Since Biden Inauguration, Anonymous Chinese Donors Poured Millions Into University That Houses His Think Tank

Biden is under fire for his classified documents at Getty Images, but funding has been announced

Since President Joe Biden took office in 2021 anonymous Chinese donors have poured millions of dollars to the university that houses President Joe Biden’s think tank, where at least 10 classified documents were identified.

Since Biden’s inauguration, the University of Pennsylvania has received $51 million in foreign funding, including $14 million from unnamed contributors in China and Hong Kong and $2.4 million from unnamed contributors in Saudi Arabia, according to Department of Education records reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon. In June, the school received $1 million from a Cayman Island source to help fund its Penn Wharton China program.

This funding comes in addition to $61 million received by the University of Pennsylvania from Chinese donors between 2017-2020. reported By the Free Beacon In 2021.

The names of the newer foreign donors are being kept under wraps by the Biden administration’s Department of Education—a departure from prior administrations that would publish this information in an online database. Federal grants to American universities require them to disclose overseas donors to the government.

The funding details come as Biden’s think tank, the Penn Biden Center at the University of Pennsylvania, has been in the media spotlight following reports that federal investigators found classified documents at the Washington, D.C.-based institute and his Delaware home. The Penn Biden Center, established in 2017, was used as a home base by Biden’s top national-security officials. Many of them were previously employed at the center before becoming part of the Biden government. The White House has also been criticised for its aforementioned “Penn Biden Center”, which was established in 2017. lack of transparency About who had access at Biden’s house and Penn Biden Center were classified documents found.

The National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC), a watchdog group for government, stated that donor records raise concerns about whether foreign funding was used to fund the Penn Biden Center. The University of Pennsylvania informed the Free Beacon last week that the think tank hasn’t received any earmarked donations from foreign sources and said it is financed by general university funds.

Tom Anderson, the director of the NLPC’s Government Integrity Project, said the omission of donor names from the Department of Education’s post-2021 records makes it more difficult to track the money