Congressional investigators are seeking documents from federal prosecutors of Hunter Biden's former business associates.
The House Oversight and Accountability Committee sent a letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday asking it to turn over documents from the department. federal prosecutors According to the text of the letter, Chinese businessman Patrick Ho, who was previously associated with Hunter Biden, was charged with bribing African officials to take actions that benefited CEFC China Energy Company Limited. He was sentenced to three years in prison. Congressional investigators sought data from Ho's iPad and an unredacted copy of an email detailing an initiative introduced to CEFC leadership by Vuk Jeremik, a former president of the UN General Assembly and then-CEFC advisor. ing. Hunter Biden and his allies in December 2015.
“Based on information obtained by the committee, prosecutors appear to have sought to keep Biden's name out of Mr. Ho's trial. First, as the Oversight Committee previously noted, prosecutors in Mr. Ho's case Officials appear to have redacted Hunter Biden's name from evidence used in the trial. During Ho's trial, former United Nations General Assembly President Vuk Jeremić, who worked as a consultant for the CEFC after his presidential term, said that It involved “opening doors” for CEFC by “introducing company executives to the business and political arena,” he testified. leadership of various countries,” his letter said.
“As part of this effort, in December 2015, Mr. Jeremic 'sought to introduce Chairman Ye and the CEFC to Hunter Biden and his associates.'” During the trial, prosecutors told the judge that the Department of Justice requested that emails between Mr Ho and Mr Jeremic be redacted, in which he intended to submit as evidence the name of “the person Mr Jeremic attempted to take to dinner with Chairman Mr Yeh”. It continued. (Related: Tony Bobulinski says China tried to “infiltrate and compromise” President Obama's Biden family)
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According to the letter, federal prosecutors chose to redact the individuals' names because revealing their identities could expose the case to political dynamics, and government prosecutors said it was not worth the trouble. He points out that this is because he thought that.
Lawmakers directed U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland to provide the requested documents by March 5.
According to the letter, Hunter Biden was not admitted to practice law in New York, but after Ho's trial in the Southern District of New York in 2017 related to the African bribery scheme, Mr. He reportedly agreed to pay Biden a $1 million fee. Hunter Biden reportedly said he was moving toward helping Mr. Ho's defense after CEFC Chairman Yeh Jian-ming revealed he was concerned about investigators investigating Mr. Ho. It is reported that he moved. according to For New Yorkers.
Hunter Biden and his associates appear to have started a relationship with CEFC as early as 2015. according to Submitted to the House Oversight and Accountability Committee. In the years that followed, the company or its affiliates paid millions of dollars to Hunter Biden and his partners, including Joe Biden, his son, according to Robb's Jan. 26 testimony. This included a $3 million payment when he stopped by a conference attended by a Chinese business partner and a Chinese business partner. Walker is a former colleague of Hunter Biden.
Neither the Justice Department nor the White House immediately responded to requests for comment.
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