{"id":2117694,"date":"2023-12-06T16:02:01","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T21:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-joe-biden-did-not-meet-hunters-foreign-business-partners\/"},"modified":"2023-12-06T16:03:41","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T21:03:41","slug":"fact-check-joe-biden-did-not-meet-hunters-foreign-business-partners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-joe-biden-did-not-meet-hunters-foreign-business-partners\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: No evidence supports the claim that Joe Biden met Hunter&#8217;s foreign business partners"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Ffact-check-joe-biden-did-not-meet-hunters-foreign-business-partners%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=2117694&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--><h2>Claim:<\/h2>\n<p><strong>President Joe Biden never interacted with his son \u2062Hunter\u2019s foreign business associates.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Who said it:<\/h3>\n<p>The Big Guy himself, Joe Biden. At a press\u200c conference Wednesday, Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/rncresearch\/status\/1732458464067113232?s=46&#038;t=k7L8zx29gKkps4v-C9KU_w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">asserted<\/a> \u2064 that &#8220;it\u2019s\u200b just a bunch of lies&#8221;\u2064 that he was involved in his son\u2019s business affairs. And asked directly \u2064whether he ever met Hunter Biden\u2019s partners,\u2063 the elder Biden\u200d said: &#8220;I did not. They\u2019re lies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Why \u200cit matters:<\/h3>\n<p>Biden has long denied any involvement in his \u2062son\u2019s affairs. &#8220;First of \u2062all,\u200c I have never discussed with my\u2062 son, or my brother, or anyone else, anything \u200dhaving \u200bto do with their businesses, period,&#8221; he said in August 2019.<\/p>\n<p>But according to an Associated Press <a href=\"https:\/\/apnorc.org\/projects\/most-say-biden-has-acted-either-illegally-or-unethically-in-his-sons-business-dealings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">poll<\/a> in\u200c October,\u2063 68 percent of Americans\u2014including \u206440 percent of Democrats\u2014believe Biden behaved illegally or unethically when \u200dit comes to Hunter\u2019s overseas ventures.<\/p>\n<h3>Context:<\/h3>\n<p>There is insurmountable evidence that\u2063 Joe Biden met\u200d with several of his son\u2019s business partners.<strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rob Walker, a longtime Biden family friend, <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-bidens-aides-prepped-him-for-reporters-questions-about-shunning-his-granddaughter-but-nobody-asked\/\" title=\"Biden's team prepared him for questions about shunning his granddaughter, but none were asked.\">\/biden-administration\/report-hunter-biden-phoned-dad-dozens-<\/a>of-times-during<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-hunter-biden-phoned-dad-dozens-of-times-during-foreign-business-meetings-associate-will-testify\/\" title=\"Report: Hunter Biden frequently called his father during foreign business meetings, associate to testify.\">-foreign-business-meetings-associate-<\/a>will-testify\/&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; rel=&#8221;noopener&#8221;>told the FBI<\/a> in December 2020 that Joe Biden attended meetings with Hunter Biden and officials from CEFC China \u2063Energy, a Chinese energy \u2062conglomerate linked to the Chinese Communist Party. CEFC China Energy paid Hunter Biden more \u200cthan $5 million in 2017 and 2018 for \u200dconsulting and legal work.<\/p>\n<p>Tony Bobulinski, a California businessman, has released text messages that\u2062 show he met with Hunter and \u200dJoe Biden in May 2017 to discuss a business\u2064 proposal with\u200b CEFC China Energy. Bobulinski, who \u200dreleased his correspondence with\u200d Hunter in October 2020, has accused Joe Biden of lying when he \u2063claimed to have no knowledge of Hunter\u2019s business affairs.<\/p>\n<p>Hunter Biden said \u200bin \u200dtext messages and emails\u2064 that his father was involved in his Chinese business ventures. In July 2017, the younger Biden sent \u200ca threatening text message\u200d to a CEFC China Energy official seeking payment as part of their business agreement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am sitting here with my father and we would like \u2063to understand why the commitment made has not been fulfilled,&#8221; Hunter Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/photos-emerge-of-hunter-biden-driving-his-fathers-corvette\/\" title=\"Photos Emerge of Hunter Biden Driving His Father\u2019s Corvette\">\/biden-administration\/photos-place-hunter-biden-<\/a>at-fathers-house-the-day-he-invoked-dads-name-to-chinese-business-partner\/&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; rel=&#8221;noopener&#8221;>texted<\/a> the Chinese executive on July 30, 2017. &#8220;I\u200b will \u2062make certain that between the man sitting next to me and every person he knows and my ability to forever \u200chold a\u2062 grudge that you will regret not following my direction.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In August 2017, Hunter Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/joe-biden-personally-requested-meeting-with-hunters-chinese-business-partner-text-messages-suggest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">suggested<\/a> in a text message to CEFC China Energy officials that his father wanted\u200c to meet\u200b with\u200b the chairman of the company in New \u200cYork City.<\/p>\n<p>Joe Biden met Hunter Biden\u2019s partners during his previous stint at the White House.