Hunter Biden's laptop shows contacts for Google execs, US officials on China: report
An ex-Google executive reportedly claimed Hunter asked Google for funding for Chinese ventures
An ex-Google executive reportedly claimed Hunter asked Google for funding for Chinese ventures
Deal involved a former U.S. ambassador to China, a former top Joe Biden aide and a Chinese state-owned bank. "We have all the pieces in place in China to move on this," one email boasted.
The first son's dealings in China have attracted considerable scrutiny from Republicans, in particular a deal with the now-defunct CEFC China Energy.
"The suppression and censoring of his testimony and Hunter’s influence peddling impacted the 2020 election to a far greater extent than anything Russia or China could have ever achieved," Wisconsin's Ron Johnson says.
Tapper said that President Biden "might not have been told" by his son about the business dealings, but conceded that "this blind spot is a problem."
Senator Johnson says the records show the Biden family was involved with the now-defunct CEFC China Energy, which had connections to the Chinese Communist Party.
The revelations contradict President Joe Biden's previous statements defending his son.
"Does China hold something over this administration because of the Hunter Biden relationship with a lot of business people in China?"
The White House has defended Joe Biden’s receipt of money from his brother as “loan repayments,” but Schwerin – who had access to Joe Biden’s accounts until 2017 – said he never saw any loans leave the accounts.