{"id":123482,"date":"2021-02-10T14:34:37","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T19:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=123482"},"modified":"2021-02-10T15:12:46","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T20:12:46","slug":"ethics-questions-raised-about-bidens-son-in-laws-investments-in-covid-19-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ethics-questions-raised-about-bidens-son-in-laws-investments-in-covid-19-response\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethics Questions Raised about Biden\u2019s Son-in-Law\u2019s Investments in Covid-19 Response"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fethics-questions-raised-about-bidens-son-in-laws-investments-in-covid-19-response%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=123482&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-506255572.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The first family faces another potential area of ethical concerns, this time surrounding the president\u2019s son-in-law, Howard Krein.<\/p>\n<p>Krein is married to Ashley Biden, President Joe Biden\u2019s daughter, and is the chief medical officer for StartUp Health, a healthcare venture capital firm. He is one of the firm\u2019s founders, alongside his brother, Steven Krein, who also serves as the CEO and Managing Partner.<\/p>\n<p>As reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/bidens-son-law-invests-covid-19-response-questions\/story?id=75743380&amp;cid=social_twitter_abcn\">ABC News<\/a>, StartUp Health previously invested in Yosi Health, a tech firm that began creating technology that could be used in improving the United States\u2019 coronavirus vaccine endeavor. In December, the firm reached out to their investor \u2014 StartUp Health \u2014 for help in getting their program in front of government health officials<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with ABC News, CEO Hari Prasad was open about this strategy. \u201cOur goal with StartUp Health is to leverage their relationships and work with state and federal agencies,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>StartUp Health seeks to invest \u201cin a global army of Health Transformers to achieve 12 Health Moonshots.\u201d In a 2019 statement by StartUp Health\u2019s co-founder and CEO, Steven Krein described \u201c\u2018health moonshots\u2019 as a powerful metaphor for meeting the great health challenges of our time.\u201d Their company website states that they \u201chave invested in over 340 innovative health companies\u201d since 2011 and are \u201cjust getting started.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The investment company has <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/bidens-son-law-invests-covid-19-response-questions\/story?id=75743380&amp;cid=social_twitter_abcn\">reportedly<\/a> used the Biden family \u201cin promotional materials, highlighting Krein\u2019s travels with the former vice president\u201d as well as promoting Biden\u2019s two speaking engagements at its annual festival after he was no longer vice president.<\/p>\n<p>Among the ethical questions regarding Krein\u2019s involvement with the firm and his connection to the president are concerns about whether President Biden\u2019s son-in-law will receive information about plans regarding the coronavirus that are not public. This question was raised to ABC by Dr. Johannes Lenhard, a University of Cambridge ethics researcher and author of a forthcoming book on the ethics of venture capital.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, as reported by the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/02\/09\/bidens-son-in-law-krein-reportedly-raises-ethical-questions\/\">New York Post,<\/a> White House press secretary Jen Psaki answered questions about Krein, saying that Biden will keep an \u201cabsolute wall between him and any businesses connected with his family members, and as he reiterated just last week, no family member is going to have an office in the White House or be involved in any government policymaking, that applies to his son-in-law and applies to every single member of his family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the 2020 election cycle, there was increased attention on the Biden family due to Hunter Biden\u2019s business connections to foreign countries. As of last week, the White House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/hunter-biden-still-working-to-unwind-investment-in-chinese-firm\">confirmed<\/a> that Hunter Biden continues to own a stake of a Chinese investment firm, and is \u201cworking to unwind his investments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/bidens-son-law-invests-covid-19-response-questions\/story?id=75743380&amp;cid=social_twitter_abcn\">ABC News<\/a>, watchdog groups are keeping an eye on the Biden family.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Howard Krein is playing with fire,\u2019 said Meredith McGehee, the executive director of Issue One, a nonpartisan ethics watchdog group. \u2018If he gets too close to that flame \u2014 if he is trying to either cash in on his relationship with the president, or he is trying to influence policy \u2014 the flame is going to get him. And it is not worth it to him or to Biden.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em><span>member<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first family faces another potential area of ethical concerns, this time surrounding the president\u2019s son-in-law, Howard Krein. 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