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Biden Family And Business Associates Received Millions From Foreign Oligarchs In Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, China: U.S House Panel
Washington Examiner
The Biden family and its business associates received millions of dollars from oligarchs in Russia, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine during Joe Biden's tenure vice president, according to bank records obtained by the House Oversight Committee, the main investigative committee of the U.S. House of Representatives.
The 19-page memo, which provides detailed screenshots of redacted bank records, says millions in payments came from Ukrainian energy company Burisma Holdings, as well as Russian oligarch Yelena Baturina and Kazakhstani oligarch Kenes Rakishev, and that then-Vice President Biden attended dinners with Baturina, Rakishev and a representative from Burisma.
"Hunter Biden and Devon Archer (Hunter Biden's former business associate) used Rosemont Seneca entities to bring in millions from Oligarchs in Europe and Asia: Using accounts nominally tied to Devon Archer (but using the familiar "Rosemont Seneca" branding), Hunter Biden received incremental payments originating from foreign sources, attempting to hide the source and size of the payments." the committee Chairman James Comer noted in the memo.
The payments included $3.5 million wired by Baturina to the shell company Rosemont Seneca Thornton in February 2014.
Roughly $1 million was transferred to Archer, while the rest was used to fund a new account Rosemont Seneca Bohai, which both Archer and Hunter Biden used to receive other foreign wires, the committee revealed.
According to the bank records, Hunter and Archer each received 83,333.33 per month from Burisma, totalling $3,321,379.49 from 2014 to 2015.
The memo also revealed the Biden family and its associates received $3 million from Gabriel Popoviciu, who was convicted of bribery and the "complicity in abuse of power" in Romania.
The Biden family and its associates have also received over $8 million from Chinese sources, including Ye Jianming, detained in 2018 by Chinese authorities for suspected economic crimes and bribery.
"It's clear Joe Biden knew about his son's business dealings and allowed himself to be 'the brand' sold to enrich the Biden family while he was Vice President of the United States," Comer said.
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