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The Biden ‘Family Legacy’ What we learned from the text messages of Hunter’s partner Tony Bobulinski
WSJ ^ | By Kimberley A. Strassel

Posted on 10/22/2020 5:16:03 PM PDT by conservative98

Joe Biden has a problem, and his name is Hunter. Because the former vice president hasn’t had to answer any questions on this topic, that problem could soon become America’s.

That’s the reality now that a former business partner of Hunter Biden’s has come forward to provide the ugly details of the “family brand.” Tony Bobulinski, a Navy veteran and institutional investor, has provided the Journal emails and text messages associated with his time as CEO of Sinohawk Holdings, a venture between the Bidens and CEFC China Energy, a Shanghai-based conglomerate. That correspondence corroborates and expands on emails recently published by the New York Post, which says they come from a Hunter laptop.

In a statement, Mr. Bobulinski said he went public because he wants to clear his name, which was contained in those published emails, and because accusations that the information is fake or “Russian disinformation” are “offensive.” He attests that all the correspondence he provided is genuine, including documents that suggest Hunter was cashing in on the Biden name and that Joe Biden was involved. Mr. Bobulinski says he was also alarmed by a September report from Sen. Ron Johnson that “connected some dots” on the CEFC deal, causing him now to believe the Bidens sold out their U.S. partners.

Mr. Bobulinski’s text messages show he was recruited for the project by James Gilliar, a Hunter associate. Mr. Gilliar explains in a December 2015 text that there will be a deal between the Chinese and “one of the most prominent families from the U.S.”

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1 posted on 10/22/2020 5:16:03 PM PDT by conservative98
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Well, to be fair, he may have talked to Hunter and Tony and not have any recollection of it. 😲😴😀
2 posted on 10/22/2020 5:18:14 PM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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A month later he introduces Rob Walker, also “a partner of Biden.” In March 2016, Mr. Gilliar tells Mr. Bobulinski the Chinese entity is CEFC, which is shaping up to be “the Goldmans of China.” Mr. Gilliar promises that same month to “develop” the terms of a deal “with hunter.” Note that in 2015-16, Joe Biden was still vice president.

As the deal takes shape in 2017, Mr. Bobulinski begins to question what Hunter will contribute besides his name, and worries that he was “kicked out of US Navy for cocaine use.” Mr. Gilliar acknowledges “skill sets [sic] missing” and observes that Hunter “has a few demons.” He explains that “in brand [Hunter is] imperative but right know [sic] he’s not essential for adding input.” Mr. Bobulinski writes that he appreciates “the name/leverage being used” but thinks the economic “upside” should go to the team doing the actual work. Mr. Gilliar reminds him that those on the Chinese side “are intelligence so they understand the value added.”

This dispute almost derails the deal. Hunter is hardly visible through most of the work, until final contract negotiations ramp up in mid-May. He brings in his uncle Jim Biden for a stake. (Mr. Gilliar in a text message soothes Mr. Bobulinski with a promise that Jim’s addition “strengthens our USP”—unique selling proposition—


3 posted on 10/22/2020 5:19:01 PM PDT by conservative98
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Defeat paywall by typing in url here:

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4 posted on 10/22/2020 5:19:39 PM PDT by cgbg (Biden n-2020: Criminal enterprise using cokehead as bagman.)
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Hunter in texts and emails wants offices in three U.S. cities, “significant” travel budgets, a stipend for Jim Biden, a job for an assistant, and more-frequent distributions of any gains. As for annual pay, he explains in an email that he expects “a hell of a lot more than 850” thousand dollars a year (the amount Mr. Bobulinski, the CEO, is getting), since his ex-wife will take nearly all of it.


5 posted on 10/22/2020 5:20:03 PM PDT by conservative98
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Pls provide a link not behind a paywall.


6 posted on 10/22/2020 5:20:23 PM PDT by sauropod (Let them eat kale. I will not comply.)
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Joe Biden claims he has never discussed his son’s business. Yet a May 2017 “expectations” document shows Hunter receiving 20% of the equity in the venture and holding another 10% for “the big guy”—who Mr. Bobulinski attests is Joe Biden.

