Posted on 11/20/2022 5:20:58 AM PST by billorites
For those of us who have written about the Hunter Biden scandal and the family’s influence-peddling operation for years, it is routine to read media stories denying the facts or dismissing calls to investigate the foreign dealings. However, this weekend, the Associated Press made a whopper of a claim that there is no evidence even suggesting that President Joe Biden ever spoke to his son about his foreign dealings. I previously discussed how the Bidens have succeeded in a Houdini-like trick in making this elephant of a scandal disappear from the public stage. They did so by enlisting the media in the illusion. However, this level of audience participation in the trick truly defies belief.
The statement of the Associated Press at this stage of the scandal is breathtaking but telling: “Joe Biden has said he’s never spoken to his son about his foreign business, and nothing the Republicans have put forth suggests otherwise.”
For years, the media has continued to report President Biden’s repeated claim that “I have never spoken to my son about his overseas business dealings.” At the outset, the media only had to suspend any disbelief that the president could fly to China as Vice President with his son on Air Force 2 without discussing his planned business dealings on the trip.
Of course, the emails on the laptop quickly refuted this claim. However, the media buried the laptop story before the election or pushed the false claim that it was fake Russian disinformation.
President Biden’s denials continued even after an audiotape surfaced showing President Biden leaving a message for Hunter specifically discussing coverage of those dealings. The call is specifically referring to these dealings:
“Hey pal, it’s Dad. It’s 8:15 on Wednesday night. If you get a chance just give me a call. Nothing urgent. I just wanted to talk to you. I thought the article released online, it’s going to be printed tomorrow in the Times, was good. I think you’re clear. And anyway if you get a chance give me a call, I love you.”
But who are you going to believe, the media or your own ears.
Some of us have written for two years that Biden’s denial of knowledge is patently false. It was equally evident that the Biden family was selling influence and access.
There are emails of Ukrainian and other foreign clients thanking Hunter Biden for arranging meetings with his father. There are photos from dinners and meetings that tie President Biden to these figures, including a 2015 dinner with a group of Hunter Biden’s Russian and Kazakh clients.
People apparently were told to avoid directly referring to President Biden. In one email, Tony Bobulinski, then a business partner of Hunter’s, was instructed by Biden associate James Gilliar not to speak of the former veep’s connection to any transactions: “Don’t mention Joe being involved, it’s only when u [sic] are face to face, I know u [sic] know that but they are paranoid.”
Instead, the emails apparently refer to President Biden with code names such as “Celtic” or “the big guy.” In one, “the big guy” is discussed as possibly receiving a 10 percent cut on a deal with a Chinese energy firm; other emails reportedly refer to Hunter Biden paying portions of his father’s expenses and taxes.
Bobulinski has given multiple interviews that he met twice with Joe Biden to discuss a business deal in China with CEFC China Energy Co. That would seem obvious evidence. In addition, the New York Post reported on a key email that discussed “the proposed percentage distribution of equity in a company created for a joint venture with CEFC China Energy Co.” That was the email on March 13, 2017 that included references of “10 held by H for the big guy.”
That brings us back to Houdini’s trick of making his 10,000 pound elephant Jennie disappear every night in New York’s Hippodrome. He succeeded night after night because the audience wanted the elephant to disappear even though it never left the stage.
I previously wrote about how the key to the trick was involving the media so that reporters are invested in the illusion like calling audience members to the stage. Reporters have to insist that there was nothing to see or they have to admit to being part of the original deception. The media cannot see the elephant without the public seeing something about the media in its past efforts to conceal it.
The media is now so heavily invested in the trick that they are sticking with the illusion even after “the reveal.” The Associated Press story shows that even pointing at the elephant — heck, even riding the elephant around the stage — will not dislodge these denials. This is no elephant because there cannot be an elephant. Poof!
Fake news is nothing more than a protection racket for corrupt libtards
That is, of course, a boldfaced lie, but it is all we can expect from the gaslight media.
Everyone knows the Biden family are crooks and the f-ing FBI covers for them.
