***can’t find any New York Times article reporting this:
30 Oct: NY Post: Democratic congressman sends Tony Bobulinski email of support
By Ebony Bowden
WASHINGTON — A prominent Democratic congressman on Friday sent an email of support to Hunter Biden’s ex-business partner Tony Bobulinski, telling him he would defend him against slander in the media.
The email from California Rep. Ro Khanna, a former Obama administration official and co-chair of Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign, follows Bobulinski’s bombshell claims that he met Joe Biden and that the former vice president was involved in his son Hunter Biden’s shady overseas deals, first revealed by The Post.
“Tony, hope you are doing okay,” Khanna wrote in a Friday
morning email obtained by Fox News.
***“I did give an on the record statement to The NY Times that I know you, you have always acted honorably with me, and you and other family members supported me,” he went on.
Records show that Bobulinski, a US Navy veteran, has donated $21,400 to Khanna since 2013.
Khanna told the businessman that he “refused to comment on the details of your allegations because I don’t have personal knowledge about that, but have said I respect your service to our country and that you have never been a ‘partisan hack’ in our interactions and have talked about putting country over party.”
“I also have made it clear that I do not think you are a Russian agent. I will continue to make that statement to any media that asks.”...
https://nypost.com/2020/10/30/dem-congressman-sends-tony-bobulinski-email-of-support/
support for Bobulinski from Rep Ro Khanna (D-Ca):
VIDEO: 2m51s: 31 Oct: Yahoo: Fox News: More fallout from Tony Bobulinski interview with Tucker Carlson
Mainstream media coverage minimal as Hunter Biden allegations unfold;
Mike Emanuel reports.
https://news.yahoo.com/more-fallout-tony-bobulinski-interview-235730461.html