In one text, Hunter says that “my Chairman (Joe Biden) gave an emphatic NO” to a version of the deal. Mr. Walker, Hunter’s partner, explains in a text to Mr. Bobulinski that when Hunter “said his chairman he was talking about his dad.”

Mr. Bobulinski’s texts show he even met with Joe Biden.


7 posted on 10/22/2020 5:22:11 PM PDT by conservative98
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Bob Bobulinski is the Conservative Lt. Colonel Alexander Vindman!


8 posted on 10/22/2020 5:22:26 PM PDT by LeonardFMason
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You have to delete your cookies. There is nothing I can do it about it.


9 posted on 10/22/2020 5:22:41 PM PDT by conservative98
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Which China -Biden related company had a meeting in the WH?


10 posted on 10/22/2020 5:23:37 PM PDT by theoilpainter (but,)
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To: sauropod

See my post 4—it should work for you.


11 posted on 10/22/2020 5:23:38 PM PDT by cgbg (Biden n-2020: Criminal enterprise using cokehead as bagman.)
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To: LeonardFMason

The report says Hudson West also sent $4.7 million in “consulting fees” to Mr. Biden’s law firm over the course of a year. Mr. Bobulinski suspects Hunter and Jim had found an easier way to cash in on their name, one that didn’t involve pesky partners and complex deals. He sent a furious text to Jim Biden after the release of the Senate report, accusing Hunter and Jim of “lying” to their partners and secretly taking money from CEFC.


12 posted on 10/22/2020 5:24:16 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: All

RICO


13 posted on 10/22/2020 5:25:18 PM PDT by SteveH
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To: theoilpainter

All of this is news. The press corps that is ignoring it spent four years writing about Donald Trump’s Moscow business. The correspondence meanwhile blows up Rep. Adam Schiff’s claim that the Hunter story is Russian “disinformation.” It raises real concerns about what security risks Hunter might pose for a Biden administration. And it raises questions about Joe Biden’s involvement.

The former vice president is running on trust and good judgment. The Hunter tale is at best the story of a wayward son and indulgent father. At worst, it is an example of the entire Biden clan cashing in on its name with a U.S. rival. As Mr. Biden refuses to answer questions about this case, voters will have to make up their own minds. But given Hunter’s exploits in China, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and elsewhere, much more is yet to come—in the next week and a half


14 posted on 10/22/2020 5:25:52 PM PDT by conservative98
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15 posted on 10/22/2020 5:28:06 PM PDT by doug from upland (Why the hell isn't Hillary Rodham Clinton in prison yet?)
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This really is a big bombshell (I know overused term)... but this one really is. what political scandal is bigger? Watergate, a useless 2nd rate break in? No... Benghazi is up there... Clinton sex in oval office and lying to a grand jury is up there. But in terms of most damage to the United States... it is selling out your office to the Chinese and Ukrainians... for money...

Joe Biden is compromised and cannot be president. Everything they have accused Trump of, Biden has actually done.


16 posted on 10/22/2020 5:29:35 PM PDT by gswilder
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I am looking for a concrete quid pro quo that our voting public can grasp in the palm of their hands and be angry about. The easiest is that the Biden’s sold access to our government, and the easiest way to prove this is showing that a foreign Biden company met with persons in the WH. Your average citizen doesn’t have this access.

I’ve read where one or more did - was it a company from China?

Thanks.


17 posted on 10/22/2020 5:31:47 PM PDT by theoilpainter (but,)
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To: conservative98
And, let's repeat:

Mr. Bobulinski IS A DEMOCRAT!!

18 posted on 10/22/2020 5:34:37 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici
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#Bobulinski


19 posted on 10/22/2020 5:42:42 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (We flattened the heck out of that curve, didnÂ’t we?)
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Better deleted than tossed...


20 posted on 10/22/2020 5:48:49 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (In this circus called the Democrat Party, Biden is the monkey and Harris is the organ grinder...)
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