Joe Biden's Brother Switched Up Story On China Deal After Lawmakers Showed Him Receipts, Source Says
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James Biden altered his story during a closed-door interview with lawmakers on Wednesday after congressional investigators presented him with evidence directly contradicting his claims, according to a source familiar with the interview.
Joe Biden's younger brother, in closed-door testimony to the House Oversight and Judiciary Committees, initially told his interviewers that he was not part of a business deal involving Hunter Biden and several of his associates, according to a source familiar with the interview. However, after investigators showed him an agreement that featured his signature alongside those of Hunter Biden and his business partners ,James Biden then told legislators that he did not remember signing the agreement.
The deal in question was a proposed joint venture involving an entity known as SinoHawk and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-tied CEFC China Energy Limited energy firm, according to a source familiar with the interview.
Fifty percent of SinoHawk was to be owned by Hudson West IV — an entity nominally managed by CEFC "emissary" and Joe Biden "office mate" Gongwen Dong — with the other 50% to be owned by Oneida Holdings LLC, an entity composed of LLCs controlled by Hunter Biden, James Biden, Rob Walker, James Gilliar and Tony Bobulinski, according to Bobulinski's Feb. 13 testimony to congressional investigators and documents obtained by the Senate Judiciary Committee.
The president's younger brother also stated that he threw out a diamond that Hunter Biden had given him to appraise, according to a source familiar with James Biden's interview. That diamond had initially been given to Hunter Biden by CEFC Chairman Ye Jianming, presumably to woo Hunter Biden to engage in business with CEFC, according to the source.
A May 2017 email from Gilliar to Hunter Biden, Bobulinski and Walker detailed the potential equity split for Oneida's piece of SinoHawk, with 20% for "H," 20% for "RW," 20% for "JG," 20% for "TB," 10% for "Jim" and "10 held by H for the big guy," according to the archive of Hunter Biden's laptop.
Bobulinski told the FBI in 2020 that Oneida was supposed to receive a $5 million unsecured loan from CEFC or a related entity, and that the loan was supposed to be forgivable, according to an October 2022 letter signed by Republican Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley. As of July 2017, the funds had not yet been sent to Oneida, apparently to the chagrin of Hunter and James Biden.
Then, on July 30, 2017, Hunter Biden sent a threatening WhatsApp text message to a Chinese business associate affiliated with CEFC, according to information disclosed to lawmakers by Internal Revenue Service whistleblowers.
"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," the text reads.
Bank records obtained by congressional investigators do not indicate that SinoHawk ever received the cash infusion from CEFC or related entities that may have been expected, according to Grassley's October 2022 letter.
However, records and other information obtained by Republican lawmakers demonstrated that Hunter Biden and James Biden profited from a $5 million wire from a CEFC-linked firm in August 2017.
Those funds do not appear to have been transmitted to SinoHawk, but instead to Hudson West III, a joint venture established by the Bidens and CEFC in August 2017, according to Grassley's letter. Subsequently, wire transfers were conducted from Hudson West III to Owasco — Hunter Biden's firm — and Lion Hall Group, James Biden's company, a move that appears to have effectively cut SinoHawk out of the deal altogether.
Bobulinski told investigators on Feb. 13 that "the Biden family — Joe's son Hunter and his brother Jim — knowingly and aggressively defrauded me as the CEO of SinoHawk Holdings and as a member of Oneida Holdings, LLC, at the end of July 2017" and that "the Biden family violated their fiduciary duties to SinoHawk and Oneida as they enriched themselves at the CEFC trough."
The White House did not respond immediately to a request for comment.
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Jim forgot who he did business with and above all Joe knew nothing.
house republican face plant alert...
It is a busy day.
Must be nice to support a paid puppet of Xi.
Sad part is I don't think they even need to be paid to shill for him.
And we are supposed believe Traitor Joe isn't involved.
Prove Joe Biden was sitting there and you have a case.
Otherwise just add lying, bluffing, possible extortion and racketeering to the long list of Hunter's very public shortcomings.
You apparently didn't read the article. If you did you would see that what I quoted is from the article. If you want to question that, then contact the author.
How 'bout you proving he wasn't sitting there?
Do your really think Joe Biden is corruption free after almost 50 years in government? Or that all the stuff on Hunter's laptop is somehow planted there by Russians? Or that the extended Biden family has not had dealings with or received funds from foreign governments, including the Chi-Coms?
Enough evidence has been revealed already to dispel that notion, unless one's mind is closed to reality
I did and I recognize when the article is quoted.
Did you contact the author before typing this?
Do you know what year the Hunter quote is from?
Do you know what Joe Bidens occupation was that year?
Yes.....yes they do.
Impeach Biden Now!
For what? A potential split of a proposal that no one can prove happened?
Hunter's bullying?
Jim's disposal of a diamond that might have been used to pressure Hunter into a deal?
Be specific where you think that then retired Joe Biden may have broken any laws.
benefitting from his family business of selling Joe Biden.
Where is THAT in the penal codes of this country?
These emails and schemes all allegedly took place while Joe, retired from politics was an honorary professor at the U of PA developing a course.
Where is there a conflict of interest?
Did Joe, the evil criminal mastermind know he was going to be the next Dem nominee?
Did he know he was going to beat Trump?
Sorry, not buying it.
I don't care if it is on the penal code or not, I can recognize when something is wrong.
Whether you buy it or not doesn't concern me and has nothing to do with my post.
I refuse to give Biden a pass just because he is a Democrat.
I do.
But you can't explain it, it's just a feeling?
Right back at ya.
Why would anyone give a pass because of party affiliation?
When you figure out the difference between what Trumps kids did versus Bidens or Kennedys or
the Bushes, I am sure you will explain to all of us.
I did.
Because that what partisans do.
Nice deflection, and maybe I will on an article about them.
After hearing Joe talk so wonderfully about his son and how close they are, one might have a screw or two loose if they think Joe knew nothing.
Joe Biden and his sycophants remind me of Sgt. Schultz.
"I know nothing!"