He had nothing to do with his son's "business."
Except meeting with the Chinese-intelligence-controlled front companies that were bribing his son, and having 10% of that money held for him.
Joe Biden allegedly attended a meeting shortly after his vice presidency with a Chinese energy company that was doing business with Hunter Biden, the House Oversight Committee said Tuesday.
House Oversight released a timeline of events detailing the Biden family's alleged influence peddling with foreign business interests. Joe Biden allegedly met in May 2017 with officials from CEFC China Energy, a Chinese energy firm linked to the Chinese Communist Party, according to a Biden family associate, the House Oversight timeline says.
An alleged email between Biden business associates on May 13 described "10 held by H for the big guy?" referring to Hunter Biden allegedly holding a 10% ownership stake for Joe Biden, House Oversight disclosed. Joe Biden's alleged "big guy" nickname is shown in emails from the Hunter Biden laptop archive with other business associates of the younger Biden.
Biden family business associate Tony Bobulinski said leading up to the 2020 presidential election that he spoke with FBI agents about Joe Biden potentially earning 10% of the money from the CEFC venture, the New York Post reported. Republican Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley referenced Bobulinski's FBI interview in October 2022 when he requested more records from the FBI about the Biden family's alleged arrangement with CEFC.
Hunter Biden's business associate Rob Walker allegedly wired an unspecified Biden family member $15,000 from CEFC and wired JBBSR Inc., an LLC belonging to James Biden, the brother of President Biden, House Oversight found.
IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley testified to the House Ways & Means Committee about a threatening text Hunter Biden allegedly sent to a CEFC official with Joe Biden sitting in the same room.
"I am sitting here with my father and we would like to understand why the commitment made has not been fulfilled. Tell the director that I would like to resolve this now before it gets out of hand, and now means tonight," Hunter Biden said.
"I will make certain that between the man sitting next to me and every person he knows and my ability to forever hold a grudge that you will regret not following my direction. I am sitting here waiting for the call with my father."
In very related news: The FBI instructed Hunter Biden to refuse to answer questions from the House Committee investigating him.
The FBI warned a supervisory agent who investigated Hunter Biden that he was expected to "decline to respond" to House Oversight Committee questions about the "ongoing" case involving the first son, a bombshell letter obtained by The Post shows.
FBI general counsel Jason Jones sent the letter Sunday afternoon, just hours before the agent was set to testify -- even though a source tells The Post that the FBI knew of a scheduled Monday deposition for several days.
"[T]he Department expects that you will decline to respond to questions seeking non-public information likely covered by one or more components of executive privilege or other significant confidentiality interests, in particular information about deliberations or ongoing investigative activity in law enforcement matters," Jones wrote.
"You should instead refer such questions to the FBI's Office of Congressional Affairs," the FBI lawyer went on.
"Consistent with longstanding practice, this will afford the Department the full opportunity to consider particular questions and possible accommodations that may fulfill the Committee's legitimate need for information while protecting Executive Branch confidentiality interests."
Hunter BidenThe FBI confirmed details of the probe that were previously shared by 2 IRS agents, including Hunter's legal team tipped off about an approach to interview him in December 2020 about his failure to pay millions in taxes on foreign income.AP
The FBI agent proceeded to confirm key details of the probe that were previously shared by two IRS agents -- including that Hunter's legal team was tipped off about a planned approach to interview him in December 2020 about his failure to pay millions in taxes on foreign income, spoiling the opportunity.
Jones referred to the Hunter Biden case as "ongoing" in his letter, using similar wording to Delaware US Attorney David Weiss -- which congressional Republicans fear is intended to hinder their demands for records and testimony.
That is a key and often-abused cover-up tactic: claim that the investigation you are deliberately tanking is "ongoing," so that no one is allowed to ask questions about it -- questions that would expose your wrongdoing in deliberately flubbing the case.
This follows a fresh revelation that the FBI tipped the Biden family that investigators were planning a surprise interview with Hunter Biden in 2020.
A former FBI supervisory special agent assigned to the Hunter Biden criminal investigation has confirmed several key aspects of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) whistleblower testimony from June, House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer announced Monday.
The former agent said that the Biden family and the Secret Service were tipped off about an interview the FBI planned to have with Hunter Biden in December 2020, according to a transcribed interview conducted by the House Oversight Committee on Monday. Biden entered a plea deal in late June after he was charged with two misdemeanor tax offenses and illegal possession of a firearm.
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Today, our committee staff conducted a transcribed interview with a former FBI supervisory special agent assigned to the FBI's Wilmington office and the Biden criminal investigation.
The agent CONFIRMED key portions of the IRS whistleblowers' testimony, including that both Secret Service headquarters and the Biden transition team were TIPPED OFF about the planned Hunter Biden interview.
In fact, on the day of the Hunter Biden interview, FEDERAL AGENTS WERE TOLD TO STAND BY AND TO NOT APPROACH HUNTER BIDEN-- they had to wait for his call. As a result of the change in plans, IRS and FBI criminal investigators never got to interview Hunter Biden as part of the investigation.
The former FBI supervisory special agent told committee investigators he had never been told to wait outside to be contacted by the subject of an investigation.
The agent's testimony is sickening and reveals the lengths to which the DOJ is willing to go to cover up for the Bidens. The Oversight Committee, along with the @JudiciaryGOP and @WaysandMeansGOP, will continue to seek the answers, transparency, and accountability that the American people demand and deserve.