KOFFFLA:Biden family received millions from foreign nationals, tried to conceal source of funds
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Posted:Jul 11, 2023 9:25 pm
Last Updated:Jul 11, 2023 9:26 pm 1769 Views
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The House Oversight and Accountability Committee says the Biden family and its business associates created more than 20 companies and received more than $10 million from foreign nationals while Joe Biden served as vice president, and that some of these payments could indicate attempts by the Biden family to "peddle influence."
Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., released a memo ahead of his press conference Wednesday that includes new information from his investigation into the Biden family’s "influence peddling and business schemes." The memo said the Biden family appeared to take steps to "conceal the source and total amount received from the foreign companies."
The committee has subpoenaed four different banks as part of its probe and received "thousands of records in response." Those subpoenas were "tailored to specific individuals and companies that engaged in business activities with Biden family members and their business associates," the memo said.
It said Biden family members and business associates "created a web of over 20 companies — most were limited liability companies formed during Joe Biden’s vice presidency."
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The committee said those companies were formed mostly in Delaware and Washington, D.C., with the help of Hunter Biden’s business partners Rob Walker and James Gilliar.
"After assuming the vice presidency in 2009, records reveal Hunter Biden and his business associates formed at least 15 companies," the memo said. Those companies include Lion Hall Group LLC; Owasco P.C.; Robinson Walker, LLC; Skaneateles, LLC; Seneca Global Advisors, LLC; Rosemont Seneca Partners, LLC; Rosemont Seneca Principal Investments LLC; Rosemont Seneca Bohai, LLC; Hudson West III, LLC; Hudson West V, LLC; CEFC Infrastructure Investment (US) and others.
"Bank records show the Biden family, their business associates, and their companies received over $10 million from foreign nationals’ companies," the memo said, adding that the committee identified payments to Biden family members from foreign companies "while Joe Biden served as Vice President and after he left public office."
"[T]he Biden family used business associates’ companies to receive millions of dollars from foreign companies," the memo said, adding that the Biden family "received incremental payments over time to different bank accounts."
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Joe Biden waving with Hunter Biden
President Biden and his Hunter Biden (Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images)
"In some instances, Biden associates would receive significant deposits from foreign sources into their bank accounts and then transfer smaller, incremental payments to Biden bank accounts," the memo said. "These complicated and seemingly unnecessary financial transactions appear to be a concerted effort to conceal the source and total amount received from the foreign companies."
It said Chinese nationals and companies "with significant ties to Chinese intelligence and the Chinese Communist Party hid the source of the funds by layering domestic limited liability companies."
The committee says it is investigating "the opaque corporate structure of particular Biden-affiliated companies, those companies’ complicated connections with each other, whether these companies maintained books and records, and why certain foreign nationals sought to partner with and engage in businesses with specific Biden family members and their companies."
It said it already sees signs that the Biden family may have collected money from foreign nationals trying to influence U.S. policy. For example, the committee said it discovered that Hunter Biden, through his associate Rob Walker, received more than $1 million from a foreign company reportedly controlled by Gabriel Popoviciu, the subject of a criminal probe and prosecution for corruption in Romania. Then-Vice President Biden met with Romanian leaders in 2014 and 2015 "regarding corruption in the country."
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President Joe Biden
President Biden departs the White House in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 19, 2023. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
"The committee is concerned about the Biden family’s pattern of courting business in regions of the world in which the then Vice President had an outsize role and influenced U.S. policy," the memo said. "The Biden family and associates’ activities in Romania bear clear indica of a scheme to peddle influence from 2015-2017."
The committee said it found that in addition to Hunter Biden, James Gilliar and Rob Walker receiving foreign funds, James Biden, Hallie Biden and "other Bidens" also received "foreign payments."
The memo included a breakdown of the transactions from Chinese and Romanian nationals and companies.
Specifically, with regard to China, the memo points to two people — Ye Jianming and Gongwen Dong — and warned that particular Chinese business venture posed "potential threats to American national security." Both people were connected to Hunter Biden’s joint-venture with Chinese energy company CEFC.