“The statement of the Associated Press at this stage of the scandal is breathtaking but telling: “Joe Biden has said he’s never spoken to his son about his foreign business, and nothing the Republicans have put forth suggests otherwise.”
Well, that’s good enough for me. /s
AP is full of $hit.....and Fake
RE: “The Emperor’s (substitute Big Guy) New Clothes”; the emperor is fully clothed, but the liars in the press think Joe is naked.
And the conglomerate..or perhaps enterprise is a better word?..knows this how?
They don’t.
It is truly amazing how irretrievably corrupt our media has become.
This is the true threat to democracy…
How the hell would the far left schmucks down at the Ass. Press would know if there is any “evidence” or not? When did those homosexuals become trained in criminal justice?
03.29.2022
Grassley, Johnson Release Bank Records Tying Biden Family To CCP-Linked Individuals & Companies
Prepared Floor Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa
United States Senate
The Biden Family Investigation – Part 2
March 29, 2022
VIDEO
Yesterday, Senator Johnson and discussed our joint investigation into the Biden family’s foreign financial entanglements. We reviewed much of our earlier work, and provided a brief preview of new material.
Today, we will give our second speech in our Biden Investigation series.
Once again, we’re going to make public and describe new financial records relating to Hunter Biden and his connections to the communist Chinese government.
Most of that focus will be on his connections to CEFC, a company that’s effectively an arm of the Chinese Government.
But first, we must go back to 2015.
At that time, Hunter Biden served on the board of Burisma and was paid tens of thousands of dollars each month. Its owner was a corrupt Russia-aligned Ukrainian oligarch. But, that’s not all that Hunter Biden was up to.
In that year, CEFC International announced an agreement with Northern International Capital Holdings.
Northern International is incorporated in China. It’s involved in the energy sector.
One of Ye Jianming’s companies was the majority shareholder for CEFC International.
Northern International purchased $123 million worth of CEFC’s shares binding the two companies together.
We must also mention Hudson West Three and its financial connections to CEFC.
Hunter Biden was an investor and a manager for Hudson West Three. He was tasked with advancing its interests.
Hudson West Three also involved Chinese nationals connected to the communist regime, such as Gongwen Dong, whom I talked about yesterday.
Now, let’s look at this first poster. And I should note that Senator Johnson and I will make these documents public in full. We’re providing snapshots for these speeches.
Here, we have one portion of an LLC Agreement from a bank. It shows the companies that have bound themselves together: Hudson West Five, Hudson West Three and Owasco, Hunter Biden’s firm.
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Now, let’s turn to the second poster. The paragraph at the top shows the purpose for which the LLC Agreement exists.
So, what this tells us is that Hunter Biden and James Biden linked up with companies connected to the communist regime to assist them with finding projects for global and domestic infrastructure and energy.
And as we know from my and Senator Johnson’s report from last Congress, some energy project explorations between the Biden Family and China were here in the United States.
One example is a multi-million-dollar natural gas project in Louisiana.
Let’s move to the next paragraph at the bottom, which defines the word “Affiliate” in the Agreement.
“For the avoidance of doubt, CEFC China Energy Company Limited or any of its Affiliates shall be deemed as an Affiliate of Hudson.”
Accordingly, this Agreement between Hunter Biden’s firm and Hudson West Three and Five directly connects Hunter Biden to CEFC.
So, was this agreement executed?
Let’s look at this third poster, which contains a signature block executing the agreement.
Here you see Hunter Biden’s signature with Gongwen Dong. As previously noted, Gongwen was an associate of Ye Jianming. Both men were connected to the communist regime including its military elements.
Notably, Hunter Biden worked for Ye Jianming to get him involved in the natural gas project in Louisiana. It eventually fell through.
Now, let’s bring up a fourth poster labeled a Joinder Agreement relating to the LLC Agreement.
Again, Hunter Biden is signing with Gongwen Dong with respect to the LLC Agreement.
Accordingly, we can now conclude the following: Hunter Biden was financially connected to CEFC, a company that was an arm of the communist Chinese regime, for the purpose of advancing its energy interests.
