Posted on 10/20/2020 9:58:13 AM PDT by edwinland
In the final year of the Obama administration, an American lawyer traveled to Romania to meet with a businessman accused of orchestrating a corrupt land deal.
The businessman was Gabriel “Puiu” Popoviciu, a wealthy Romanian real estate tycoon. The lawyer brought in to advise him was Hunter Biden, the son of then-Vice President Joe Biden, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Hunter Biden’s work for Popoviciu in 2016 went unreported at the time, but Joe Biden’s involvement in Romania was very much public. The vice president was among the leading voices pushing the government to crack down on corruption.
There’s no evidence that Hunter or his father acted improperly or violated any laws. But the arrangement, government ethics experts say, raises concerns that Hunter Biden was used as a prop in Popoviciu’s effort to dodge criminal prosecution.
“We don’t know what [Hunter Biden] was paid or what he was paid for but it does raise questions of whether this Romanian individual facing criminal charges was actually paying for a connection to the American vice president,” said Kathleen Clark, a Washington University law professor who specializes in government ethics.
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...
October 19, 2019
So this is the same template used in Ukraine. Joe gets in a position to deal with corruption in a country on behalf of the U.S. Hunter, for his part, gets in contact with the miscreants to see if there is some money to be made.
I think it is more like top Democrat operatives in the Intelligence community identify the most potentially lucrative opportunities for graft worldwide, which are divided as spoils among the top crime families of the Party (Clintons, Bidens, Kerrys).
Once initial contacts are made and checked out, Hunter (and a minder or two) are introduced as the bagmen, to handle the payments.
That sounds more plausible, but shouldn’t we be able to see “houses” for people like Brennan in order to show a standard of living far above their pay grade?
Is there a country on Mother Gaia the Biden’s haven’t fleeced?
Interesting here that, in addition to Hunter and Joe, Giuliani was involved in defending the guy (even complaining the Anti-Corruption efforts were going too far) as was Louis Freeh, former FBI honcho who now serves on the board of trustees at the Beau Biden Foundation. Small world, I guess.
Did Hunter replace Beau?
https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2012/03/186019.htm
Special Advisor for Global Youth Issues Ronan Farrow Travels to
Office of the Spokesperson
Washington, DC
March 19, 2012
Special Advisor for Global Youth Issues Ronan Farrow will travel to Europe March 19-24, holding meetings in Belgium, Latvia, and Ukraine.
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On March 23, Mr. Farrow will chair the inaugural meeting of U.S. Embassy’s Youth Council in Kiev, Ukraine. He will also deliver remarks at the Docudays International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival and meet with students. At the U.S. Ambassador’s Forum on March 23, Mr. Farrow will lead a break out session with young leaders and law professionals looking at the next generation and the struggle against corruption. The Forum will feature a presentation by Beau Biden, Delaware Attorney General, on the topic “Fighting Corruption and the Judiciary.”
https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/ronan-farrow-34396.php
(Ronan Farrow) established the State Department’s ‘Office of Global Youth Issues’ after he was appointed as a ‘Special Advisor’ to Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State in the Obama administration.
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Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden to Speak in Kyiv on Fighting Corruption
Newswire
March 23, 2012 | Targeted News Service (USA)
Section: U.S. Executive Branch
KYIV, Ukraine, March 21 — The U.S. Embassy issued the following news release:
Joseph R. “Beau” Biden, III, the 44th Attorney General of the state of Delaware, will speak on Fighting Corruption and the Judiciary as part of the U.S. Ambassador’s Forum series, where leading American experts in a wide range of fields speak while visiting Ukraine. The Forum is hosted by Ambassador John Tefft and aimed at creating a regular opportunity for the examination of the ideas, trends, and forces impacting today’s world.
Beau Biden, who is the son of U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden, is known for his initiatives in Delaware to better protect children, families and communities across the state including tracking and prosecuting child sex offenders, fighting domestic violence, reducing juvenile crime and expanded efforts to fight nuisance crimes in neighborhoods across the state.
Beau Biden’s public service began at the United States Department of Justice in 1995. He served as a Federal Prosecutor in the United States Attorney’s Office in Philadelphia, as Interim Legal Advisor for the United States Department of Justice in post-war Kosovo, and after having been elected Delaware’s Attorney General in 2007, spent 12 months in Iraq as a major in the Delaware Army National Guard’s Judge Advocate General’s Corps, assigned to the 261st Signal Brigade. Beau Biden was engaged in private law practice from 2002 until his election as Attorney General.
The U.S. Ambassador’s Forum event with Attorney General Biden’s presentation and discussion will take place at the Ball Room of the Hyatt Hotel (5 Alla Tarasova St.), Friday, March 23, from 5:00 to 6:15 p.m.
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Del. AG Beau Biden on trip to Romania and Ukraine
Newswire
March 20, 2012 | Associated Press State Wire: Delaware (DE)
Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden is visiting Romania and the Ukraine this week as part of a trip in which he is speaking on the importance of the rule of law and an independent judiciary in democratic societies.
Biden, who had an appearance Tuesday at an anti-corruption conference in Bucharest, Romania, is expected to speak Thursday at the dedication ceremony for the new U.S. embassy in Bucharest. Biden was invited to speak at both events in Bucharest by U.S. Ambassador to Romania Mark Gitenstein.
Jason P. Miller, spokesman for Delaware’s Department of Justice, also says Biden will be the featured speaker Saturday at a leadership series forum at the U.S. embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine, hosted by U.S. Ambassador John Tefft.
The U.S. State Department is paying for Biden’s trip.
They’re all whores except for Trump. That why most of them hate him. Giuliani just sucks up to whoever is in power, like when he was mayor of New York and he endorsed MARIO CUOMO (yes you read that right MARIO CUOMO) over the Republican challenger George Pataki in 1994, because Giuliani was too stupid to realize that the contract with america would win. Whores. The lot of them.
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