“A lucrative deal with a Chinese conglomerate was netting millions for James Biden, his wife, Sara Biden, the president’s son, Hunter Biden, and their business partners,” reports the Washington Examiner:
The Chinese company, CEFC, already had a cozy relationship with the Biden family. One of its executives appeared to share an office space with Joe Biden, who was then just months removed from his vice presidency, as well as with Jill Biden, James Biden, and Hunter Biden.
The group had discussed the prospect of cutting Joe Biden in on the profits should he remain out of office, according to what Rob Walker, one of the former business partners, told the FBI….the U.S. government has said in multiple court filings that it viewed CEFC as a foreign agent seeking influence for China….That included James Biden’s deep involvement in the now-infamous CEFC deal that prosecutors laid out in their botched attempt to charge Hunter Biden with two misdemeanor tax violations. Notably, by including details of the Chinese business in the now-withdrawn deal, the Justice Department attempted to extend immunity to Hunter Biden for any illegal activity associated with that work.
James Biden does not appear to be a target of the criminal investigation involving his nephew. An IRS whistleblower told Congress this spring that James Biden and his wife, Sara Biden, received records requests from criminal investigators, but Justice Department officials forbade investigators from seeking an interview with James Biden….One of his first endeavors after his brother won a seat in the U.S. Senate was to open a nightclub in Delaware, which ultimately failed. That nightclub came to fruition thanks to loans from a Delaware bank that later went under and became embroiled in legal drama over alleged corruption. Joe Biden, then a member of the Senate Banking Committee, intervened on behalf of his brother during at least one business entanglement related to the loans James Biden had received….James Biden stirred more controversy over his involvement with an investment firm, Paradigm Global Advisors, that later landed him and Hunter Biden in the center of a lawsuit. After taking over the firm in 2006, James Biden had its president fired and told the remaining executives that investments would soon come pouring in from foreign sources, according to a 2019 report from Politico. Joe Biden was, at the time, poised to take over the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
“We’ve got people all around the world who want to invest in Joe Biden,” James Biden reportedly told Paradigm employees. “We’ve got investors lined up in a line of 747s filled with cash ready to invest in this company.”…. Joe Biden’s team has denied that he arranged the loans for his brother, who nonetheless enjoyed financial lifelines from people connected politically to the now-president.
But perhaps James Biden’s involvement in the CEFC deal…best illustrates the nexus of Joe Biden’s power and James Biden’s business…..While pursuing the deal with CEFC…Hunter Biden issues threats invoking his father’s name to get payments from the company and boasted in correspondence with the company that “the Bidens are the best I know at doing exactly what the Chairman wants from this partnership.”
CEFC was later accused of bribing foreign governments, and one of its officials, Patrick Ho, was convicted of bribery in the United States in 2018. When Ho was arrested in 2017, his first call was reportedly to James Biden, and Ho later paid Hunter Biden $1 million…..James Biden’s position in another company, Hill International, also appeared beneficial while his brother was vice president.
After joining the company in 2010, Hill International appeared to land lucrative contracts from the federal government; in fact, 2010 appeared to be one of Hill International’s most lucrative years in terms of its income from the federal government.
In his 2020 book, author Peter Schweizer claimed the company landed a multimillion-dollar federal contract to rebuild houses in Iraq that year despite a lack of experience in that field. The company proved unable to deliver.
And Hunter and James Biden were not the only family members to earn income from foreign sources.
Hallie Biden, the widow of the late Beau Biden, collected payments from a Chinese energy company linked to Ye, according to bank records obtained by the House Oversight Committee.
Sara Biden, James Biden’s wife, also earned income from CEFC…In total, according to House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY), nine Biden family members appear to have collected payments from companies connected to the foreign deals forged while Joe Biden was vice president.
Influence peddling by the Bidens was revealed in photos and emails found on Hunter’s abandoned laptop. Hunter Biden’s laptop contained copious evidence that Joe Biden was complicit in his son’s influence peddling, noted the New York Post.
Hunter Biden also appears to have sold classified information to his foreign paymasters. In a New York Post column, Miranda Devine notes that “there are several clues on” on Hunter Biden’s abandoned “laptop that Hunter may have been selling classified information to his foreign paymasters.” She points to “uncharacteristically cogent email about Ukraine written by Hunter Biden in 2014,” that likely reflects his cribbing classified information.
Biden has falsely claimed that his son earned no money from China. But as the Washington Post fact-checker notes, that is false — his own son admitted otherwise.
On March 17, Joe Biden falsely denied that members of his family received over $1 million from Hunter Biden‘s business associate — even as his son Hunter Biden confirmed it.
Republican Congressman James Comer of Kentucky disclosed the more than $1 million in payments in late June. Comer got them through a subpoena of Hunter Biden’s business associate Rob Walker’s bank records. Comer, the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, revealed that “from 2015 through 2017, Biden family members and their companies received over $1.3 million in payments” from accounts tied to Walker.
Comer found that more than $1 million was sent in a series of payments to Hunter Biden, Joe Biden’s brother James, and Hallie Biden, the widow of Joe Biden’s deceased son Beau. (Hunter had a sexual relationship with Hallie in 2017 following his brother’s death, not long after Walker received a $3 million wire from a Chinese company).
In June, a reporter asked President Biden at the White House if he had “any reaction to House GOP’s new memo about your family dealings.” The President replied, “My family dealings?” The reporter responded, “Yes, revealing that Hunter Biden’s business associate sent over a million dollars to three of your family members?”
“That’s not true,” replied Joe Biden.
But it was true, as the Washington Examiner noted.
