{"id":1746684,"date":"2022-11-21T08:34:09","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T13:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1746684"},"modified":"2022-11-21T10:49:47","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T15:49:47","slug":"deleted-webpages-reveal-hunter-bidens-chinese-business-partner-obtained-meetings-with-obama-admin-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/deleted-webpages-reveal-hunter-bidens-chinese-business-partner-obtained-meetings-with-obama-admin-officials\/","title":{"rendered":"Deleted Webpages Reveal Hunter Biden\u2019s Chinese Business Partner Obtained Meetings With Obama Admin Officials"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fdeleted-webpages-reveal-hunter-bidens-chinese-business-partner-obtained-meetings-with-obama-admin-officials%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=1746684&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--><p>A current member of the National Petroleum Council \u2013 a federal advisory board to the Department of Energy \u2013 participated in a meeting with one of Hunter Biden\u2019s Chinese Communist Party-linked business partners while serving in the Obama-Biden administration, deleted webpages reveal.<\/p>\n<p>The erased webpage, which is only accessible through <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20111124193726\/http:\/\/www.thorntonai.com\/english\/newscount.asp?ArticleID=247\">archives<\/a>, shows the Hunter Biden-linked businessman attending\u00a0meetings with high-ranking members of the Obama-Biden administration from the Treasury, Commerce, and Energy Departments to discuss matters including \u201cgreen energy\u201d and \u201cfinancial collaboration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The unearthed relationship between National Petroleum Council Member Matthew Rogers, Hunter Biden, and the Thornton Group CEO Michael Lin comes amidst <a href=\"https:\/\/republicans-oversight.house.gov\/release\/comer-presses-treasury-on-joe-biden-biden-family-selling-americas-energy-independence-to-china\/\">scrutiny<\/a> of the president\u2019s son\u2019s efforts to sell American natural gas to Chinese Communist Party-owned companies.<\/p>\n<p>The Thornton Group describes the company Rosemont Seneca, which was founded by Hunter Biden and Obama-era Secretary of State John Kerry\u2019s stepson in 2009, as its <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20111126113841\/http:\/\/www.thorntonai.com\/chinese\/newscount.asp?ArticleID=282\">\u201cAmerican partner,\u201d<\/a> in a now-deleted description from its website.<\/p>\n<p>It has leveraged Hunter Biden\u2019s name in other deleted announcements from its website, including explicit references to him as \u201cthe second son of current US Vice President Joe Biden,\u201d and been financial partners with investments firms run by the president\u2019s son on billion-dollar deals.<\/p>\n<p>These ties appear to have been exploited to grant Thornton Group executives unparalleled access to officials serving in the Obama-Biden administration, including for a series of meetings in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>A post on the Thornton Group\u2019s website dated April 14th, 2010 details a trip to Washington, D.C. made by\u00a0Michael Lin, the co-founder &#038; CEO of the company.<\/p>\n<p>During the trip, which occurred while Joe Biden was serving as Vice President, Lin met with several high-level members of the Obama-Biden administration with the \u201cpurpose\u201d of understanding how to better collaborate on \u201cgreen energy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As the website recounted:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cMr. Michael Lin met with senior U.S. officials from the Department of Commerce, Department of the Treasury and the Department of Energy. The purpose of these meetings was to better understand the current Sino-U.S. trade and investment climate, especially in the areas of financial cooperation and green energy.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe meetings went well and Mr. Lin received valuable information,\u201d continues the article which emphasized that the Thornton Group CEO \u201cbelieves more investments from China into the real economy of the United States will help China ease its overcapacity, reduce excessive liquidity, and make a healthy economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14943\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14943\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14943\" src=\"https:\/\/warroom.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2B46C3F5-D8B8-4A90-872A-19D136AE8F89-188x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/warroom.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2B46C3F5-D8B8-4A90-872A-19D136AE8F89-188x300.jpeg 188w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2B46C3F5-D8B8-4A90-872A-19D136AE8F89-641x1024-1.jpeg 641w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2B46C3F5-D8B8-4A90-872A-19D136AE8F89-768x1227-1.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2B46C3F5-D8B8-4A90-872A-19D136AE8F89-962x1536-1.jpeg 962w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2B46C3F5-D8B8-4A90-872A-19D136AE8F89-1282x2048-1.jpeg 1282w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2B46C3F5-D8B8-4A90-872A-19D136AE8F89-750x1198-1.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2B46C3F5-D8B8-4A90-872A-19D136AE8F89-1140x1821-1.jpeg 1140w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2B46C3F5-D8B8-4A90-872A-19D136AE8F89.jpeg 1284w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14943\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deleted Webpage.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One of the most prominent meetings Lin took was with Matthew Rogers, who, at the time, served as the Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Energy for Recovery Act Implementation.\u00a0He held this position at the Department of Energy (DOE) from February 2009 to September 2010.