{"id":1835686,"date":"2023-02-05T08:34:22","date_gmt":"2023-02-05T13:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1835686"},"modified":"2023-02-05T08:34:50","modified_gmt":"2023-02-05T13:34:50","slug":"how-we-got-here-bidens-think-tank-and-how-it-sought-to-advance-the-world-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-we-got-here-bidens-think-tank-and-how-it-sought-to-advance-the-world-order\/","title":{"rendered":"How We Got Here: Biden\u2019s Think Tank And How It Sought To \u2018Advance The World Order\u2019"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fhow-we-got-here-bidens-think-tank-and-how-it-sought-to-advance-the-world-order%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=1835686&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-->\n<p>Five years ago, the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement was inaugurated. University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann <a href=\"https:\/\/penntoday.upenn.edu\/news\/penns-new-home-washington\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bragged of how Joe Biden\u2019s<\/a> \u201cunmatched personal connections\u201d Would be great! \u201cadvance the world order.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, after classified documents were discovered at the Washington, D.C., think tank, concerns are being raised about foreign benefactors, particularly from China, and the revolving door of university employees who made their way into now-President Biden\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis level of access and opportunity raises questions about who had access to the classified documents found at the Penn Biden Center,\u201d James Comer, Chairman of the House Oversight Committee (R-KY), wrote in <a href=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/release\/comer-anonymous-chinese-donations-to-upenn-potentially-influenced-biden-administration-policies%EF%BF%BC\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a recent letter<\/a> M. Elizabeth Magill is the President of UPenn. \u201cIt is imperative to understand whether any Biden family members or associates gained access to the classified documents while stored at the Penn Biden Center.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>UPenn\u2019s prestigious Beltway outpost opened in February 2018 with high expectations. This think tank was to be a center for diplomacy, bringing together students and staff from around the world. \u201cThe Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement was founded on the principle that a democratic, open, secure, tolerant, and interconnected world benefits all Americans,\u201d A spokesperson for UPenn told The Daily Wire.<\/p>\n<p>Biden became UPenn\u2019s Benjamin Franklin Presidential Practice Professor in 2017, shortly after leaving the vice presidency. Biden was his only student until April 2019. <a href=\"https:\/\/almanac.upenn.edu\/articles\/a-message-to-the-penn-community-regarding-vice-president-joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Taken an unpaid leave<\/a> When he announced his presidential campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Biden was paid more than $900,000. UPenn did not pay regular classes, but he did make about a dozen appearances on campus. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/news\/joe-biden-penn-salary-lectures-20190712.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According to The Philadelphia Inquirer&#8217;s 2019 investigative report<\/a>. Citing higher-education experts, the article surmised Biden probably wasn\u2019t paid so much for lectures as he was \u201cfor something less tangible: the prestige of associating with a former vice president and senator who had burnished his reputation as a global figure.\u201d That didn\u2019t stop Biden from exclaiming last year that he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=B1PZ1RIl9yU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Worked as a \u201cfull professor\u201d<\/a> UPenn for a period of four years, a claim which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statesman.com\/story\/news\/politics\/politifact\/2022\/04\/29\/fact-check-joe-biden-full-professor-four-years\/9555102002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PolitiFact determined<\/a> This was \u201cHalf True.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The website and social media pages for the Penn Biden Center have been relatively quiet since the spring 2022. But in recent weeks the think tank reemerged as the epicenter of controversy rocking Biden\u2019s presidency.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/biden-center-classified-documents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS News reported the story<\/a> last month that on November 2, days before the midterm elections, Biden\u2019s attorneys found about 10 documents marked classified while clearing out Biden\u2019s office at the center. Later, the news outlet reported <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/biden-documents-fbi-search-penn-biden-center\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FBI search<\/a> Mid-November saw the Penn Biden Center, although it was not known if additional classified materials were discovered by investigators.<\/p>\n<p>With classified documents dating back to Biden\u2019s time as vice president or U.S. senator also discovered at his home in Wilmington, Delaware, Attorney General Merrick Garland <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/merrick-garland-appoints-special-counsel-to-investigate-biden-classified-document-scandal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">appointed\u00a0former U.S. Attorney Robert Hur<\/a> As special counsel, to determine whether \u201cany person or entity violated the law in connection with this matter.\u201d Biden claimed that he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-issues-statement-over-classified-documents-that-were-found-in-his-office\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201csurprised\u201d<\/a> His private office was searched for government documents. He said that they would fully cooperate with investigators.<\/p>\n<p>Several aspects of the story remain unclear, including why it took so long for Biden\u2019s team to clear out his old think tank office. It is becoming increasingly alarming to learn that foreign donations to UPenn have reportedly increased by more than three times since the Biden Pen Center was established. The <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/watchdog-calls-on-biden-center-to-disclose-foreign-donations-as-doj-investigates-classified-docs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Washington Free Beacon Report<\/a> Most of the $61,000,000 in gifts and contracts, between 2017 &#038; 2019, was from China. <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/watchdog-calls-for-transparency-from-university-of-pennsylvanias-biden-center\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Citing records<\/a> From the Department of Education. Republicans and others have long warned of Biden\u2019s potential for conflicts of interest, especially with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/30\/hunter-biden-china-laptop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">multi-million dollar dealings<\/a> of the president\u2019s son Hunter involving China and other countries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe danger of influence peddling is that it is not only the preferred avenue for corruption in Washington, but it often allows dangerous levels of access to targeted leaders,\u201d Jonathan Turley, George Washington University professor of law <a href=\"https:\/\/jonathanturley.org\/2023\/01\/11\/bidens-closet-it-is-not-the-crime-but-the-clarity-that-concerns-the-press-and-pundits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">In a January column, I wrote<\/a>. \u201cEven if the public dodged this danger on the Chinese-funded office, it was not due to any lack of effort by the Bidens. The question now is how the public can feel confident that the FBI will show the same vigor in investigating the Bidens as it did [former President Donald] Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In his letter last month to UPenn\u2019s president, Comer demanded a wide range of documents and communications, particularly those related to Chinese donors. \u201cThe American people deserve to know whether the Chinese Communist Party, through Chinese companies, influenced potential Biden Administration policies with large, anonymous donations to UPenn and the Penn Biden Center,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-18-Letter-UPenn-Penn-Biden-Center.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">He wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A UPenn spokesperson told The Daily Wire the university received Comer\u2019s letter and planned to respond in a timely manner. \u201cIt is important to reiterate that the Penn Biden Center has never solicited or received any gifts from any<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement opened five years ago, University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) President Amy Gutmann bragged of how Joe Biden\u2019s \u201cunmatched personal connections\u201d would help \u201cadvance the world order.\u201d Now, after classified documents were discovered at the Washington, D.C., think tank, concerns are being raised about foreign benefactors, particularly &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":1835689,"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":[541],"tags":[7007,3706,6175,4096,11664,5907],"class_list":["post-1835686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-advance","tag-bidens","tag-here","tag-order","tag-sought","tag-tank"],"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\/1835686","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\/1588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1835686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1835686\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1835689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1835686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1835686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1835686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}