NBC’s Dilanian: Hunter Said He Gave Half His Salary to Joe and No One Can Explain That, But There’s ‘No Hard Evidence’
On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Chris Jansing Reports,” NBC News Justice and Intelligence Correspondent Ken Dilanian acknowledged that Hunter Biden said in an email that he had to give half his salary to his dad, and “that’s never been explained,” but there’s “no hard evidence that Joe Biden ever profited from any of this, that any of the money ever went to him.”
Dilanian said, “I think that Turley sound really captured the tenor of all three of the Republican witnesses. Which — they came to the hearing to basically say, look, there’s a lot of troubling behavior here, a lot of smoke. Hunter Biden was paid millions of dollars, including by foreign business entities. There’s an email where he says, I had to give half my salary to pop, that’s never been explained, but there’s no evidence beyond that smoke that leads to President Biden, and even those witnesses had to acknowledge that there isn’t, what they say is this should be investigated.”
He added that while Democrats “acknowledge that Hunter Biden was essentially trading on what they call the illusion of access to his father, and he was paid millions of dollars, and there are shell companies, and there’s a lot of troubling evidence and paper trails,” there’s “no hard evidence that Joe Biden ever profited from any of this, that any of the money ever went to him.”
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Hunter Biden Referred to Selling Access to Joe Biden as ‘Keys’ to ‘My Family’s Only Asset’
Hunter Biden referenced selling access to President Joe Biden as “the keys” to “my family’s only asset,” according to messages from Hunter Biden’s iCloud backup released by the House Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday.
After voting to approve more disclosures on Wednesday from IRS whistleblowers, the committee released information that confirmed Devon Archer’s testimony that Hunter Biden traveled the world selling access to the Biden “brand,” meaning Joe Biden. Hunter Biden referred to access to Joe Biden as “the keys” to “my family’s only asset.”
Message from Hunter Biden, 6_06_2017 – Apple iCloud backup 03 – Chat 70, House Ways and Means Committee
The Biden business raked in millions of dollars through shell companies from countries such as China, Romania, and Ukraine, which the Justice Department tried to cover up, according to the committee.
“That Biden protection effort was strongest whenever investigative steps might have led to or implicated actions taken by Joe Biden,” the committee said. “During the investigation into his son, officials instructed investigators seeking a search warrant to erase any mention of a ‘Political Figure 1,’ who documents reveal to be Joe Biden.”
BSSW Draft, Exhibit 2, House Ways and Means Committee
Documents obtained by the committee confirm associates of the Biden business had direct access to the White House and then-Vice President Joe Biden’s advisers. According to the committee, Biden associates were told not to “mention Joe being involved.” White House logs show many Biden business associates visited the White House multiple times.
In addition, after the IRS launched its investigation into the Biden family, Hunter Biden apparently “expected all of this ‘stuff’ to go away when his dad becomes President,” according to an email between Hunter Biden and a CNN producer the committee obtained:
Sensitive Case Heads Up, House Ways and Means Committee
The committee also released information from a May 2021 report generated by IRS investigators that noted Hunter Biden’s lawyer, Kevin Morris, could have committed wrongdoing. “There may be campaign finance criminal violations” based on interviews and a review of the evidence,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Lesley Wolf allegedly stated. But a DOJ official told the investigators to ignore the allegation, noting she was not “personally interested,” IRS whistleblower handwritten notes show:
Handwritten Notes, House Ways and Means Committee
“These documents show a clearer connection between Joe Biden, his public office, and Hunter Biden’s global influence peddling scheme that resulted in over $20 million in payments to the Biden family,”House Ways and Means Committee Chair Jason Smith (R-MO) said in a statement. “In addition to then Vice-President Joe Biden attending lunches and speaking on the phone with his son’s business associates, the details released today paint a fuller picture of how Joe Biden’s vice- presidential office was instrumental to the Biden Family’s business schemes”:
The evidence shows a pattern of Hunter Biden creating for-profit entities to shield at least $20 million from foreign sources from taxes and hide the trail of payments that led to members of the Biden family. The growing body of evidence further calls into question the Justice Department’s attempted sweetheart plea deal for Hunter Biden, and the reasons for appointing the architect of that plea deal as the special counsel for Hunter Biden’s case, in light of officials’ efforts to protect President Biden and his son.
The allegations are the second batch of IRS whistleblower revelations released by the Ways and Means Committee. In June, it released information that reportedly caused now-Special Counsel David Weiss to enter into a sweetheart plea deal with Hunter Biden. According to the New York Times, the DOJ planned to let Hunter Biden off the hook without charges until the whistleblowers came forward.
