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Biden applied to join the Navy in 2012
Mr. Biden was commissioned as an ensign on May 7, 2013, and assigned to Navy Public Affairs Support Element East in Norfolk, Va., a reserve unit, according to the Navy.
In June 2013, after reporting to his unit in Norfolk, he was given a drug test, which turned up positive for cocaine.
February 2014 Biden received an “ administrative discharge” from the NAVY.
USA Today Fact check: Claims that Hunter Biden received $3.5M from Russia are unproven, lack context
DOUG STANGLIN | USA TODAY | 9:35 pm EDT October 1, 2020
USA TODAY FACT CHECK
The claim: Hunter Biden received $3.5 million from the wife of the former mayor of Moscow
During their first debate on Sept. 29, President Donald Trump charged that Hunter Biden, the son of rival former Vice President Joe Biden, had received $3.5 million from wife of Moscow’s ex-mayor and demanded an investigation.
The president had raised the issue Sept. 27 in a news conference in which he said the allegations “are all questions that are very, very big on the internet.”
The claim was also posted by a Facebook user on Sept. 26. “How did Robert Mueller do a 2 yr investigation on Russia and miss a $3.5 million payment to the Biden family?,” the user wrote, adding “#askingforafriend.”
Trump raised the issue of the purported Moscow payment several times during one segment of the first presidential debate, asking at one point, “What did he do to deserve it?”
Biden responded each time with a series of denials, saying, “none of that is true,” “my son did nothing wrong,” and “that is simply not true.”
The claim stems from an 87-page report — “Hunter Biden, Burisma, and Corruption: The Impact on U.S. Government Policy and Related Concerns” — by the Republican majority on the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, chaired by Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., and the Senate Committee on Finance, chaired by Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa.
More: GOP-led Senate committees: Hunter Biden work in Ukraine a conflict of interest, impact ‘unclear’
What the Senate committee report says
The report, which also raises allegations about Hunter Biden’s purported links to Ukraine and China, refers to the claims about Hunter Biden and Moscow at several points, with slight variations.
In an early section called “key findings,” the report says: “Hunter Biden received a $3.5 million wire transfer from Elena Baturina, the wife of the former mayor of Moscow.”(page 69)
Elsewhere, it says, “Rosemont Seneca Thornton, an investment firm co-founded by Hunter Biden, received $3.5 million in a wire transfer from Elena Baturina, who allegedly received illegal construction contracts from her husband, the former mayor of Moscow.”
At another point, it alleges: “On Feb. 14, 2014, Baturina wired $3.5 million to a Rosemont Seneca Thornton LLC (Rosemont Seneca Thornton) bank account for a “Consultancy Agreement DD12.02.2014.”
The Financial Times described Rosemont Seneca Thornton LLC as an investment firm co-founded by Hunter Biden in 2013.
It's obvious Joe used his VP influence to get his son the commission but the question nobody is asking is why would a 43 year old Hunter seek a commission at that age and stage in his questionable career?
I'm thinking it was to enhance his resume' for a possible future run in politics.......