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House Democratic aide fired for allegedly working with Chinese Embassy
New York Post ^ | October 29, 2022 | Victor Nava

Posted on 10/30/2022 2:25:23 PM PDT by george76

A longtime congressional staffer was fired by her boss, Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), after it was revealed she was allegedly working with the Chinese Embassy to set up meetings with other offices.

An investigation conducted by the House sergeant at arms discovered the alleged impropriety by the staffer and informed Beyer’s office on Tuesday. The staffer was subsequently fired

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Beyer’s former aide, identified as Barbara Hamlett, has worked in congressional offices since the 1970s,

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She was a scheduler in Beyer’s office and has previously worked for lawmakers including the late Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA), former Rep. Diane Watson (D-CA), Rep. Mike Honda (D-CA), Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX), and former Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY).

In recent months, Hamlett reportedly emailed, called, and showed up at other congressional offices inviting staffers to meetings with Chinese Embassy officials.

Two of the proposed meetings were reportedly made “in the context of meals,” .. including one at Charlie Palmer Steak, a popular DC steakhouse.

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: California; US: District of Columbia; US: New York; US: Pennsylvania; US: Texas; US: Virginia
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1 posted on 10/30/2022 2:25:23 PM PDT by george76
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To: george76

Don’t they all?

If you’re Democrat and not on Xi’s payroll, you’re doing it wrong.


2 posted on 10/30/2022 2:27:09 PM PDT by Scott from the Left Coast (Make Orwell Fiction Again)
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To: Scott from the Left Coast

Fang Fang must be crapping her drawers...


3 posted on 10/30/2022 2:30:31 PM PDT by fhayek
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To: george76

2024 Congressional hearings: “Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Democrat Party?”


4 posted on 10/30/2022 2:30:37 PM PDT by Mark (Celebrities... is there anything they do not know? Homer Simpson)
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To: george76

“But. the president’s dope addict son does this same thing all the time, gets rich off of it and everybody round the world know it!
Why am I the one getting hung out to dry?”


5 posted on 10/30/2022 2:30:56 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: fhayek

Where has Swallwell been hiding? Haven’t heard a pee-p from him since his fartgate controversy


6 posted on 10/30/2022 2:34:55 PM PDT by Blue Highway
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To: george76

No worse than a driver for a sitting US Senator Diane Feinstein——(Oh, those conversations he heard about inside information on defense and policies in that car....)

“New details emerged Wednesday about how a Chinese spy managed to stay by Senator Dianne Feinstein’s side for nearly 20 years.” Aug.1, 2018 KPIX 5.


7 posted on 10/30/2022 2:35:44 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: lee martell

BINGO!


8 posted on 10/30/2022 2:35:49 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (D.I.S.T.R.A.C.T.I.O.N.S.)
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To: george76

2024 Congressional hearings: “Are you now, or have you ever been, working with the Chinese Embassy to set up meetings with your, or other, Congressional offices?”


9 posted on 10/30/2022 2:36:30 PM PDT by asinclair (What doesn't kill you makes you stronger)
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To: george76

You mean he was fired for secretly working with House Republicans. That’d be more believable to me.😏


10 posted on 10/30/2022 2:39:06 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: george76
The photo from the NY Post:

11 posted on 10/30/2022 2:40:24 PM PDT by Blurb2350 (posted from my 1500-watt blow dryer)
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To: GOPJ; poconopundit; Jane Long; Diana in Wisconsin; Grampa Dave; Godzilla; null and void; aragorn; ..

P


12 posted on 10/30/2022 2:42:07 PM PDT by Liz (`)
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To: Blurb2350

That Halloween costume is terrifying.


13 posted on 10/30/2022 2:43:22 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Disappointment is inevitable, but discouragement is a choice.)
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To: george76

Sounds like she was on the federal job for 50 years or so. I wonder what GS pay grade she was. What sort of carrot did the Chinese dangle in front of her ? Cash ?


14 posted on 10/30/2022 2:48:09 PM PDT by csvset (tolerance becomes a crime when attached to evil)
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To: Blurb2350

Why does she have her Labradoodle in a headlock?
Maybe that keeps him from jumping up and snatching her fedora off.


