Secret Service claims it has ‘no records’ of who visits Biden in Delaware

The US Secret Service has dubiously claimed to The Post that it has “no records” of visitors to Biden’s two Delaware residences and therefore cannot divulge that information in response to a FOIA request. Biden was at his residences in Wilmington and Rehoboth Beach on about one-quarter of all days during his first year in office, but little is known about who stopped by for official meetings or less formal lobbying efforts — such as by members of his family and their associates.

The Post sought more than one year of visitor log records, including for Biden’s first year in office, but Secret Service Freedom of Information Act officer Kevin Tyrrell wrote in a response dated Monday that “[t]he Secret Service FOIA Office searched all Program Offices that were likely to contain potentially responsive records, and no records were located.”

First son Hunter Biden is under criminal investigation for possible tax fraud and unregistered foreign lobbying after routinely seeking business in countries where his father held sway as vice president. The younger Biden worked on some overseas projects with his uncle Jim Biden.

Documents and photos from a laptop that formerly belonged to Hunter Biden indicate that he introduced his dad to business associates from China, Mexico, Russia and Ukraine — including at the vice president’s residence in Washington.

Biden was at one of his Delaware homes for 99 days during his first year in office, including for official business, such as an Oct. 24 breakfast where Biden and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) lobbied centrist Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) to support Biden’s Build Back Better Act social spending plan.

Secret Service ‘hid’ info on Hunter Biden travels, GOP senators claim
So where are the manifests, guys?
NY POST, By 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.
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).
KIAR

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.
Walsh/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

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 he was 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.

49 U.S. Code § 44909 - Passenger manifests
U.S. Code

(a)Air Carrier Requirements.—
(1)The Secretary of Transportation shall require each air carrier to provide a passenger manifest for a flight to an appropriate representative of the Secretary of State—
(A)not later than one hour after that carrier is notified of an aviation disaster outside the United States involving that flight; or
(B)if it is not technologically feasible or reasonable to comply with clause (A) of this paragraph, then as expeditiously as possible, but not later than 3 hours after the carrier is so notified.
(2)The passenger manifest should include the following information:
(A)the full name of each passenger.
(B)the passport number of each passenger, if required for travel.
(C)the name and telephone number of a contact for each passenger.
(3)In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary of Transportation shall consider the necessity and feasibility of requiring air carriers to collect passenger manifest information as a condition for passengers boarding a flight of the carrier.
(b)Foreign Air Carrier Requirements.—
The Secretary of Transportation shall consider imposing a requirement on foreign air carriers comparable to that imposed on air carriers under subsection (a)(1) and (2) of this section.
(c)Flights in Foreign Air Transportation to the United States.—
(1)In general.—
Each air carrier and foreign air carrier operating a passenger flight in foreign air transportation to the United States shall provide to the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection by electronic transmission a passenger and crew manifest containing the information specified in paragraph (2). Carriers may use the advanced passenger information system established under section 431 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1431) to provide the information required by the preceding sentence.
(2)Information.—A passenger and crew manifest for a flight required under paragraph (1) shall contain the following information:
(A)The full name of each passenger and crew member.
(B)The date of birth and citizenship of each passenger and crew member.
(C)The sex of each passenger and crew member.
(D)The passport number and country of issuance of each passenger and crew member if required for travel.
(E)The United States visa number or resident alien card number of each passenger and crew member, as applicable.
(F)Such other information as the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration, in consultation with the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, determines is reasonably necessary to ensure aviation safety.
(3)Passenger name records.—
The carriers shall make passenger name record information available to the Customs Service upon request.
(4)Transmission of manifest.—
Subject to paragraphs (5) and (6), a passenger and crew manifest required for a flight under paragraph (1) shall be transmitted to the Customs Service in advance of the aircraft landing in the United States in such manner, time, and form as the Customs Service prescribes.
(5)Transmission of manifests to other federal agencies.—
Upon request, information provided to the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration or the Customs Service under this subsection may be shared with other Federal agencies for the purpose of protecting national security.
(6)Prescreening international passengers.—
(A)In general.—
The Secretary of Homeland Security, or the designee of the Secretary, shall issue a notice of proposed rulemaking that will allow the Department of Homeland Security to compare passenger information for any international flight to or from the United States against the consolidated and integrated terrorist watchlist maintained by the Federal Government before departure of the flight.
(B)Appeal procedures.—
(i)In general.—
The Secretary of Homeland Security shall establish a timely and fair process for individuals identified as a threat under subparagraph (A) to appeal to the Department of Homeland Security the determination and correct any erroneous information.
(ii)Records.—
The process shall include the establishment of a method by which the Secretary of Homeland SecurityY

Source: andmagazine.substack.com

Hunter spent his time and mucho bucks on hookers, drugs and getting his penis pumped at a sex shop in AZ. HUNTER kept company with a lot of unsavory characters, but VP dad Joe “knew nothing” about any of it. “I have never spoken to my son about his overseas business dealings,” Biden insisted in 2019. Essentially saying “There is no family enterprise.”
(cue hysterical laugh machine)

But......the contents of Hunter’s abandoned flaptop do not jive at all with that characterization.....the laptop is filled with documents and emails which make perfectly clear that Hunter and Daddy Joe worked closely together, commingled funds, and operated largely as a team of influence peddlers.

A case in point would be the intelligence briefings Hunter rec’d from Joe Bidens the Office of the Vice President. Over a period of what appears to be years, a daily intelligence briefing prepared for VP Joe Biden was forwarded to Hunter..........and....... to.several other members of the Biden family, including his widowed DIL.

Biden revelations raise counterintelligence questions
WRT safety and security of Americans and their families.

When this practice began is unclear. The documents reviewed so far appear to have been from the period after Joe left the Obama White House. They were sent by a woman named Kathy Chung.

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Kathy Chung Most recent known job
Senate Office of the Vice President
(July 9, 2012 - Jan. 19, 2017),
Assistant to the Vice President

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Full Name: Kathy S. Chung
Gender: Female
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Joseph Robinette Biden (Joe), Assistant to the Vice President

Sen. Mark Udall (D-CO) (Feb. 2011-July 2012)
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Sen. Ted Kaufman (D-DE) (Feb. 2009-Nov. 2010)
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