Sure I'll respond to this. Let me start by saying Joe Biden has never been my first choice, so forcing me to come in here and cape for him just isn't realistic in my opinion. There is no doubt in my mind that Hunter Biden never deserved a spot as a high ranking position for a Ukrainian firm, you'll never hear me argue against that.
As I've said before, his name carries value, a foreign company will happily pay a person with a name tied to the Vice President of the US to represent them without a second thought. The same way you would never have heard of Willow or Jaden Smith if they weren't the children of Will.
The thing is I can see nuance to all of this. You've heard of the term the lesser of two evils, I see Joe Biden as the representation of just that. I don't see the world as simply black and white as welfare or Hehe do, who can't hold their supported candidate to the fire for his obvious and rampant corruption. This isn't a zero sum argument, if you follow both Trump and Joe Biden's careers, the obvious levels of corruption and criminality are quite apparent when viewing Trump's history.
Do I think Joe Biden and his family have benefited from his place in government? Of course. There is a reason why the average senator at the bottom end is at least a millionaire. You don't acquire that type of wealth through only civil service. To decry Biden, and yet ignore Trump's criminality is what I find disingenuous. Joe Biden has been a public figure for damn a half century, if this is the most dirt you can pull on him, that's pretty weak in my opinion.
Now in terms of this story specifically, I cannot lay any judgement yet. I require more information, and it does not help that the only news sources reporting this story are rightwing in nature, there is a clear bias. As more information comes out, I will be happy to provide more of an opinion.
To me though, this election represents more than this story, it's what Trump represents not only as a person, but to culture in general, and the insidious parts of our society that he provides breath to.
It sounds like this business partner will be going in front of the house representatives, so we'll see how this unfolds.
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Originally Posted by GGnoRE
Genuinely curious to hear your perspective on this... is this still a negligible or acceptable amount of nepotism?
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An e-mail to Hunter Biden's partner from a top Chinese official on July 26, 2017 shows the Chinese energy company CEFC proposed a $5 million "interest-free" loan to the Biden family "based on their trust on [Biden] family[.]"
https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/...794753/photo/1
Less than two weeks later, on August 8, 2017, $5 million was wired from a CEFC-affiliated investment vehicle to a Delaware LLC, which spent the next year transfering nearly $4.8 million directly to Hunter Biden's firm, according to Senate investigators
https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/...uge-china-deal
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In a statement emailed to The Federalist and other news organizations, Tony Bobulinski, a former Biden partner, confirmed he was a recipient of an email published by the New York Post last week, dated May 13, 2017, showing Hunter Biden was offered a contract worth $3 million a year for “introductions alone.” The same email included an obscure note to setting aside 10 percent for “the big guy,” which Fox News reported was a reference for Joe Biden which has now been corroborated by Bobulinski.
“Hunter Biden called his dad ‘the Big Guy’ or ‘my Chairman,’ and frequently referenced asking him for his sign-off or advice on various potential deals that we were discussing,” wrote Bobulinsky, who was recruited to serve as the CEO of Sinohawk Holdings in partnership with the Chinese firm CEFC led by Ye Jianming by Hunter Biden.
A Senate report released last month revealed Ye and his associates held extensive ties with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
Bobulinski also confirmed earlier New York Post reporting that Joe Biden had been lying when the Democratic candidate repeatedly denied having discussed business with his son, “or with anyone else.” Joe Biden even went as far as to fat-shame an Iowa voter for pressing the former vice president on the apparent conflicts of interest during a December town hall.
“I’ve seen Vice President Biden saying he never talked to Hunter about his business,” Bobulinski wrote. “I’ve seen firsthand that that’s not true, because it wasn’t just Hunter’s business, they said they were putting the Biden family name and its legacy on the line.”
Bobulinski continued, saying the Chinese were interested less in healthy financial returns on investment than they were “political or influence investment.”
Bobulinski said he had been contacted by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and the Senate Finance Committee Wednesday afternoon and intends to produce the requested documents “in the immediate future.”
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Full statement by Tony Bobulinski, Hunter Biden's business partner
Spoiler!
My name is Tony Bobulinski. The facts set forth below are true and accurate; they are not any form of domestic or foreign disinformation. Any suggestion to the contrary is false and offensive. I am the recipient of the email published seven days ago by the New York Post which showed a copy to Hunter Biden and Rob Walker. That email is genuine.
This afternoon I received a request from the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs and the Senate Committee on Finance requesting all documents relating to my business affairs with the Biden family as well as various foreign entities and individuals. I have extensive relevant records and communications and I intend to produce those items to both Committees in the immediate future.
I am the grandson of a 37 year Army Intelligence officer, the son of a 20+ year career Naval Officer and the brother of a 28 year career Naval Flight Officer. I myself served our country for 4 years and left the Navy as LT Bobulinski. I held a high level security clearance and was an instructor and then CTO for Naval Nuclear Power Training Command. I take great pride in the time my family and I served this country. I am also not a political person. What few campaign contributions I have made in my life were to Democrats.
If the media and big tech companies had done their jobs over the past several weeks I would be irrelevant in this story. Given my long standing service and devotion to this great country, I could no longer allow my family’s name to be associated or tied to Russian disinformation or implied lies and false narratives dominating the media right now.
After leaving the military I became an institutional investor investing extensively around the world and on every continent. I have traveled to over 50 countries. I believe, hands down, we live in the greatest country in the world.
What I am outlining is fact. I know it is fact because I lived it. I am the CEO of Sinohawk Holdings which was a partnership between the Chinese operating through CEFC/Chairman Ye and the Biden family. I was brought into the company to be the CEO by James Gilliar and Hunter Biden. The reference to “the Big Guy” in the much publicized May 13, 2017 email is in fact a reference to Joe Biden. The other “JB” referenced in that email is Jim Biden, Joe’s brother.
Hunter Biden called his dad ‘the Big Guy’ or ‘my Chairman,’ and frequently referenced asking him for his sign-off or advice on various potential deals that we were discussing. I’ve seen Vice President Biden saying he never talked to Hunter about his business. I’ve seen firsthand that that’s not true, because it wasn’t just Hunter’s business, they said they were putting the Biden family name and its legacy on the line.
I realized the Chinese were not really focused on a healthy financial ROI. They were looking at this as a political or influence investment. Once I realized that Hunter wanted to use the company as his personal piggy bank by just taking money out of it as soon as it came from the Chinese, I took steps to prevent that from happening.
The Johnson Report connected some dots in a way that shocked me — it made me realize the Bidens had gone behind my back and gotten paid millions of dollars by the Chinese, even though they told me they hadn’t and wouldn’t do that to their partners.
I would ask the Biden family to address the American people and outline the facts so I can go back to being irrelevant — and so I am not put in a position to have to answer those questions for them.
I don’t have a political ax to grind; I just saw behind the Biden curtain and I grew concerned with what I saw. The Biden family aggressively leveraged the Biden family name to make millions of dollars from foreign entities even though some were from communist controlled China.
God Bless America!!!!
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