15 posted on 10/30/2022 2:48:14 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: george76

When the elite and powerful get away with graft and corruption then everyone thinks it’s ok. Unfortunately only the few are allowed such convenience the rest are put in their place of servitude.


16 posted on 10/30/2022 2:49:18 PM PDT by wgmalabama (Censored!)
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To: george76

Cue George Costanza, “Was that wrong?”


17 posted on 10/30/2022 2:49:44 PM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them)
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To: fhayek

Wherever she is...


18 posted on 10/30/2022 2:53:10 PM PDT by rlmorel (Nolnah's Razor: Never attribute to incompetence that which is adequately explained by malice.)
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To: MayflowerMadam

LOL!


19 posted on 10/30/2022 2:53:52 PM PDT by rlmorel (Nolnah's Razor: Never attribute to incompetence that which is adequately explained by malice.)
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Hunter Biden secured dinner for client at Chinese Embassy following luncheon hosted by VP Biden, emails show
The investors dinner at the Chinese Embassy was promoted on China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs website
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FIRST ON FOX: Hunter Biden was instrumental in helping a Rosemont Seneca Partners client and Democratic donor secure an event at the Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C., after networking with one of the top officials at the embassy during a January 2011 luncheon hosted by then-Vice President Biden, according to emails reviewed and verified by Fox News Digital.

Those emails show that Hunter and his former business partner, Eric Schwerin, helped Marvin Lang, the managing director of Guardian Realty in Maryland, plan a dinner with the Chinese Embassy’s minister, Deng Hongbo, on April 28, 2011, which was later touted on China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs website.

Planning for the event appears to have started in December 2010 after Lang, who has donated tens of thousands of dollars to Democrats, emailed Hunter thanking him for meeting him for lunch and saying he was “excited” to form a “long relationship” with Rosemont, Hunter and Schwerin’s now-defunct investment firm. Guardian bills itself as a “fully integrated real estate investment company that develops, redevelops, acquires, manages, operates, and owns a portfolio A-/B+ commercial office space,” according to their website.

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HUNTER BIDEN HELPED FORMER BIDEN AIDE WITH HOUSE CAMPAIGN WHILE WORKING WITH HIS CCP-TIED BUSINESS PARTNER

In December 2010, Marvin Lang thanked Hunter Biden for meeting him for lunch and said his company is excited to “work with Rosemont Seneca Partners, LLC and look forward to a long relationship.”
In December 2010, Marvin Lang thanked Hunter Biden for meeting him for lunch and said his company is excited to “work with Rosemont Seneca Partners, LLC and look forward to a long relationship.” (Fox News Digital)

After some back-and-forth discussion between Hunter, Schwerin and Lang about possible venues for the event, Hunter emailed Schwerin on Jan. 12, 2011, saying, “Marvin wants to know where we are in on finding space for the dinner— Chinese embassy is his #1 choice.”

One week later, Schwerin sent an email to Lang that cc’d Hunter, saying Hunter had a lunch that included the “number three official” at the Chinese Embassy and that he could be “helpful” in securing the location for the Guardian Realty dinner.

“[I] just talked to Hunter and he said he sat with the number three official at the Embassy today at lunch and has contact information to follow up after the [Chinese] President has left the U.S.,” Schwerin wrote. “Hunter’s said his contact will be helpful, but the Minister won’t be able to focus on this until after the delegation has left at the end of the week. Sounds like this is the right contact though.”

Eric Schwerin, who was formerly Hunter Biden’s business partner, told Marvin Lang in a January 2011 email that a “number three official” at the Chinese Embassy would be “helpful” in helping Lang secure the Chinese Embassy for a dinner for his company.
Eric Schwerin, who was formerly Hunter Biden’s business partner, told Marvin Lang in a January 2011 email that a “number three official” at the Chinese Embassy would be “helpful” in helping Lang secure the Chinese Embassy for a dinner for his company. (Fox News Digital)

Based on emails and news articles reviewed by Fox News Digital, the lunch that Schwerin is referring to in the email was the luncheon that then-Vice President Biden and then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hosted for Hu Jintao, China’s president at the time, in the State Department’s Benjamin Franklin Room on Jan. 19, 2011.

