'Momentum'
Posted on 03/28/2022 6:24:33 AM PDT by shadowlands1960
Grand jury heard witness in February about past drug use, spending habits of president’s son
A federal tax investigation into Hunter Biden is gaining momentum as prosecutors gather information from several of his associates about the sources of his foreign income, including from Ukraine, and examine President Biden’s son’s relationship with a company that handled some of his finances, according to people familiar with the matter.
In recent weeks, prosecutors from the U.S. attorney’s office in Delaware have sought information and grand-jury testimony about the money Mr. Biden received several years ago from Ukrainian natural-gas company Burisma Holdings Ltd., and how he used that money to pay some obligations, one of those people said. (PAYWALL)
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If you believe this, you have no understanding of the current state of affairs. This will drag on a while and then just fade away.
Well, it was taxes that took down Al Capone.
I figure the same thing will happen here as has happened with voter fraud: Nothing.
That’s the outcome I expect.
“Last month, prosecutors also extensively questioned at least one other associate of Hunter Biden about Mr. Biden’s drug and alcohol use, spending habits and state of mind in 2018, another person said, suggesting prosecutors are exploring whether such activity would present a defense against a potential criminal tax case.”
So he is going to use the, “I was drunk and drugged up at the time, so am not responsible for my actions” defense? Can just anyone use that defense or is it reserved for the Biden family?
Oh, and I notice WSJ is not allowing comments on this article. I wonder why?
When Donald Trump sought information about Hunter Biden and Burisma, the Democratic Party and the MSM impeached him!
Could be that Brandon has outlived his usefullness and his handlers have decided to get rid of him.
Think...a steely eyed Cameltoe in a staredown with Vlad, with her finger on the nuclear button.
We lack options.... behind Harris is Pelosi swilling vodka.
I am more than skeptical that the legal process is being carried out to not indict him, but rather to conclude while there were questionable dealings, and it was not Russia disinformation (the only bone to get the scent off the trail) it did not rise to an indictable offense. NPR will loudly proclaim it was a right wing conspiracy all along.
We are in for a very bad ride.
Stolen elections have consequences.
It’s a charade for the gullible. There is an elite class who can openly commit fraud and sex crimes and can’t be touched.
P
how bout CHILD PORN... or UNAUTHORIZED INFORMATION, CLASSIFIED INFORMATION, DoD KEYS???
(Is she a Naturalized Canadian too? If so, I doubt Canada would openly admit it! Maybe Indian and Commonwealth citizen? Who knows!)
/sarc
Exactly.
Rep. James Comer wants info on Hunter Biden’s ties to Chinese mine sale
By Juliegrace Brufke, January 19, 2022
The leading Republican on the House Oversight Committee is calling on the National Archives to release any information it has related to Hunter Biden’s alleged involvement in the sale of an African cobalt mine to a Chinese company in 2016.
In a letter to Archivist David Ferriero Wednesday, Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) requested any documents pertaining to the first son’s potential role in the transaction, arguing the sale posed a potential national security threat by undermining the United States’ capacity to invest in green energy. Cobalt is a key component in electric car batteries.
“The American people deserve answers regarding why the Obama Administration —whether at then-Vice President Biden’s behest or not — watched in silence as an American company transferred control of this precious asset to a Chinese conglomerate and why Hunter Biden was — yet again — involved in international matters on which he has no expertise,” Comer wrote.
The complex transaction was first reported by the Washington Free Beacon during the 2020 presidential campaign, and was spotlighted by the New York Times this past November. It resulted in private equity firm BHR Partners being cut in on the $3.8 billion transaction — which transferred 80 percent of the Tenke Fungurume mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo from Arizona-based mining company Freeport-McMoRan to Beijing-backed China Molybdenum.
Hunter Biden and two other Americans co-founded BHR with several Chinese partners, and the three Americans each controlled 10 percent of the firm at the time of the sale. However, the rest of the company is owned or controlled by Chinese-based investors, including the state-controlled Bank of China.
“The loss of African cobalt mines to the Chinese is a severe blow to the United States’ ability to invest in green technology and lead the world by example,” Comer wrote. “It is potentially a national security threat, and it was a loss orchestrated in no small part by the president’s son.”
“As a 10 percent owner of the firm that brokered a multi-billion-dollar deal, Hunter Biden no doubt made a profit from this massive transaction,” Comer went on. “Unfortunately, such profit has come at great expense to both the United States and the DRC. China has reportedly failed to fulfill its promises to the DRC and established less than adequate safety conditions for mine workers.”
