The House Ways and Means Committee released documents Wednesday that Chairman Jason Smith,, says reveals a deepening pattern of influence peddling by the Biden family and also underscores career Department of Justice officials' efforts to obstruct the investigation into Hunter Biden.
In prepared remarks, Smith said that Hunter Biden and his family operated a "Complex and lucrative enterprise" to "Enrich themselves to the tune of at least $20 million." "It is clear that then Vice President Joe Biden's political power and influence was, quote, the brand that Hunter Biden was selling all over the world," he added.
In an affidavit to the committee, Ziegler suggested agents believed there was evidence in a series of WhatsApp encrypted text messages that Joe Biden was involved in the CEFC business deal and others before it, but the FBI's interview with James Biden was constructed to avoid asking those questions.
To back up the claim, Ziegler attached a summary of one text messages between James Biden and Hunter Biden from 2018.
Hunter Biden believed he could make make $30 million over three years from one China deal alone Hunter Biden was set to make $10 million a year "For consulting fees and based on introductions alone" from CEFC over 3 years for a total of $30 million, he wrote in an email.
Pdf Agents believed Hunter Biden claimed payments were "Loans" in a tax evasion scheme Hunter Biden tried to claim that payments made to him through Hudson West III-the vehicle used to bring in money from Chairman Ye Jianming of CEFC-were loans to him.
Pdf File A2-final-of-affidavit-2-ziegler-8-22-2023.pdf IRS agents disagreed with Wolf over handling of search warrants Joseph Ziegler gave the committee a memo of a phone call with AUSA Lesley Wolf where he expressed frustrations over her office's decisions that tipped off the Bidens to a search warrant for Hunter Biden's storage unit before it could be executed.
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