf blocked the search warrant at Joe Biden’s Delaware residence due to ‘optics’ – even though she agreed there was probable cause!



“Assistant US attorney Lesley Wolf cited the optics of executing a search warrant at President Biden’s residence as a deciding factor for not allowing it even though she agreed that probable cause existed,” Shapley said.



WATCH:

Speaking of optics…



Machine gun-toting federal agents descended on Mar-a-Lago to raid Trump’s Florida residence last summer to seize documents lawfully stored at the estate.




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BIDEN CRIME FAMILY CAUGHT! – IRS Whistleblower – Gay, Democrat, Joseph Ziegler – Confirms that Biden Family Received Approximately $17 Million in Payments from China, Romania and Other Countries (VIDEO)

By Jim Hoft
Jul. 19, 2023 2:30 pm


Courageous IRS Whistleblower – Gay, Democrat, IRS official Joseph Ziegler – told Congress on Wednesday that the Biden Family received approximately $17 Million in payments from China, Romania and other countries.



The House Oversight Committee led by Rep. James Comer (R-KY) held a hearing with IRS whistleblowers on Wednesday.



At least two IRS whistleblowers have come forward to reveal Hunter Biden received preferential treatment throughout the mop-up operation disguised as an investigation.



The anonymous whistleblower, identified as Joseph Ziegler, finally came forward publicly on Wednesday: “Today, I sit here before you, not as a hero or a victim, but as a whistleblower compelled to disclose the truth.



Ziegler testified that Ukrainian Burisma energy company paid the Biden family over $7.3 million!



The total was $17 million from foreign countries.



From the hearing:



Rep. James Comer: How much money did Hunter Biden and his business associates receive from the Ukrainian company Burisma , paid to everyone involved?



Joseph Ziegler: 6.5 million.



Rep. James Comer: Burisma also paid Blue Star Strategies and a law firm hundreds of thousands of dollars, bringing the total Barisma payments to over $7 million. Is that correct?



Joseph Ziegler: That is correct. 7.3 million.



Rep. James Comer: 7.3 million. Between 2014 and 2019, this brings the total amount of foreign income streams received to approximately $17 million, correct?



Joseph Ziegler: That is correct.



The Biden Crime Family just got caught.



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White House: IRS Whistleblower Hearing Didn’t Offer Evidence of Joe Biden Wrongdoing

WENDELL HUSEBØ
19 Jul 2023

The IRS agent whistleblower testimonies before the House Oversight Committee did not offer one piece of evidence proving any wrongdoing by President Joe Biden in the Hunter Biden criminal tax case, White House spokesman Ian Sams alleged.



IRS agent whistleblowers on Wednesday told the Oversight Committee the Justice Department’s (DOJ) criminal probe into Hunter Biden was tainted by political influence.



Based on IRS whistleblower testimonies, some Republicans believe Hunter Biden received a sweetheart deal because of political interference. Hunter Biden agreed in June to only plead guilty to two federal tax violation charges and one violation of gun laws.



Among the allegations, whistleblowers allege the FBI’s investigation forewarned Hunter Biden of any future searches for materials that could be used as evidence.



Moreover, they say the DOJ twice prevented United States Attorney David Weiss from bringing stronger charges against Hunter Biden, that Attorney General Merrick Garland refused to name a special counsel in the tax investigation — which could have provided a degree of separation between Joe Biden and his Justice Department — and that the IRS recommended charges against Hunter Biden that were not approved by Garland.


“Despite years of obsession and countless wasted taxpayer dollars on a wild goose chase, the @housegop hasn’t offered a single credible piece of evidence of wrongdoing by the President,” Sams posted on Twitter. “This waste of time reflects the extraordinarily misplaced priorities of House Rs.”

But the whistleblower testimonies do mention Joe Biden as the “big guy.”



They alleged Assistant U.S. Attorney Lesley Wolf refused to allow investigators to ask about Joe Biden being “the big guy.” Wolf also allegedly cautioned the investigation team from searching Joe Biden’s guest house in Delaware for evidence against Hunter Biden because of “optics.”


In addition, the whistleblowers allege Hunter Biden demanded in 2017 to be paid by a Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-linked Chinese businessman while Joe Biden was “sitting” next to him in a room, and that investigators wanted to obtain the location data to confirm Joe Biden was in the room. But there is no confidence the FBI obtained that data.


C-SPAN

“The Bidens are the best I know at doing exactly what the chairman wants from this partnership,” Hunter Biden told a CEFC associate in a 2017 WhatsApp exchange.



A few days prior, Hunter told a second CEFC associate in another WhatsApp message:



I am sitting here with my father and we would like to understand why the commitment made has not been fulfilled. Tell the director that I would like to resolve this now before it gets out of hand, and now means tonight. And, Z, if I get a call or text from anyone involved in this other than you, Zhang, or the chairman, I will make certain that between the man sitting next to me and every person he knows and my ability to forever hold a grudge that you will regret not following my direction. I am sitting here waiting for the call with my father.