<\/p>\n<p>In \u200c2013, Hunter Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/agencies-give-classified-briefing-on-hunter-bidens-china-dealings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">introduced<\/a> \u200d one of his Chinese business \u200dpartners, Jonathan Li,\u200b to Joe\u200b Biden during an official trip to China.<\/p>\n<p>And in 2015, \u200dJoe and\u200c Hunter \u200bBiden\u2064 attended a dinner in Washington,\u200b D.C., with \u2062Vadym Pozharskyi, a Burisma Holdings executive who was Hunter\u2019s primary point of contact\u200c for the company. While\u200b the Biden campaign in \u200d2020 denied \u200cthat\u200b Joe Biden ever met Pozharskyi, longtime\u2064 Biden family crony Devon Archer \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/joe-biden-had-dinner-with-burisma-exec-according-to-hunter-biden-associate-his-team-said-it-never-happened\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told Congress<\/a> earlier this year that the meeting indeed did\u2063 occur.<\/p>\n<h3>Analysis:<\/h3>\n<p>Biden seems determined to deny his involvement with his son&#8217;s business dealings until the \u200dcows come home\u2014or \u2063at \u200dleast until the impeachment hearings \u200dbegin.<\/p>\n<p>Congressional \u2063Republicans are probing Biden\u2019s involvement in his\u200c son\u2019s business,\u200b focusing heavily\u200d on Hunter Biden\u2019s work for a Ukrainian energy company. Hunter \u2062Biden worked closely with the firm, Burisma Holdings, while then-vice president Joe Biden was spearheading American policy on Ukraine. An FBI\u2064 informant \u200ctold \u200bthe bureau that Burisma&#8217;s owner claimed to have paid $10 million in bribes to the Bidens in \u200dexchange for political favors.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans have released a trove of emails, bank records, \u200dand other business documents related to Hunter\u2019s ventures in Ukraine, China, Romania, and elsewhere. Republicans are also focused on testimony from \u200dtwo IRS investigators involved in the \u2064Hunter Biden probe who claim \u200bthey were \u200bprevented from looking into Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> Why is it important for the American public\u200c to have\u200d transparency and accountability regarding Joe Biden&#8217;s interactions with his son&#8217;s foreign \u200bbusiness associates<\/h2>\n<p><span>  To \u200cmeet with them. The text message stated,\u2064 &#8220;My Chairman gave an emphatic NO. I assume \u200dyou knew that would be the answer[,] let&#8217;s hope my Chairman and Miss Gong can work together going forward to make the Chairman [Joe Biden] proud.&#8221;[1]\n<p>Furthermore, Hunter Biden&#8217;s laptop, which was obtained by the FBI in December 2019, contained emails that indicated Joe Biden&#8217;s involvement in his son&#8217;s business dealings. A series of emails from May 2014 detailed Hunter Biden&#8217;s negotiations with Ukrainian energy\u2062 company Burisma. In one email, an advisor to Burisma thanked Hunter Biden for introducing him to his\u2063 father, then-Vice President Joe Biden. The advisor\u2062 wrote, &#8220;Dear Hunter, thank you for inviting me to \u200cDC and giving me the opportunity to meet your father and spent [sic] some time together. It&#8217;s really \u200can honor and\u2064 pleasure.&#8221;[2]\n<p>The evidence surrounding Joe Biden&#8217;s \u200binteractions with his son&#8217;s foreign business associates is overwhelming. Multiple\u2062 individuals, including a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/last-surviving-band-of-brothers-member-bradford-freeman-dies-at-97\/\" title=\"Last Surviving \"Band of Brothers\" Member Bradford Freeman Dies at 97\">longtime family friend<\/a> and a California businessman, \u200chave provided testimony and released documents that corroborate the\u200c fact that Joe Biden met with these individuals. Additionally, \u2064Hunter Biden&#8217;s own text messages and emails explicitly mention his \u200cfather&#8217;s involvement in his business ventures.<\/p>\n<p>The claim that President Joe Biden\u200d never interacted with his son Hunter&#8217;s foreign\u200c business associates is clearly false. The available evidence disproves this assertion and raises serious concerns about\u2063 potential conflicts of interest and unethical behavior. It is essential for the American public to\u2064 have\u200c transparency and\u200d accountability \u2064regarding these matters, especially\u2064 considering the significant influence \u2062and power held by the President of the United States.<\/p>\n<p>While \u2062Joe Biden may vehemently deny \u2063any involvement,\u200d the evidence presented demonstrates otherwise. It\u2064 is crucial for further investigation and scrutiny\u200c to be undertaken \u200cto ensure the integrity and ethical conduct of those in positions of power. As the President of the United States,\u2062 Joe Biden \u2064must be held \u200daccountable for his actions and the potential impact they may have on national interests\u200d and public \u200ctrust.<\/p>\n<p>Footnotes:<\/p>\n<p>1. \u200dFree Beacon. (2021).\u2064 Report: Hunter Biden Phoned Dad &#8216;Dozens of Times&#8217; During Foreign Business\u200b Meetings, Associate \u200cWill Testify. https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/report-hunter-biden-phoned-dad-dozens-of-times-during-foreign-business-meetings-associate-will-testify\/<\/p>\n<p>2. Free Beacon. (2021). Photos\u200d Place Hunter Biden at Father&#8217;s House the Day\u2064 He Invoked Dad&#8217;s Name to\u200d Chinese Business Partner. https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/photos-place-hunter-biden-at-fathers-house-the-day-he-invoked-dads-name-to-chinese-business-partner\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden denies ever interacting with his son Hunter&#8217;s foreign business associates, calling it a &#8220;bunch of lies&#8221; during a press conference. 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