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The memo said Ye had "close ties to the highest levels of the Chinese Communist Party and was reportedly deputy secretary-general for an international outreach arm of the People’s Liberation Army." Ye was later detained by the CCP in 2018.
"The Bidens received millions of dollars from their Chinese partnership," the memo said. "When Ye was detained by the Chinese, Hunter Biden then attempted to distance himself from the relationship by claiming he had never been paid by CEFC. This was false."
The memo said Hunter’s company, Hudson West V, received a $24 million wire from Ye. CEFC later wired $100,000 to Hunter’s Owasco, P.C.
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A Senate report from 2020 said that on Aug. 8, 2017, CEFC wired nearly $5 million to the bank account for Hudson West III, a firm that Hunter Biden opened with Chinese associates.
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Rep. James Comer, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, speaks during a hearing in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 8, 2023. (Anna Rose Layden/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Fox News Digital first reported in 2020 that Hunter Biden had requested that keys be made for his new "office mates," listing his father, Jill Biden and his uncle, Jim Biden, for space he planned to share with Gongwen.
"The Biden family and associates’ activities in coordination with Chinese nationals and their corporate entities appear to be an attempt to engage in financial deception," the memo said, adding that "multiple Biden family members received money from the Chinese after it passed through the Robinson Walker, LLC account."
"Additionally, Hunter Biden received money directly into his company’s account from a Chinese-controlled entity," the memo adds.
"The Committee will continue to engage in the accommodations process with those who have not cooperated with our investigation," the memo said. "The Committee plans to gather additional bank records in the near future and continue following the money trail."
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"The Committee is committed to rooting out fraud, waste, and abuse that exist at the highest level of the federal government," it added.
The White House has slammed the committee’s investigation as "evidence-free" and "politically motivated." The White House has also maintained that President Biden has never been involved in his ’s business dealings.
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Georgia Democrat defects to GOP after she says Dems 'crucified' and 'abandoned' her
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Posted:Jul 11, 2023 9:30 am
Last Updated:Jul 11, 2023 12:09 pm 1846 Views
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I SEE THIS AS THE START OF A MASS EXODUS FROM THE MARXIST LEFT.. MANY ARE REALIZING THE LEFT CARES ONLY FOR ITS MESSAGE AND NOTHING INNOCENT. HERE WE HAVE A BLK LADY REALIZING, LEAVING THE PARTY SHE GREW UP SUPPORTING.
Mainor justified her position by noting that some schools in her district have 3% reading proficiency rates and that many cannot do simple math.
Democrats have 'gotten away with using and abusing the black community,' Mesha Mainor told Fox News Digital
FIRST ON FOX: A Peach State lawmaker who angered her Democratic colleagues in the Georgia state House of Representatives over her support for a recent school choice bill is expected to announce that she is officially switching parties.
Mesha Mainor – a Democrat who has represented District 56 in the Georgia state House since January 2021 – will announce shortly before noon Tuesday that she will switch her party registration to Republican.
"When I decided to stand up on behalf of disadvantaged in support of school choice, my Democrat colleagues didn’t stand by me," Mainor explained of her decision in a statement to Fox News Digital. "They crucified me. When I decided to stand up in support of safe communities and refused to support efforts to defund the police, they didn’t back me. They abandoned me."
"For far too long, the Democrat Party has gotten away with using and abusing the black community," she added. "For decades, the Democrat Party has received the support of more than 90% of the black community. And what do we have to show for it? I represent a solidly blue district in the city of Atlanta. This isn’t a political decision for me. It’s a moral one."
Mainor made clear that her work across party lines will continue after she switches parties, saying she has "never hesitated to work across the aisle to deliver results for my community and the people I was elected to represent. And that won't change."
Mainor said that she has "been met with much encouragement" amid her decision to switch parties and noted that it's "humbling to be embraced – for the first time in a long time – by individuals who don’t find fault in a black woman having a mind of her own and be willing to buck the party line."
