Hunter Biden received 'millions' from Romania to influence US gov.
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Documents show that Hunter Biden accepted "substantial" payments from foreign companies and people in exchange for serving as a lobbyist, consultant, or legal advisor.
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Hunter Biden arrives at federal court, June 3, 2024, in Wilmington, Delaware (AP)
Court documents have disclosed that Hunter Biden, the son of US President Joe Biden, received millions of dollars from a Romanian businessman with the intention of influencing the US government while his father was Vice President.
Biden accepted "substantial" payments from foreign companies and people in exchange for serving as a lobbyist, consultant, or legal advisor, according to the US Department of Justice Special Counsel David Weiss' office.
The filing stated, "With respect to his first topic, 'allegations that Mr. Biden (1) acted on behalf of a foreign principal to influence U.S. policy and public opinion,' the defendant did receive compensation from a foreign principal to attempt to influence U.S. policy and public opinion, as alleged in the indictment, and this evidence is relevant and not unfairly prejudicial."
Weiss' office also revealed that Hunter Biden assisted Gabriel Popoviciu, a Romanian businessman (referred to as G.P. in the letter), in evading bribery accusations in Romania.
The filing continued to note that proof of what Hunter Biden "agreed to do and did do for G.P. demonstrates the defendant's state of mind and intent during the relevant tax years charged in the indictment."
It added that his "actions do not reflect someone with a diminished capacity, given that he agreed to attempt to influence U.S. public policy and receive millions of dollars."
Hunter and James Biden, the president's brother, were summoned by House Republicans to testify in front of Congress in November 2023.
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Back in December, the Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, declared that all evidence and documents point to the fact that the family of Biden "received millions of dollars from foreign adversaries."
Johnson stated in a press release after the US House of Representatives passed a resolution advocating for an official investigation to remove Biden from office, "We have seen witness testimony and bank records showing millions of dollars flowing to the Biden family from foreign adversaries. Witnesses have testified about the President’s numerous interactions with his family’s foreign clients."
In September, the younger Biden was formally charged with offenses connected to the alleged unlawful possession of a firearm, after a prior plea agreement fell apart during the summer.
He is charged with two counts of making false statements for claiming on forms required for the gun purchase that he was not using drugs illegally at the time.
Biden's son also faces a third charge, based on the same statements, that he illegally possessed the gun -- which he had for only 11 days in October 2018 -- before he got rid of it.
In September last year, he filed a lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), claiming that the agency unlawfully divulged his tax information and failed to protect his confidential records.
In June, US Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene alleged that Burisma, a Ukrainian oil industry holding firm, allegedly paid then-US Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden a total of $10 million to help halt an investigation into the company by former Ukrainian Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin.
The younger Biden is notorious for his involvement in numerous scandals, including substance abuse and high-level corruption.
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