Two lawyers representing Hunter Biden previously refused to deny the contents of the texts as Hunter Biden’s.

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[ExquisiteGerbil]

Former FBI Special Agent 'Confirmed' Key Parts Of Hunter Biden IRS Whistleblower Testimony: Comer


WEDNESDAY, JUL 19, 2023 - 11:15 PM

Authored by Katabella Roberts via The Epoch Times 


A former FBI supervisory special agent has allegedly confirmed key portions of an IRS whistleblower’s testimony that President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, received preferential treatment during an investigation into felony tax crimes, according to the House Oversight Committee.



“Today, a former FBI supervisory special agent assigned to the FBI’s Wilmington office and the Biden criminal investigation confirmed key portions of the IRS whistleblower’s testimony,” committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) said in a July 17 statement.


Mr. Comer did not reveal the identity of the former FBI agent.



He further claimed that the night before the interview of Hunter Biden, “both Secret Service headquarters and the Biden transition team were tipped off about the planned interview.”



“On the day of the Hunter Biden interview, federal agents were told to stand by and could not approach Hunter Biden—they had to wait for his call. As a result of the change in plans, IRS and FBI criminal investigators never got to interview Hunter Biden as part of the investigation,” he continued.



The Epoch Times has contacted the White House for comment.



Mr. Biden’s son has been under federal investigation for alleged tax fraud since 2018. According to prosecutors, he received more than $1.5 million in taxable income in 2017 and more than $1.5 million more in 2018 and was required by law to pay more than $100,000 in income tax for his earnings each of those years but failed to pay the tax.


‘Obvious Conflicts of Interest’

Mr. Comer’s statement comes after Gary Shapley, an IRS supervisory special agent, earlier this year claimed that the Department of Justice and the Delaware U.S. Attorney’s Office interfered in the investigation into the younger Mr. Biden in an attempt to delay the probe.



According to Mr. Shapley, the DOJ provided the younger Mr. Biden with preferential treatment, “slow-walked the investigation,” and “did nothing to avoid obvious conflicts of interest in this investigation.”



The former IRS agent additionally told prosecutors that the case into Hunter Biden had been “handled differently than any investigation” he’d ever been part of in his 14 years of service to the IRS and that some aspects of the case appeared to be influenced by politics.



Another whistleblower, a criminal investigator with the IRS identified only as Whistleblower X, has made similar claims.



The DOJ has denied any interference in the investigation into Hunter Biden.



Meanwhile, Mr. Biden has denied any wrongdoing on behalf of his family or himself.



Hunter Biden agreed to plead guilty to two counts of willful failure to pay federal income tax in a deal with the U.S. government in June, according to a letter from U.S. Attorney David Weiss to the U.S. court in Delaware.



The agreement to plead guilty meant he avoided prosecution on a separate gun charge. He is set to appear in court on July 26.



According to Mr. Comer, who cited a transcribed interview with the former FBI supervisory special agent, multiple witness interviews were planned for Dec. 8, 2020, and Mr. Shapley and the former FBI agent were assigned to interview the president’s son.

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Chuck Grassley Reaches Limit, Releases FBI Document on Biden’s Bribery Scheme

David Hawkins
July 20, 2023 - 3:05 pm


Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) has released an unclassified FBI-generated record describing an alleged criminal scheme involving then-Vice President Joe Biden and a Ukrainian business executive.



Grassley acquired the record, an FD-1023, via legally protected disclosures by Justice Department whistleblowers.



Grassley said: “For the better part of a year, I’ve been pushing the Justice Department and FBI to provide details on its handling of very significant allegations from a trusted FBI informant implicating then-Vice President Biden in a criminal bribery scheme.



“While the FBI sought to obfuscate and redact, the American people can now read this document for themselves, without the filter of politicians or bureaucrats, thanks to brave and heroic whistleblowers.



“What did the Justice Department and FBI do with the detailed information in the document?



“And why have they tried to conceal it from Congress and the American people for so long?



“The Justice Department and FBI have failed to come clean, but Chairman Comer and I intend to find out.”



House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-KY) said:



“The FBI’s Biden Bribery Record tracks closely with the evidence uncovered by the Oversight Committee’s Biden family influence-peddling investigation.



“In the FBI’s record, the Burisma executive claims that he didn’t pay the ‘big guy’ directly but that he used several bank accounts to conceal the money.



“That sounds an awful lot like how the Bidens conduct business: using multiple bank accounts to hide the source and total amount of the money.



“At our hearing with IRS whistleblowers, they testified that they had never seen or heard of this record during the Biden criminal investigation, despite having potentially corroborating evidence.