Asked whether she believes she will face pushback from Democrats over her decision, Mainor said, "The most dangerous thing to the Democrat Party is a black person with a mind of their own. So, it wouldn’t surprise me."
As for her priorities after switching parties, Mainor said she will continue to focus on education and expanding the Republican majority in the House.
"Education and the importance of school choice has been – and will continue to be – a key focus of mine," she said. "But outside of education, I look forward to working with my colleagues in the Georgia General Assembly to tackle the most pressing issues facing our state and to help grow the Republican Party, helping us not focus not just on preaching to the choir but growing the congregation."
In a video shared to social media in May, Mainor accused Democrats of turning against her for being a staunch school choice advocate.
"I support school choice, parent rights and opportunities for to thrive, especially those that are marginalized and tend to fail in school," Mainor said at the time. "The Democrats at the [Georgia State] Capitol took a hard position and demanded every Democrat vote against and for the teachers union. I voted yes for parents and yes for not failing schools."
Mainor justified her position by noting that some schools in her district have 3% reading proficiency rates and that many cannot do simple math.
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DUSTY,BOB:Biden's electric vehicle push is doomed to failure, warn carmakers
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Posted:Jul 11, 2023 8:48 am
Last Updated:Jul 11, 2023 8:48 am 1862 Views
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MORE FAILURES FROM THE WORSE "PRESIDENT"
Joe Biden’s race to embrace electric vehicles risks overwhelming US charging infrastructure and creating disastrous supply shortages, two of the world’s biggest carmakers have said.
Toyota and Vauxhall owner Stellantis accused the President of being “overly optimistic” in his push for a rule that would require two thirds of new vehicle sales to be electric by 2032.
The companies were quick to point out that they support a move to low-emissions vehicles and electric cars in particular but warned that they need customers to buy them and that costs are still too high for the mass market.
The cars typically cost about £10,000 more than comparable petrol-burning versions, with many drivers able to recoup the difference through cheaper charging over the life of the vehicle.
Toyota warned the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that there would also be a rush to secure lithium and other minerals needed to make battery-powered cars if the plans went ahead.
Toyota said: “The proposed rule underestimates key challenges including the scarcity of minerals to make batteries, the fact that these minerals are not mined or refined in the US, the inadequate infrastructure, and the high cost of [battery electric vehicles].”
Stellantis, which owns Vauchall, Fiat and Chrysler among other brands, said: “The proposed rule significantly underestimates the actions needed to build the targeted EV market.
“Addressing concerns such as manufacturing capacity, battery production, charging infrastructure, and consumer acceptance of EVs will be paramount to the success of this ambitious proposed regulation.”
The reticence from Toyota and Stellantis is at odds with Tesla, which only makes battery-powered cars and is one of the largest producers.
It said the EPA could even increase its targets based on “the rapid pace of light-duty vehicle electrification”.
The Texas-based company, led by billionaire Elon Musk, said that the technology has “been amply demonstrated, is being rapidly deployed, and has significantly decreasing competitive costs”, Bloomberg reported.
It comes after Toyota, which is the world’s largest carmaker by number of vehicles sold, last week hailed a technological breakthrough in electric car batteries that it claimed will halve their cost, size and weight
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KOFFLA ID:President Trump Gets Huge Show of Support From Law Enforcement at Los Angeles Internation
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Posted:Jul 10, 2023 4:53 am
Last Updated:Jul 10, 2023 4:54 am 1839 Views
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President Trump got a huge show of support from law enforcement at Los Angeles International Airport on Sunday.
President Trump attended the UFC 290 event in Las Vegas following his packed rally earlier in the day at the Calvary Church.
Trump was seen at the event with Dana White, Joe Rogan, Mel Gibson, Roger Stone, and Mark Wahlberg who spoke with him during a break.
Law enforcement surrounded Trump while he was getting ready to depart LAX.
Officers eagerly took selfies and shook hands with Trump.
Trump made sure to shake as many hands as possible and thank the police officers for their service to the community.
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