‘I’m here waiting for a call with my father,’ Hunter Biden wrote to a Chinese associate in 2017 days before receiving $5.1 million from a Chinese firm.
In August 2017, a bank account connected to President Biden’s son Hunter Biden received over $5 million. This comes shortly after Hunter Biden sent threatening messages to a Chinese associate where he claimed to be with his father. The details were revealed by an IRS whistleblower and congressional investigators released related documents.
On August 4, 2017, CEFC Infrastructure Investment, a Chinese company, wired $100,000 to Hunter Biden’s law firm Owasco. A few days later, on August 8, 2017, CEFC Infrastructure Investment sent $5 million to Hudson West III, a company founded by Hunter Biden with Chinese associates.
These two transactions totaled $5.1 million over a 10-day period. They are consistent with messages found by the House Ways and Means Committee shared by Gary Shapley Jr., an IRS whistleblower involved in the investigation of Hunter Biden. In the messages, Hunter Biden expressed frustration with his business partner, Henry Zhao, who had not fulfilled his contract and claimed that his father was present.
According to documents released by House Republicans, Hunter Biden wrote in a July 30, 2017, WhatsApp message to Zhao, the CEO of Harvest Fund Management, an asset management firm in Beijing: “I am with my father right now and we want to understand why the commitment we made was not honored. Please let me know about this matter. Let the director know you want to fix it quickly, preferably tonight, before it escalates.”
“And, Z, if I get a call or text from anyone involved other than you, Zhang, or the chairman, I’ll make sure I’m able to hold on to the guy sitting next to me and everyone he knows and forever. Revenge that you’ll regret not following my direction,” Hunter Biden said. added in his messages to Zhao. “I’m sitting here for a call with my father.”
Additionally, according to a 2020 Senate report, beginning on August 14, 2017, Hunter Biden initiated a string of 20 wire transactions from Owasco to the Lion Hall Group, a consulting firm connected to President Biden’s brother James Biden and his wife Sarah. Transactions continued through August 3, 2018, and totaled $1.4 million.
A federal investigation into Hunter Biden’s “tax affairs” began in 2018 amid the discovery of suspicious activity reports regarding funds from “China and other foreign countries.”
The investigation — codenamed “Sportsman” — was launched as an “offshoot” of an IRS investigation into a “foreign-based amateur online pornography platform,” Shapley testified to a House committee.
Shapley said in his testimony that the decisions in the case appeared to be “politically influenced.”
“Regardless of the motivations, decisions were made at every stage that had an impact that benefited those under investigation,” Shapley said.
“These decisions include moving slowly, not allowing enforcement actions to be implemented, limiting the range of questions investigators can ask witnesses, misleading investigators on charging authority, and delaying any and all actions months before an election. Before the policy memorandum mandated a pause. These are just a few examples. ,” he added.
On Friday, the White House declined to answer reporters’ questions about Shapley’s allegations and repeatedly referred further concerns to the White House counsel’s office.
“As it relates to anything Hunter Biden does, I’m not going to comment on it from here,” White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre said.
Hunter Biden’s attorney, Christopher Clark, attacked the whistleblower’s allegations in a statement released Friday evening.
“Bias and politically motivated, selective leaks have plagued this matter for years. They are not only irresponsible but illegal. A close look at the document released yesterday by a very biased person raises serious questions about what he is saying. Making any conclusions or inferences based on this document is “Dangerously misleading,” Clarke said. “The DOJ investigation covered a period of confusion and addiction for my client.”
Clarke also said that “any verifiable words or actions of my client in the midst of a terrible addiction are his own and have nothing to do with anyone in his family.”
“An extensive, five-year-long investigation conducted by the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) concluded this week, resulting in my client’s guilty plea to two counts of misdemeanor failure to file tax returns, as well as a firearms charge. Subject to an early diversion agreement. Through this entire matter, his As a lawyer, I can say that the investigation was not thorough, cut corners, or slowed down my client.