Comer argued that the Obama administration should have intervened to block the sale, claiming that though it was “well aware how important cobalt was about to become to the global economy … it curiously did nothing to intervene in Hunter Biden’s Chinese-backed transaction to facilitate the sale of one of the world’s richest cobalt mines from an American company to a Chinese company.”
The lawmaker requested the Archives hand over any information pertaining to the deal by Feb. 2.
“In this latest episode, Hunter Biden appears to have profited in the short-term directly from America’s long-term loss,” Comer concluded. “While Hunter Biden might not care that his actions have been a boon to the Chinese and a detriment to the United States’ position of leadership on clean energy, Americans do.”
Hunter Biden’s attorney said in November that his client had divested his 10 percent stake in BHR Partners, but offered no further details on the identity of the buyer or the transaction terms.
Secret Service ‘hid’ info on Hunter Biden travels, GOP senators claim
NY POST,CBy Bruce Golding, January 19, 2022
Sen. Ron Johnson has alleged that the Secret Service hid names and correspondences with Hunter Biden without any legal justification.
The Secret Service improperly redacted hundreds of pages of records related to Hunter Biden’s overseas travel — and apparently withheld information about trips to China, Russia and other countries, two leading Republican senators claim.
In a Tuesday letter to Secret Service Director James Murray, Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) alleged the agency “hid names and other information contained in email conversations regarding Hunter Biden without any proper legal justification.”
The senators specifically noted that documents turned over at their request “do not show whether [Secret Service] personnel or Hunter Biden traveled to Kazakhstan in May or June 2014” during a trip to Paris.
Biden — whose father, President Biden, was vice president at the time — decided to ditch his Secret Service bodyguards before flying to Kazakhstan to pursue a deal on behalf of the Ukrainian energy company Burisma, the Washington Examiner reported last year.
Hunter Biden reportedly planned to meet with then-Kazakhstan Prime Minister Karim Massimov, who was arrested on treason charges Saturday following his ouster as head of the country’s counterintelligence and anti-terror agency.
Hunter Biden (left) and Joe Biden (right) and Kazakhstan’s former prime minister, Karim Massimov (far right).
Hunter Biden and Joe Biden pose with Kazakhstan’s former prime minister, Karim Massimov (far right).
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PHOTO In 2015, Joe and Hunter Biden were apparently photographed posing with Massimov and Kazakhstani oligarch Kenes Rakishev during a gathering at the Cafe Milano restaurant in Washington, DC.
Critics have accused the younger Biden of influence-peddling and a report last year said the Justice Department was investigating a consulting firm linked to Hunter over its work for Bursima, which paid him as much as $1 million a year.
In 2020, Hunter Biden disclosed that he was under investigation for possible tax fraud, reportedly involving his business dealings in China and other foreign countries.
Sen. Charles Grassley co-signed the letter with Sen. Ron Johnson expressing their wish to see the unredacted files.
Sen. Charles Grassley co-signed the letter with Sen. Ron Johnson expressing their wish to see the unredacted files.
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In Tuesday’s letter, first reported by the Examiner, Grassley and Johnson expressed “serious concerns” over the “extensive Freedom of Information Act redactions, which do not apply to Congress” in the 259 pages they received from the Secret Service.
“These inappropriate redactions impede our offices’ ability to understand the full scope of the interactions between Hunter Biden, his associates, and the USSS,” they wrote.
Grassley and Johnson also said the Secret Service “did not produce any communications regarding Hunter Biden’s travel for the years 2010, 2011, and 2013,” even though its own “travel records show that Hunter Biden made trips to China and other destinations around the world, including, Russia, Italy, Spain and Mexico.”
The lawmakers demanded that the Secret Service provide complete, unredacted copies of the documents it turned over and explain why it didn’t produce records from 2010, 2011 and 2013.
The senators said they wanted a response “as soon as possible” and set a Jan. 26 deadline.
The Secret Service didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
Grassley and Johnson have been investigating Hunter Biden’s overseas business dealings and in 2020 released a report that said his job with Burisma created a “potential conflict of interest” for his dad, who was deeply involved in US policy toward Ukraine.
That report also alleged Hunter Biden sent “thousands of dollars” to people who appeared linked to “an Eastern European prostitution or human trafficking ring.”
Hunter Biden, now pursuing a controversial career as a self-taught painter, also owned a 10 percent stake in a Chinese investment firm known as BHR Partners, but his lawyer last month told the New York Times that he “no longer holds any interest” in it.
Hunter Biden reportedly planned to meet with then-Kazakhstan Prime Minister Karim Massimov before was he ousted and arrested for treason.
The White House has refused to say who bought Hunter Biden’s share in the company or how much he was paid for it.
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