{"id":2270692,"date":"2024-06-18T15:17:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T19:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-used-fathers-position-to-evade-2016-fraud-charges-house-republicans-suggest\/"},"modified":"2024-06-18T15:19:34","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T19:19:34","slug":"hunter-biden-used-fathers-position-to-evade-2016-fraud-charges-house-republicans-suggest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-used-fathers-position-to-evade-2016-fraud-charges-house-republicans-suggest\/","title":{"rendered":"House Republicans Claim Hunter Biden Leveraged Father&#8217;s Role to Dodge 2016 Fraud Charges"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fhunter-biden-used-fathers-position-to-evade-2016-fraud-charges-house-republicans-suggest%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=2270692&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>House Republicans\u2064 allege that lawyers for Hunter Biden utilized his \u200brelationship \u200bwith \u2064then-Vice President Joe Biden to help him avoid fraud charges during a \u200dSecurities and Exchange Commission (SEC) \u200dinvestigation in 2016. \u2062The investigation involved \u2062business associates of Hunter Biden and a business\u200d entity named Rosemont Seneca Bohai, linked to alleged fraud. Hunter Biden&#8217;s\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-says-fbi-seized-possible-attorney-client-privileged-information-in-trump-raid\/\" title=\"DOJ Says FBI Seized Possible \u2018Attorney-Client Privileged Information\u2019 In Trump Raid\">legal team requested<\/a> the \u200cSEC\u2063 maintain confidentiality regarding the investigation, highlighting\u200c the potential unfairness to both Hunter \u2062and his \u200dfather if the investigation received media attention. House Oversight\u200d Committee and House Judiciary Committee members\u200d have requested \u200cthe SEC to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-house-republicans-demand-investigation-into-bidens-order-to-promote-voter-registration\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: House Republicans Demand Investigation Into Biden\u2019s Order To \u2018Promote Voter Registration\u2019\">provide documents related<\/a> to\u200b this 2016 investigation.  <\/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<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lawyers for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/hunter-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hunter Biden<\/a> appeared to use his relationship with then-Vice President Joe Biden to help him evade fraud charges as the Securities and Exchange Commission investigated a business linked to the first son, according to House Republicans. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lawmakers on the House Oversight Committee and House Judiciary Committee sent <a href=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/6.18.2024-Letter-to-the-SEC-re-Hunter-Biden.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a letter<\/a> to the SEC on Tuesday requesting documents related to its 2016 investigation into several of Hunter\u2019s business associates over fraud associated with business entity Rosemont Seneca Bohai. In his response to the SEC for documents needed for the investigation, Hunter asked for confidentiality because of his father\u2019s position, House Republicans said Tuesday. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAs a threshold matter, we request that you treat this matter with the highest degree of confidentiality, consistent with Commission policy and applicable law,\u201d Hunter\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-trump-campaign-takes-fight-over-pennsylvania-election-and-mail-in-ballot-laws-to-us-supreme-court\/\" title=\"NEW: Trump Campaign Takes Fight Over Pennsylvania Election and Mail-In Ballot Laws to US Supreme Court\">legal team wrote<\/a> on April 20, 2016, according to House Republicans. \u201cThe confidential nature of this investigation is very important to our client and it would be unfair, not just to our client, but also to his father, the Vice President of the United States, if his involvement in an SEC investigation and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-gratuitously-invoked-fathers-name-in-sec-inquiry-house-republicans-say\/\" title=\"House Republicans claim Hunter Biden excessively used his father's name during an SEC investigation\">parallel criminal probe<\/a> were to become the subject of any media attention.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Just weeks later, the SEC charged multiple individuals associated with Rosemont Seneca, but not Hunter Biden, with fraud charges. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to the lawmakers, Rosemont Seneca had a bank account used \u201cto funnel other foreign payments and benefits to Hunter Biden, including money from Ukraine and a new sports car from an oligarch in Kazakhstan.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  Devon Archer, a former partner of Hunter who was convicted over the scheme, previously testified that Hunter was the corporate secretary for Rosemont Seneca. <\/span>Hunter has told the lawmakers that he did not have a position at the entity.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Reps. Jim Jordan (R-OH) and James Comer (R-KY) wrote that Hunter appeared to use his father\u2019s position to escape prosecution over the fraud scheme. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Their Tuesday letter asks SEC Chair Gary Gensler to provide documents about the agency\u2019s investigation into the fraud, specifically in relation to Hunter Biden\u2019s involvement with Rosemont Seneca.\u00a0 They also asked for a transcribed interview with Tejal D. Shah, the attorney who led the investigation into the Rosemont Seneca fraud case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cMr. Biden\u2019s response gratuitously invoked his father\u2019s position as the Vice President in what could be interpreted as an effort to discourage further SEC scrutiny,\u201d House Oversight Chair James Comer (R-KY) and House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH) wrote. \u201cAnd on May 11, 2016, the SEC published a press release \u2014 announcing the charging of seven individuals\u2014with no mention or charging of Hunter Biden.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Republicans claim Hunter Biden&#8217;s lawyers leveraged his connection to then-Vice President Joe Biden to dodge fraud charges amid an SEC probe into a business associated with him. 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