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Hunter Biden Hunter Biden introduced Ukrainian businessman to VP dad

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  1. Fantasma Negro

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    Nowhere is that more true than in their commercial dealings with Chinese government-backed enterprises.

    Rosemont Seneca joined forces in doing business in China with another politically connected consultancy called the Thornton Group. The Massachusetts-based firm is headed by James Bulger, the nephew of the notorious mob hitman James “Whitey” Bulger. Whitey was the leader of the Winter Hill Gang, part of the South Boston mafia. Under indictment for 19 murders, he disappeared. He was later arrested, tried, and convicted.

    James Bulger’s father, Whitey’s younger brother, Billy Bulger, serves on the board of directors of the Thornton Group. He was the longtime leader of the Massachusetts state Senate and, with their long overlap by state and by party, a political ally of Massachusetts Senator John Kerry.


    Less than a year after opening Rosemont Seneca’s doors, Hunter Biden and Devon Archer were in China, having secured access at the highest levels. Thornton Group’s account of the meeting on their Chinese-language website was telling: Chinese executives “extended their warm welcome” to the “Thornton Group, with its US partner Rosemont Seneca chairman Hunter Biden (second son of the now Vice President Joe Biden).”

    The purpose of the meetings was to “explore the possibility of commercial cooperation and opportunity.” Curiously, details about the meeting do not appear on their English-language website.

    Also, according to the Thornton Group, the three Americans met with the largest and most powerful government fund leaders in China — even though Rosemont was both new and small.

    The timing of this meeting was also curious. It occurred just hours before Hunter Biden’s father, the vice president, met with Chinese President Hu in Washington as part of the Nuclear Security Summit.

    There was a second known meeting with many of the same Chinese financial titans in Taiwan in May 2011. For a small firm like Rosemont Seneca with no track record, it was an impressive level of access to China’s largest financial players. And it was just two weeks after Joe Biden had opened up the US-China strategic dialogue with Chinese officials in Washington.


    On one of the first days of December 2013, Hunter Biden was jetting across the Pacific Ocean aboard Air Force Two with his father and daughter Finnegan.

    The American delegation was visiting Japan, China, and South Korea. But it was the visit to China that had the most potential to generate conflict and controversy.

    For Hunter Biden, the trip coincided with a major deal that Rosemont Seneca was striking with the state-owned Bank of China. From his perspective, the timing couldn’t have been better.


    Vice President Biden, Hunter Biden and Finnegan arrived to a red carpet and a delegation of Chinese officials. Greeted by Chinese children carrying flowers, the delegation was then whisked to a meeting with Vice President Li Yuanchao and talks with President Xi Jinping.

    Hunter and Finnegan Biden joined the vice president for tea with US Ambassador Gary Locke at the Liu Xian Guan Teahouse in the Dongcheng District in Beijing. Where Hunter Biden spent the rest of his time on the trip remains largely a mystery. There are actually more reports of his daughter Finnegan’s activities than his.

    What was not reported was the deal that Hunter was securing. Rosemont Seneca Partners had been negotiating an exclusive deal with Chinese officials, which they signed approximately 10 days after Hunter visited China with his father. The most powerful financial institution in China, the government’s Bank of China, was setting up a joint venture with Rosemont Seneca.

    Often those foreign entities gained favorable policy actions from the United States government just as the sons were securing favorable financial deals from those same entities.

    The Bank of China is an enormously powerful financial institution. But the Bank of China is very different from the Bank of America. The Bank of China is government-owned, which means that its role as a bank blurs into its role as a tool of the government. The Bank of China provides capital for “China’s economic statecraft,” as scholar James Reilly puts it. Bank loans and deals often occur within the context of a government goal.


    Rosemont Seneca and the Bank of China created a $1 billion investment fund called Bohai Harvest RST (BHR), a name that reflected who was involved.

    The fund enjoyed an unusual and special status in China. BHR touted its “unique Sino-US shareholding structure” and “the global resources and network” that allowed it to secure investment “opportunities.” Funds were backed by the Chinese government.

    In short, the Chinese government was literally funding a business that it co-owned along with the sons of two of America’s most powerful decision makers.

    The actual investment deals that this partnership made were even more problematic. Many of them would have serious national security implications for the United States.

    In 2015, BHR joined forces with the automotive subsidiary of the Chinese state-owned military aviation contractor Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) to buy American “dual-use” parts manufacturer Henniges.

    AVIC is a major military contractor in China. It operates “under the direct control of the State Council” and produces a wide array of fighter and bomber aircraft, transports, and drones — primarily designed to compete with the United States.

    The company also has a long history of stealing Western technology and applying it to military systems. The year before BHR joined with AVIC, the Wall Street Journal reported that the aviation company had stolen technologies related to the US F-35 stealth fighter and incorporated them in their own stealth fighter, the J-31. AVIC has also been accused of stealing US drone systems and using them to produce their own.

    In September 2015, when AVIC bought 51 percent of American precision-parts manufacturer Henniges, the other 49 percent was purchased by the Biden-and-Kerry-linked BHR.

    Henniges is recognized as a world leader in anti-vibration technologies in the automotive industry and for its precise, state-of-the-art manufacturing capabilities. Anti-vibration technologies are considered “dual-use” because they can have a military application, according to both the State Department and Department of Commerce.

    The technology is also on the restricted Commerce Control List used by the federal government to limit the exports of certain technologies. For that reason, the Henniges deal would require the approval of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), which reviews sensitive business transactions that may have a national security implication.

    According to BHR internal documents, the Henniges deal included “arduous and often-times challenging negotiations.” The CFIUS review in 2015 included representatives from numerous government agencies including John Kerry’s State Department.

    The deal was approved in 2015.


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  2. Nook

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    I don't see any evidence or even a suggestion that they did anything illegal and this is a common practice in Washington.

    Having said that, I agree with Bernie Sanders that these types of relationships should be very limited or stopped.

    Biden and the Trump children really shouldn't be peddling influence or profiting off of their father's position.
     
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  3. jiggyfly

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    That's despicable.

    So not only trash the Bidens but also the FBI when nothing happens on the video front.

    Why has Rudy not talked about this is this from ANOTHER secret laptop?
     
  4. NewRoxFan

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    Yea, if I was posting something from the ny post I'd be too embarrassed to cite it too...
     
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    And he thinks that the FBI would let a pedo walk freely and not do anything for the last 10 months.
     
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  8. AleksandarN

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    Link?
     
  9. Mr.Scarface

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    Sort of like the Shady Real Estate business being run by Trump’s Kids called “Trump Organization”.
     
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    MILWAUKEE-Asked restaurant host:
    "God, did you hear about Hunter
    Biden?"
    Host: "No."
    Me: "Texted. Feels inadequate."
    Thought he would cry.
     
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    bobrek Politics belong in the D & D

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    Am I supposed to focus on the bolded part or the non bolded part?
     
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    Looks like an eye exam for seniors to renew their drivers license.
     
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    Shciff for brains has proven to be wrong on everything. If you want to gauge if something is true you can listen to what Schiff says and know 100% for sure it is the opposite.
     
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    What has he been wrong on?
     
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  16. Carl Herrera

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    This is not how highlighting works

    The info is indeed keeping you Trump bass people excited while the rest of the work don’t give a **** about it or about you people.
     
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    He also posed a very valid question.
     
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