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DOJ investigating Hunter Biden for foreign lobbying violations: Report
Washington Examiner ^ | 3/16/22 | Jerry Dunleavy

Posted on 03/17/2022 2:34:19 AM PDT by Libloather

The Justice Department is investigating Hunter Biden for foreign lobbying violations related to his overseas business dealings - likely in places such as China, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan - in addition to scrutinizing his taxes, according to a new report.

Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss is known to be leading a federal investigation into President Joe Biden's adult son, who denies any wrongdoing, and the New York Times reported Wednesday that the investigation, which began as “a tax inquiry” during the Obama administration, then “widened” in 2018 to encompass “possible criminal violations of tax laws, as well as foreign lobbying and money laundering rules, according to the people familiar with the inquiry.”

The report said Hunter Biden’s “extensive work with foreign businesses came under scrutiny from prosecutors looking into whether he should have registered with the Justice Department” under the Foreign Agents Registration Act. Hunter Biden held a lucrative position on the board of Ukrainian energy giant Burisma when his father was vice president. He also pursued business deals in China, Kazakhstan, and elsewhere during and after his father’s tenure.

The New York Times report, while citing its unnamed sources, said prosecutors face “hurdles” in demonstrating that the president’s son “intentionally violated” FARA. The outlet reported that prosecutors “have discussed approaching potential FARA violations as a civil matter, which would require Mr. Biden to register retroactively as a foreign agent, but would avoid criminal charges.”

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; History; Local News
KEYWORDS: biden; doj; hunter; lobbying
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41 posted on 03/19/2022 10:35:36 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Does so

2 from the bottom.


42 posted on 03/19/2022 10:42:18 PM PDT by eyedigress (Trump is my President! )
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The New York Times waited to tell the truth about Hunter’s laptop and corruption until it was ‘old news’...

They don’t deserve our respect for finally coming clean - they deserve our scorn for lying all these years.


43 posted on 03/20/2022 9:01:44 AM PDT by GOPJ (We can ignore reality, but we cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality. Ayn Rand)
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