“Given the misconduct and politicization at the Department of Justice, the American people must be able to read this record for themselves.



“I thank Senator Grassley for providing much-needed transparency to the American people.



“We must hold the Department of Justice accountable for seeking to bury this record to protect the Bidens.”

According to Fox News:



The source reported to the FBI that “in late 2015 or 2016, during the Obama/Biden Administration, CHS was first introduced to officials at Ukraine natural gas business Burisma Holdings through [redacted] Oleksandr Ostapenko.”



The form reflects that there is an additional FD-1023 detailing information brought by the source dated Jan. 2, 2018.



“CHS and Ostapenko traveled to Ukraine and went to Burisma’s office…the purpose of the meeting was to discuss Burisma’s interest in purchasing a US-based oil and gas business, for purposes of merging it with Burisma for purposes of conducting an IPO in the US,” the form states.



“Burisma was willing to purchase a US-based entity for $20-$30 million.”



The form states that the CHS attended that meeting, as well as Burisma’s CFO Vadim Pojarski and Karina Zlochevsky, the daughter of CEO and founder Mykola Zlochevsky.



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FBI Informant Form: ‘Don’t Worry Hunter Will Take Care of All of Those Issues Through His Dad’

WENDELL HUSEBØ
20 Jul 2023

An FBI informant form released by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) revealed Mykola Zlochevsky, the founder of Burisma Holdings, expected Hunter and then-Vice President Joe Biden to take care of his legal issues.



The form alleges, in general, that Joe Biden and Hunter Biden each received $5 million from Zlochevsky after Joe Biden threatened to withhold aid to Ukraine until President Petro Poroshenko fired a prosecutor investigating Burisma.



The form shows the FBI informant suggesting to Zlochevsky that his legal troubles with the prosecutor would go away because of his relationship with the Bidens. The form reads in part:



CHS recalled this meeting took place around the time Joe Biden made a public statement about (former) Ukraine Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin being corrupt, and that he should be fired/removed from office. CHS told Zlochevsky that due to Shokin’s investigation into Burisma, which was made public at this time, it would have a substantial negative impact on Burisma’s prospective IPO [initial public offering] in the United States. Zlochevsky replied something to the effect of, “Don’t worry Hunter will take care of all of those issues through his dad.” CHS did not ask any further questions about what that specifically meant.



The document shows the informant disagreed with Zlochevsky’s use of the Bidens. But Zlochevsky allegedly responded that he bribed Hunter and Joe Biden $5 million each to end the legal issues:



CHS suggested it would best if Burisma simply litigate the matter in Ukraine, and pay some attorney $50,000. Zlochevsky said he/Burisma would likely lose the trial because he could not show that Burisma was innocent; Zlochevsky also laughed at CHS’s number of $50,000 (not because of the small amount, but because the number contained a “5” and said that “it costs (million) to pay one Biden, and 5 (million) to another Biden”). CHS noted that at this time, it was unclear to CHS whether these alleged payments were already made.




CHS reiterated CHS’s opinion that Zlochevsky was making a mistake and he should fire Hunter Biden and deal with Shokin’s investigation directly so that the matter will remain an issue in Ukraine, and not turn into some international matter. Zlochevsky responded something to the effect of, “Don’t worry, this thing will go away anyway.”





Mykola Zlochevsky, founder of Burisma gas company and former Ukrainian Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine, during a press conference in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 19, 2012. (STR/NurPhoto via Getty Images)



In April 2014, Hunter joined the board of Burisma. Despite Hunter’s lack of experience in Ukraine or the energy sector, he was paid $83,000 per month by the energy company — or $1 million per year — just weeks after his father was announced as the “point man” on U.S. foreign policy toward Ukraine.



In 2016, Zlochevsky was under suspicion of money laundering and public corruption related to Burisma. Ukrainian Prosecutor Victor Shokin investigated the case before his termination due to pressure applied by Joe Biden, who threatened to withhold $1 billion in U.S. aid from Ukraine if the Ukrainian government did not fire Shokin.



Joe Biden bragged about the firing in 2018 at the Council on Foreign Relations. “I said, ‘I’m telling you, you’re not getting the billion dollars.’ I said, ‘You’re not getting the billion. I’m going to be leaving here in, I think it was about six hours,’” Biden told the audience. “I looked at them and said, ‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money.’ Well, son of a bitch. He got fired.”



Confirming Breitbart News’s reporting, the FBI’s informant document said that Hunter and Joe Biden allegedly “coerced” the Burisma executive into paying them $10 million in bribes.

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The file also confirms Grassley’s claim that the FBI informant claims Zlochevsky kept 17 audio recordings of his conversations with Hunter and Joe Biden as an “insurance policy.”



