Biden’s younger brother James emerges as central figure in family’s big money deals.
Joe Biden‘s younger brother James B. Biden doesn’t appear in the headlines as much as his troubled nephew, the president’s son Hunter Biden.
A House Republican investigation, however, is poised to expose how James Biden and eight other family members may have profited from his brother’s powerful positions in government and perhaps put national security in danger by compromising the president.
Court documents and congressional reports show James Biden wasn’t shy about promoting his brother’s influence, including telling potential business partners in 2019 that his brother Joe “was in the room with him” as he closed in on a lucrative deal.
Seven years younger than the president, James Biden, 73, never graduated from college but has made a successful living with a string of varied business ventures, some of the most lucrative deals secured with Hunter Biden.
The two Bidens recently raked in seven-figure payouts from energy companies connected to the Chinese Communist Party, bank records obtained by congressional Republicans show. The money was wired in 2017 and 2018 to Hunter Biden‘s Owasco law firm and then distributed by Hunter Biden to associates and family members. Hunter Biden gave at least $1.4 million to Lion Hall Group, James Biden’s consulting firm based in Merion Station, Pennsylvania. The president’s daughter-in-law, Hallie Biden, also got a cut of the funds.
It’s not clear what services James, Hunter or Hallie Biden provided for the money, but Sen. Chuck Grassley, who has been investigating the Biden business deals for years, said the payout was to compensate for work helping the CCP-backed companies “pursue deals and expand its reach in the energy sector.”
Source Washington Times
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