One of the emails that Schwerin sent to Hunter late at night the night before the luncheon said that Hunter was sitting at the same table as Ron Klain, who was the chief of staff for Vice President Biden until the end of January 2011 and is currently Biden’s chief of staff.

Eric Schwerin, Hunter Biden’s business partner at the time, informed Hunter in a January 2011 email that he would be seated at the same table as the “#3 at the [Chinese] Embassy” and said the official would be “the guy to ask for Guardian.”
Eric Schwerin, Hunter Biden’s business partner at the time, informed Hunter in a January 2011 email that he would be seated at the same table as the “#3 at the [Chinese] Embassy” and said the official would be “the guy to ask for Guardian.” (Fox News Digital)

Eric Schwerin, Hunter Biden’s business partner at the time, informed Hunter in a January 2011 email that Vice President Biden would be at the “head table” with JK, which appears to be John Kerry, and then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Eric Schwerin, Hunter Biden’s business partner at the time, informed Hunter in a January 2011 email that Vice President Biden would be at the “head table” with JK, which appears to be John Kerry, and then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. (Fox News Digital)

JOE BIDEN MET WITH AT LEAST 14 OF HUNTER’S BUSINESS ASSOCIATES WHILE VICE PRESIDENT

On Jan. 28, 2011, Zhou Jingxing, counselor and deputy director at the Chinese Embassy, responded to Hunter Biden’s email regarding his correspondence with “Minister Yang,” which appears to be referring to Yang Jiechi, who served as foreign minister from 2007 until 2013. Jiechi, who has been a member of the Chinese Communist Party since 1971, was elevated in 2017 to the Politburo, making him among the most influential and powerful officials in all of China. The Chinese Embassy did not respond to multiple Fox News Digital requests for comment on this.

“Minister Yang asked me to follow up with you directly. You will be receiving a formal request from Guardian’s Chairman, Marvin Lang, shortly but I wanted to put forward some dates that work on their end: May 5, 12, or 19,” Hunter Biden wrote. “We look forward to working with you and thank you for your help and consideration.”

In January 2011, Hunter Biden emailed multiple Chinese Embassy officials about securing the embassy for a dinner on behalf of Guardian Realty.
In January 2011, Hunter Biden emailed multiple Chinese Embassy officials about securing the embassy for a dinner on behalf of Guardian Realty. (Fox News Digital)

Jingxing said they would “check with the Embassy logistics to see if the dining room is available on your proposed dates.”

In February, Lang started expressing concerns that the Chinese Embassy hadn’t yet confirmed a date. “We really need the approval for dinner in writing,” he would write to Schwerin.

Schwerin emailed Hunter on Feb. 28, 2011, saying Guardian Realty was getting “nervous” that the Chinese would back out at the last minute and was requesting a written confirmation letter. Schwerin asked Hunter if people at the Turkish Embassy were “nice” in case the dinner had to be moved there.

Hunter warned Schwerin that Lang’s insistence on obtaining a confirmation letter was “running the risk of seriously offending the Chinese.”

In February 2011, Hunter Biden warned Eric Schwerin that Marvin Lang’s insistence on obtaining a confirmation letter for his dinner at the Chinese Embassy was “running the risk of seriously offending the Chinese.”
In February 2011, Hunter Biden warned Eric Schwerin that Marvin Lang’s insistence on obtaining a confirmation letter for his dinner at the Chinese Embassy was “running the risk of seriously offending the Chinese.” (Fox News Digital)

Schwerin later assured Lang in early March 2011 that Hunter had confirmed the dinner with the embassy and that “we should be good going forward.”

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“After our call yesterday, Hunter reached out to Minister Yang and Counselor Zhou and thanked them both for arranging the dinner, said he was looking forward to seeing them both at the dinner and reiterating our interest in having the Ambassador there,” Schwerin wrote. “It should have been clear how important this was to Hunter and Guardian, so we should be good going forward.”

In March 2011, Eric Schwerin later assured Marvin Lang that Hunter had confirmed the dinner with the embassy and that “we should be good going forward.”
In March 2011, Eric Schwerin later assured Marvin Lang that Hunter had confirmed the dinner with the embassy and that “we should be good going forward.” (Fox News Digital)


20 posted on 10/30/2022 2:56:17 PM PDT by Liz (`)
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