Hunter Biden’s court statement regarding a $1 million payment sent to one of his companies by a Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-affiliated entity ignores key details that call into question the stated reasons for the transaction. The Federalist newspaper was the first to report that it is.
At Wednesday’s plea bargain hearing, Judge Mariellen Noreika questioned Hunter Biden about a $1 million payment to Owasco LLC, which was listed in the plea deal pleadings. fact To “Patrick Ho’s legal costs,” a CEFC China Energy executive with ties to the Chinese Communist Party. Neither Hunter Biden nor the DOJ omitted information that somewhat obscures the reasons behind the payment, including that Owasco LLC is not a law firm and the fact that the payment was not originally made to Owasco LLC. are doing.beginning report.
Ho’s $1 million payment was originally made on November 2, 2017 to Hudson West IIILC, a shell company co-owned by Hunter Biden. according to Submitted to the report of the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee. It was then telegraphed to Owasco LLC on March 22, 2018, rather than his Owasco PC at the law firm. according to to trading.
Hunter Biden confused Owasco PC and Owasco LLC at the hearing, claiming the money went to the former. according to to the transcript. He initially said that Owasco PC operates as a “law firm entity” before telling the judge that he “doesn’t know the facts.”
He also claimed that it was “his own law firm” rather than his “lawyer” serving Mr Ho, according to the filing. However, a September 2017 contract with an attorney found on Hunter Biden’s laptop contained a $1 million contract for legal representation between Hunter Biden and Ho. according to to the New York Post.
WILMINGTON, DE – JULY 26: U.S. President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden leaves the J. Caleb Boggs Federal Building and Federal Courthouse in Wilmington, Delaware on July 26, 2023. (Photo Credit: Mark McKella/Getty Images)
Ho was indicted in December 2017. price He was charged with violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, international money laundering, and conspiring to do both shortly after transferring $1 million to Hunter Biden’s company, according to court documents. He reportedly called Joe Biden’s brother James Biden first, according to the Senate report. (Related: Devon Archer told House Overseer Joe and Hunter Biden about business “more than 20 times,” lawmakers say.)
The Senate report record has a different story about the deal, which it claims was “for the purpose of conducting market research.” [a] Natural Gas Project” was later deemed unnecessary and refunded. In an April 2, 2018 email, Hunter Biden said, “The $1 million worth of money sent by the CEFC Limited Foundation on November 2, 2017 should have gone to Owasco LLC, but he provided The remittance instructions issued were incorrect, and according to the Senate report, the large transaction was not corrected until March 22, 2018, and a wire transfer of the same amount benefited Owasco LLC.”
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