This Agreement shows two additional findings: First, Hunter Biden’s responsibility to advance Hudson West Three’s interests as of August 2, 2017. Second, Hunter Biden’s close association with Hudson West Three, CEFC and its affiliates as of August 2, 2017.
That date is important, as you’ll soon see.
Let’s turn to the fifth poster. Look at the top.
This is a bank record showing an August 8, 2017, wire transfer from Northern International Capital to Hudson West Three for $5 million.
This is $5 million from a company connected to Ye Jianming and CEFC and its affiliates, which are essentially arms of the communist Chinese regime.
And that transfer took place after Hunter Biden became closely involved with Hudson West Three as the LLC Agreement shows.
So, what was the money for? As noted, Hunter Biden was working with Chinese nationals linked to the communist regime to help them explore energy projects.
Now, look at the bottom of this poster.
This is a paragraph from the LLC Agreement. It shows that Hunter Biden will be paid $100,000 per month. James Biden will be paid $65,000 per month. And Hunter Biden will be paid a one-time retainer fee of $500,000.
Again, this is money connected to Hudson West Three. A company connected to CEFC and Gongwen Dong. Both are connected to the communist Chinese regime.
We can now conclude this with respect to James Biden: James Biden was financially connected to CEFC, a company that was an arm of the communist Chinese regime, for the purpose of advancing its energy interests.
After this LLC Agreement was signed, money flowed from CEFC and its shareholder into the bank account of Hudson West Three, including the five million from Northern International.
This LLC Agreement was the trigger point for high-dollar financial transactions involving Hunter and James Biden.
Now, let’s turn to poster six at the top.
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This is a Hudson West Three bank record that shows a wire transfer on August 31, 2017, for $165,000.
Notably, this is the same month as the $5 million wire from Northern International. It’s also the same month Hunter Biden signed the August 2, 2017, LLC Agreement.
This wire is to Wells Fargo Clearing Services.
Now look at the bottom of this poster. Senator Johnson and I have acquired more than just the bank statement. We’ve acquired underlying wire data. Look at the fourth line from the bottom.
“Further credit to Owasco PC.” The underlying wire data shows that it went to Owasco, Hunter Biden’s firm.
Senator Johnson and I have years of bank records that show multiple one hundred and $65,000 wire transfers from Hudson West Three to Owasco.
snip....long read
Until then, I yield the floor.
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Related Files:
CEFC - Subscription Announcement 10 August 2015
Hudson West III LLC Agreement
$5 million bank statement
$5 million wire record
$165,000 bank statement
$165,000 wire transfer
CEFC Limited 1 Million to HW III (statement)
CEFC Limited 1 Million to HW III (wire)
March 2018 bank statement with $1 million wire
March 22, 2018, wire for 1 million
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....... media only had to suspend any disbelief that the president could fly to China as Vice President with his son on Air Force 2 without discussing his planned billion dollar business dealings on the trip.......
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.......the deals were all made in advance....in the tax paid VP OFFICE....using tax paid staff, tax paid phones, office machines and office supplies......
Joe and Hunter shared a joint bank account while Joe was VP (and possibly even today, who knows?).
They payed each others bills out of the account. Hunter wrote checks for Joe’s mortgage and utility bills.
U.S banks filed over 100 Suspicious Activity Reports - SARs with the U.S. Treasury - about financial transactions by Hunter Biden, and even some on other (unspecified) members of the Biden family.
But...Nothing to see here folks, move along!!
‘they payed???’ sorry, meant paid. Oldtimers disease taking hold.
There is a reason why AP won’t post any comments from readers.
Tyranny in this nation can only be established when we have the following:
1. A corrupt executive branch
2. A corrupt legislative branch
3. A corrupt judiciary branch
4. A corrupt media (The fourth estate has become a 5th column.)
Our brilliant forefathers designed each to be a counterbalance to the others. Unfortunately, our nation has arrived at the four points of corruption.
Don’t believe anything the liberal media says if it has anything to do with politics.
We need to have serious investigation of the media. How many have been bought off by the Democrats, CIA, DOJ, Foreign powers,etc.
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