{"id":2232367,"date":"2024-04-29T05:20:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T09:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-famously-lied-about-being-arrested-in-south-africa-his-use-of-taxpayer-dollars-on-the-trip-also-brought-scrutiny-documents-show\/"},"modified":"2024-04-29T05:23:59","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T09:23:59","slug":"biden-famously-lied-about-being-arrested-in-south-africa-his-use-of-taxpayer-dollars-on-the-trip-also-brought-scrutiny-documents-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-famously-lied-about-being-arrested-in-south-africa-his-use-of-taxpayer-dollars-on-the-trip-also-brought-scrutiny-documents-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden falsely claimed arrest in South Africa and faced scrutiny over taxpayer spending on the trip"},"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\">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%2Fbiden-famously-lied-about-being-arrested-in-south-africa-his-use-of-taxpayer-dollars-on-the-trip-also-brought-scrutiny-documents-show%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=2232367&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>Henry Kissinger reviewed Joe and \u200cFrank Biden\u2019s taxpayer-funded Africa trip on his \u200clast day as\u2063 secretary\u2064 of state. The journey, marked by \u2063Biden\u2019s false\u200d arrest tale in apartheid South Africa, also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-jordan-tells-cisa-to-fork-over-docs-about-its-collusion-with-pennsylvania-to-target-election-speech\/\" title=\"Exclusive: Jordan Demands CISA Disclose Documents on Alleged Collaboration with Pennsylvania to Suppress Election-Related Speech\">sparked scrutiny<\/a> for expenses and \u2063bringing his brother along instead of staff. The State Department, led by Kissinger, \u2064scrutinized Biden&#8217;s use of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/calif-officials-say-10-of-states-unemployment-payments-linked-to-fraud\/\" title=\"Calif. officials say 10% of state\u2019s unemployment payments linked to fraud\">federal funds<\/a> during \u200dthe trip. Henry Kissinger examined Joe and \u2063Frank Biden\u2019s Africa trip funded by taxpayers on his final day as secretary of state. The trip, overshadowed by Biden&#8217;s fabricated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-nancy-pelosis-husband-was-involved-in-crash-before-dui-arrest\/\" title=\"Report: Nancy Pelosi\u2019s Husband Was Involved in Crash Before DUI Arrest\">arrest story<\/a> in apartheid South Africa, faced criticism for expenses and the\u200d decision to bring his \u200bbrother instead of staff.\u200d The State Department, under Kissinger&#8217;s leadership, investigated\u2064 the \u200buse of federal funds by Biden\u2064 during the journey.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2>Henry Kissinger spent his last day as secretary of state looking into Joe and Frank Biden\u2019s taxpayer-funded Africa junket<\/h2>\n<figure><figcaption> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t(Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images)\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Today, Joe Biden\u2019s 1976 Africa junket is best remembered as the scene for the president\u2019s discredited claim that he was arrested &#8220;on the streets of Soweto&#8221; in apartheid South Africa when trying to see civil rights leader Nelson Mandela.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, though, the trip generated scrutiny for another reason\u2014Biden\u2019s use of federal funds, and the decision to have his brother tag along in lieu of staff. Biden\u2019s political rivals claimed the trip highlighted the senator\u2019s corrupt tendencies. The trip even drew the eyes of the State Department, where Henry Kissinger spent his last day as secretary combing over Biden\u2019s receipts, previously unreported State Department cables show.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr. Traveled with [Congressional delegation Rep. Charles Diggs (D., Mich.)] &#8230; Would appreciate embassy cabling amounts returned and pouching xeroxed copies of recipients,&#8221; Kissinger <a href=\"https:\/\/aad.archives.gov\/aad\/createpdf?rid=13960&#038;dt=2532&#038;dl=1629\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> to the U.S. embassies in Dakar, Freetown, Nairobi, and the American consulate in Cape Town on Jan. 19, 1977.<\/p>\n<p>This report is based on State Department cables obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests and records from the time of Biden\u2019s trip. Together, they show that Biden has long drawn scrutiny for using the perks of elected office to benefit family members.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s brother, Frank, was a senior at San Francisco State University in November 1976. Biden himself was halfway through his first Senate term and was scheduled to join a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/george-soros-group-quietly-funded-trip-by-democrats-to-meet-left-wing-foreign-leaders\/\" title=\"Soros-backed group funded Dems' trip to meet left-wing foreign leaders\">congressional junket<\/a> to Africa. The trip, cosponsored by The African Institute, brought Biden and other lawmakers to three countries to bolster ties between the United States and African governments.<\/p>\n<p>Biden treated the trip more like a vacation. He opted not to bring any members of his staff, as is common for congressional junkets, and instead arranged for Frank to join. Biden obtained special permission from the State Department to bring him. Records obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request show that Frank Biden did not have a passport before the trip, and a <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/passport.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">State Department cable indicates<\/a> he was issued one three days before his departure.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I didn\u2019t take my staff, so he was my staff, and for company,&#8221; Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-19-at-12.04.56%E2%80%AFPM.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> in 1978. &#8220;I wasn\u2019t married then.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Years later, Biden would say that this trip brought him to the heart of apartheid South Africa. After his arrest story was discredited, Biden claimed he was &#8220;detained&#8221; and &#8220;separated&#8221; by South African officials in Johannesburg at the airport. But there is no evidence Biden was ever in Johannesburg, the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2594265\/south-africa-arrest-wasnt-the-only-thing-biden-got-wrong-about-1976-trip\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden brothers stayed at hotels paid for by the State Department, which also afforded Sen. Biden a <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-19-at-12.04.37%E2%80%AFPM.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$75 per diem<\/a>, for which Kissinger requested receipts. Kissinger died in November 2023. Biden said at the time of Kissinger\u2019s death that, although the two &#8220;often disagreed,&#8221; he will miss Kissinger\u2019s &#8220;fierce intellect and profound strategic focus.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The trip also became a <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-19-at-12.04.56%E2%80%AFPM.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">central issue<\/a> in Biden\u2019s first reelection campaign in 1978.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When my senator makes at least five trips abroad at taxpayer\u2019s expense, when he claims one stop was a plane refueling stop, and I find out he went on a wildlife photo safari, when he uses his position to take a relative along on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/all-about-the-qatari-benjamins-qatar-funded-ilhan-omars-world-cup-trip\/\" title=\"Qatar funded Ilhan Omar's World Cup journey.\">foreign junket<\/a> without reimbursing the person\u2019s airplane expenses\u2014that\u2019s an issue,&#8221; Biden\u2019s opponent, James Baxter Jr., said.\t<\/p>\n<p>Biden denied that they went on a safari, saying that they merely passed a wildlife park on the way to an airport.<\/p>\n<p>Frank Biden would go on to hold senior positions for his brother\u2019s campaigns and the Clinton administration. He is now a lobbyist in Florida and has <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/biden-lobbied-congress-as-vp-on-behalf-of-brothers-close-associate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">acknowledged<\/a> that his brother\u2019s political career has helped advance his own, going so far as to place an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/01\/27\/biden-brother-touts-relationship-with-president-in-inauguration-day-ad-for-law-firm.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">advertisement<\/a> for his firm touting his connection to the president on Inauguration Day 2021.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On his final day as secretary of state, Henry Kissinger investigated Joe and Frank Biden\u2019s taxpayer-funded Africa trip. Joe Biden&#8217;s 1976 Africa visit is now known for his debunked tale of an arrest &#8220;on the streets of Soweto&#8221; in apartheid South Africa. 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