Watch — Grassley: Foreign National in Alleged Biden Bribery Scheme Has “Insurance Policy” Recordings of Joe and Hunter

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Grassley Releases FBI Document Showing Joe Biden Was Involved in $10 Million Bribery Scheme with Burisma Executive – Biden FORCED Oligarch to Pay Up!

By Cristina Laila
Jul. 20, 2023 1:05 pm




Senator Chuck Grassley on Thursday released the FBI document showing Joe Biden was involved in a $10 million bribery scheme with Burisma CEO Mykola Zlochevsky.



The FD-1023 form alleged then-Vice President Joe Biden FORCED Zlochevsky, a Ukrainian oligarch, to pay himself and his son Hunter Biden a total of $10 million.



According to the document, Biden’s bribery arrangement was described as “poluchili,” which is Russian crime slang for being “forced or coerced to pay.”



Per the FD-1023:

According to the FBI’s confidential human source, executives for Burisma, a Ukrainian gas company, brought Hunter Biden on the board to “protect us through his dad, from all kinds of problems.” At the time, Burisma was seeking to do business in the United States, but was facing a corruption investigation in Ukraine, led by then-Ukraine Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin. Regarding that investigation’s impact on its ambitions in North America, Burisma CEO Mykola Zlochevsky reportedly said, “Don’t worry Hunter will take care of all of those issues through his dad.” Zlochevsky reportedly stated that he had to pay $5 million to Hunter Biden and $5 million to Joe Biden, an arrangement he described as ‘poluchili,’ which is Russian crime slang for being “forced or coerced to pay,” according to the document.



Also, according to the document, Zlochevsky claims to have text messages and recordings that show he was FORCED to pay the Bidens to ensure Ukrainian Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin was fired.





Viktor Shokin



Zlochevsky also retained two documents, presumably financial records, as evidence of the arrangement, according to the document.



Per the FD-1023:



Zlochevsky claimed to have many text messages and recordings that show that he was coerced into paying the Bidens to ensure Shokin was fired. Specifically, he claimed to have two recordings with Joe Biden and 15 recordings with Hunter Biden. Zlochevsky also retained two documents, presumably financial records, as evidence of the arrangement, but said he didn’t send any funds directly to the “Big Guy,” a term understood to be a reference to Joe Biden. References to the “Big Guy” surfaced in communications involving other Biden family business arrangements independent of the Burisma arrangement. Zlochevsky claimed it would take investigators 10 years to uncover the illicit payments to the Bidens, according to the document.



Read the unclassified FD-1023 forms here:




Page 1 of the unclassified FBI document






Page 2 of unclassified FBI document






Page 3 FD-1023 form

Joe Biden publicly bragged about bribing Ukraine with $1 billion to fire Viktor Shokin, the Ukrainian Prosecutor General who was investigating Burisma corruption.



I “said: I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money. Well, son of a bitch. He got fired,” Biden said in 2018.



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Bombshell FBI Report: 'It Would Take Them 10 Years to Find Records' of Burisma Payments to Bidens



By Peter Partoll

July 20, 2023 at 6:26pm


On Thursday, Sen. Chuck Grassley released an FBI document containing detailed information about Hunter Biden’s allegedly corrupt business dealings with the Ukrainian energy company Burisma.



The source of the allegations, who remains anonymous, said he worked directly with Burisma and had inside knowledge of a bribery scheme involving Hunter and his father, then-Vice President Joe Biden.



One of the many allegations made in the document stems from a conversation the confidential human source said he had had with Burisma CEO Mykola Zlochevsky in 2019.



“CHS mentioned Zlochevsky might have difficulty explaining suspicious wire transfers that may evidence any (illicit) payments to the Bidens,” the document claims.



The source said Zlochevsky waved away the concern, explaining that he “did not send any funds directly to the ‘Big Guy‘ (which CHS understood was a reference to Joe Biden).”



Zlochevsky allegedly declared that “it would take them (investigators) 10 years to find the records (i.e. illicit payments to Joe Biden).”



The source told the FBI that “it is very common for business men in post-Soviet countries to brag or show-off. Additionally, it is extremely common for businesses in Russia and Ukraine to make ‘bribe’ payments to various government officials.”



In this case, it seems as if Zlochevsky did both.



The CHS alleged that Joe and Hunter Biden were paid $5 million each to ensure the firing of a Ukrainian prosecutor who had been investigating Burisma.



It is hard to overstate just how damming an accusation this is.



For years, Biden has claimed that he had no knowledge of his son’s activities in Ukraine. But here we have an anonymous source who claimed to have worked with Burisma saying that the company was sending illicit payments to both father and son.



If these allegations are true, they should absolutely ruin Biden’s reputation and his presidency.



The bombshell FBI document could be a huge step toward getting the answers about Hunter Biden’s business dealings that we deserve. Americans need to know if their president was engaged in corruption.


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