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI led DOE\u2019s $35B Recovery Act program, funding more than 5,000 projects to accelerate US energy innovation,\u201d explained Rogers in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mattcrogers\">summary<\/a> of his role on his LinkedIn profile.<\/p>\n<p>In this role, Rogers received a \u201cDepartment of Defense Q clearance to address national security issues\u201d \u2013 one of the highest levels of clearance in the federal government that provides recipients with access to \u201ctop secret\u201d information that \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.archives.gov\/federal-register\/codification\/executive-order\/12356.html#1.1\">could<\/a> be expected to cause exceptionally grave damage to the national security\u201d if released.<\/p>\n<p>Following his year-long stint in the Obama-Biden administration, Rogers became a <a href=\"https:\/\/haas.berkeley.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/20190125-Matt-Rogers-UC-Berkeley-Haas-Resume-Matt-Rogers.pdf\">member<\/a> of the National Petroleum Council, which was established by President Harry Truman in 1946.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MPP_CEO.jpg\" alt=\"The Mission Possible Partnership Announces Its First Ever CEO, Matt Rogers,  To Scale Industry and Transport Decarbonization\" width=\"360\" height=\"480\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Matt Rogers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Chartered as an official Federal Advisory Committee, the \u201csole purpose of the National Petroleum Council is to advise the U.S. Secretary of Energy on matters related to oil and natural gas, or the oil and natural gas industries,\u201d according to the group\u2019s summary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Council membership of about 200 persons is appointed by the Secretary of Energy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rogers is currently listed as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/fecm\/articles\/npc-members\">member<\/a> of the council\u2019s 2022 to 2023 term, though it is unclear when he joined the council. The group appears to play an influential role in the Biden White House, however, as Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm has asked the group for advice and to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/fecm\/articles\/secretary-granholm-requests-advice-national-petroleum-council\">produce<\/a> reports on the administration\u2019s \u201cgoals pertaining to climate change, as well as national economic and energy security.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Additional officials\u00a0Lin met with included China Economic and Environment Policy Advisor at the \u00a0Department of Treasury Casey <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/10.2307\/resrep03550.11\">Delhotal<\/a>, the now-<a href=\"https:\/\/memorials.nicholsgilmore.com\/joel-secundy\/5018146\/\">deceased<\/a> Deputy Assistant Secretary at the Department of Commerce Joel Secundy, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce Ira Kasoff.<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear whether or not Hunter Biden was present at the aforementioned meetings, as pictures from them have even been scrubbed from the archived versions of the Thornton Group\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14942\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14942\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14942\" src=\"https:\/\/warroom.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/51EEE96D-B391-4C97-BC66-109A21444EE8-194x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/warroom.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/51EEE96D-B391-4C97-BC66-109A21444EE8-194x300.jpeg 194w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/51EEE96D-B391-4C97-BC66-109A21444EE8-663x1024-1.jpeg 663w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/51EEE96D-B391-4C97-BC66-109A21444EE8-768x1185-1.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/51EEE96D-B391-4C97-BC66-109A21444EE8-995x1536-1.jpeg 995w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/51EEE96D-B391-4C97-BC66-109A21444EE8-750x1158-1.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/51EEE96D-B391-4C97-BC66-109A21444EE8-1140x1760-1.jpeg 1140w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/51EEE96D-B391-4C97-BC66-109A21444EE8.jpeg 1284w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14942\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deleted Webpage.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Additional deleted pages from the website, however, appear to leverage Hunter Biden\u2019s name on behalf of clients, even explicitly referring to him as \u201cthe second son of current US Vice President Joe Biden\u201d in an article.<\/p>\n<p>The Thornton Group and Hunter Biden\u2019s Rosemont Seneca Partners also have deep financial ties, as they were the sole American entities comprising BHR Partners, a notorious $1.5 billion investment fund that was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bhrpe.com\/list.php?catid=8&#038;page=1\">underwritten<\/a> by Chinese Communist Party-run banks and officials. It was birthed less than two weeks after Hunter Biden accompanied his father, the then-Vice President, on a trip to China.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A current member of the National Petroleum Council \u2013 a federal advisory board to the Department of Energy \u2013 participated in a meeting with one of Hunter Biden\u2019s Chinese Communist<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1746687,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1746684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1746684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1746684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1746684\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1746687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1746684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1746684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1746684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}