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Tony Bobulinski, Hunter Biden's former business partner who has long maintained that President Biden was involved in their business dealings, testified in a closed-door Congressional hearing Tuesday, leading House Republicans to challenge the president's We hope that the impeachment inquiry will be expedited.
important facts
Bobulinski is an energy company executive and Navy veteran who briefly worked with Hunter Biden at a company called Sinohawk in 2017, after the president publicly alleged that Biden was involved in foreign business dealings. , testified before the House Oversight Committee.
In October 2020, Bobulinski said at a press conference that he had received “emails, WhatsApp chats, agreements, documents and other documents” showing that then-Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden had profited from his son's business in China. He is said to have profited from his son's business in China by claiming to have “proof of this.” Last name and status as former vice president.
The executive also claimed to have met with the former vice president in May 2017 to discuss Hunter's business plans in China, which he said Joe was “clearly aware of.”
A few days after the meeting, Mr. Bobulinski said he received an email regarding Mr. Hunter's stock allocation for energy company Sinohawk, which stated that “Company H holds 10% for major companies.” , Bobulinski thinks this is about Joe Biden.
However, Bobulinski's claims have not been substantiated, and at least eight other business partners, including business partners James Gillier and Devon Archer, consultant Marvin Yang, and art gallery owner Georges Bergès, have been identified. All testified before a House committee that President Biden had no involvement in Hunter's case. He discussed his business dealings and relationships with loans and payments, as well as his son's business, according to records obtained by CNN.
Bobulinski claims he has “never been an active politician” and has occasionally donated to Democrats, including to California Rep. Ro Khanna before the 2020 election. . Since then, Bobulinski has received support from Republicans, with former President Donald Trump inviting him to a debate with Republican lawmakers. Biden.
In November 2023, Hunter Biden's lawyers launch an attack on Bobulinski and open an investigation against his former partner for making false statements to the FBI about the nature of Hunter's business dealings and President Biden's knowledge of them. requested the prosecutor's office to do so.
Main background
Hunter Biden's business dealings first came into the spotlight in 2020, when the New York Post published emails related to the president's son found on a laptop left at a computer repair shop. . Hunter worked in international investments as a lawyer and businessman, and also served on the board of the Ukrainian energy company Burisma. Critics have long pointed to the emails as evidence that Mr. Hunter was profiting from his father's name and position, and like Mr. Bobulinski, argue that the president received the funds directly. There are some people. President Biden has long denied wrongdoing, but House Republicans formally launched an impeachment inquiry in September 2023 based on his relationship with Hunter. The White House continues to deny these claims. official statement He called the investigation “baseless” and accused Republicans of “litigating the same debunked conspiracy theories they've been investigating for over four years.”
tangent
Bobulinski first came forward with accusations against Hunter Biden and President Joe Biden in October 2020, alleging that the two conspired to keep secret their involvement in the president's business dealings. “It has become clear time and time again that Joe Biden's involvement should not be mentioned in writing, but only in person,” Bobulinski said. He also said he was told that Hunter and his brother James Biden were “paranoid about keeping Joe Biden's involvement a secret.” House Republicans are now making Bobulinski's allegations against President Biden the center of their impeachment efforts.
Contra
At least one of Hunter's business partners who was close to the deal with Bobulinski has already testified before a House committee, casting doubt on the former executive's claims. The executive, Rob Walker, told the committee that he never spoke to President Biden about business, even when Biden was a senator or vice president. Democrats on the committee also released Mr. Walker's testimony to the FBI in 2020, in which Mr. Walker said that Mr. Bobulinski “tried to excerpt snippets of emails” and “personal information” to fit his story. “I attempted to collect fragments of recorded conversations about the incident.”
Points to note
Bobulinski's testimony before the House Oversight Committee was held behind closed doors Tuesday afternoon. Republicans on the committee are likely to release some of the testimony after the committee concludes in hopes of strengthening their case for impeachment against the president.
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