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Report: Frank Biden Called Joe Biden the ‘Big Guy,’ Sixth Reference to Alias
The Wall Street Journal published an interactive Biden family tree map on Friday, highlighting the alleged influence peddling scheme of “how Joe Biden’s kin profited off the family name” with the use of the “big guy” alias.
Frank Biden, President Joe Biden’s youngest brother, was “hired by the Illinois-based industrial manufacturing firm Federal Signal Corp. to help connect the company with Florida lawmakers,” the Journal reported. “During a weekly call, Frank Biden, 69 years old, would frequently interrupt the meeting and say he had to take a call from ‘the Big Guy,’ as he put it.”
WATCH — Joe Biden Snaps at Reporter over “Big Guy” Question: “Why’d You Ask Such a Dumb Question?”:
Frank Biden would say, “I’ve got to put you on hold, the Big Guy is calling me,” Matthew Brady, a Federal Signal employee, recalled of prior conversations, the Journal reported. “I thought, ‘OK, great, your brother is the vice president.'”
Frank Biden’s reported use of the “big guy” alias to reference Joe Biden is the sixth instance of a Biden associate or family member hailing Biden as the “big guy.” A total of five additional individuals appeared to use the “big guy” monicker to reference Joe Biden: Mykola Zlochevsky, Gary Shapley, James Gilliar, Geoff Roger, and Hunter Biden.
Francis (Frank) Biden (Berman Law Group)
The monicker became famous when the New York Post reported an email found on Hunter Biden’s laptop sent by one of Hunter Biden’s business partners, James Gilliar, in the weeks leading up to the 2020 presidential election. That email outlined the proposed percentage distribution of equity in the joint venture with CEFC China Energy Co. The proposed plan included “10 held by H for the big guy?”
James Biden, Joe Biden’s younger brother, was a key player in CEFC. “James Biden, 74, joined with his nephew Hunter Biden — by their accounts, they are best friends — as they built ties to a Chinese oil company called CEFC China Energy in the months after Joe Biden left the vice presidency,” the Journal wrote:
Banking transactions published in 2020 by congressional Republicans linked James and Hunter Biden to money from the Chinese oil company, alleging it covered some of their credit card spending and was the ultimate source of 20 money transfers totaling at least $1,398,999 to the Lion Hall Group, a consulting firm run by James Biden.
WATCH — Nancy Mace Rips Democrats for Claiming No Evidence Exists Against Joe Biden: “Total Bullsh*t”:
C-SPANJames Biden was not just involved in CEFC. He enjoyed business partnerships with hedge fund Paradigm Global Advisors, Hill International, which constructed homes in the Middle East, and Americore Health, a network of rural hospitals, the Journal reported.
The “Biden brand” is what the Bidens sold to foreign businessmen, Devon Archer, Hunter Biden’s best friend in business, told House Republicans. “Obviously, the brand of Biden, you know, adds a lot of power when your dad’s vice president,” Archer told Tucker Carlson in August.
“He [Hunter Biden] knew a lot of people. But obviously, there were some familial, you know,” Archer added. “And obviously, I know you’re pointing to the father being the key relationship.”
WATCH — CNN’s Cooper: Why Is Hunter Having Money Wired from China Listing His Dad’s Address as Beneficiary Relevant?:
Polling shows that Americans believe Joe Biden was involved in his family’s businesses, contradicting Joe Biden’s long held positions:
- 61 percent of Americans said Joe Biden was involved in his family’s business deals with China and Ukraine, according to a September CNN poll.
- 51 percent of voters believe Joe Biden committed a crime with Hunter Biden, according to a September Yahoo/YouGov survey.
- 66 percent of voters said Joe Biden discussed business with his son, according to a June Harvard/HarrisX poll.
- 62 percent of voters contend Joe Biden “participated” in his family business deals, according to a February Harvard Cap/Harris poll.
“Evidence compiled by this committee justifies the investigation of Joe Biden’s role and his family’s International Business games and justifies the next step of this investigation,” House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY) stated Thursday. “One of those steps is gaining insight and where the Biden’s foreign money ended up for what purposes. Therefore, today I will subpoena the bank records of Hunter Biden, James Biden and their affiliated companies.”
Comer subpoenaed Hunter and James Biden on Thursday for their personal and business bank records. Comer seeks to compel information to know whether Joe Biden directly profited from his family’s business.
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