FBI secretly investigated Biden in 2007 over Delaware golf club membership after rich owner waived his $34,000 joining fee - and he still plays there today
Biden was the subject of a secret FBI probe when on the cusp of becoming VP
Ultimately, the FBI found no evidence Biden was involved in any wrong-doing
Shocking story involves a wealthy DuPont heiress whose husband paid for the murder of her younger son's drug-addled prostitute girlfriend
By Emily Goodin, Senior U.S. Political Reporter
Published: 11:55 EST, 9 November 2023 | Updated: 12:35 EST, 9 November 2023
The FBI secretly investigated Joe Biden in 2007 over his membership in a private Delware golf club after the owner waived the $34,000 joining fee for him, a shocking new report revealed on Thursday.
Biden joined Fieldstone Golf Club in Wilmington, Delaware, in 2001 and remains a member to this day, even playing golf there as president.
But the fee waiver resulted in the FBI investigating whether whether Biden had received a monetary benefit that he should have disclosed that in his financial reports, The Washington Post reported.
Ultimately the secret probe - it's unclear if Biden even knew about it - did not result in allegations of wrongdoing but the story shows the discrepancy between Biden's self-portrayed image as a man of the middle-class and the senator who courted powerful local families like the DuPonts.
It also involves a scandalous and wealthy DuPont heiress whose husband paid for the murder of her younger son's drug-addled prostitute girlfriend.
And, it even has a cameo appearance by David Weiss, the special counsel investigating Hunter Biden, and who, was at the time, an assistant in the U.S. Attorney's office in Delaware.
Biden, to this day, repeatedly refers to himself as one of the 'poorest men in Congress.' He also repeatedly tells the story of his father's hardship during his childhood, having to leave Scranton, Pa., where the jobs had dried up and move to Wilmington.
But Biden also has amassed wealth during his lifetime. His Wilmington home, in the wealthy, gated community of Greenville, is worth close to $2 million. He and wife Jill own a beach house in Rehoboth Beach valued at $3.4 million. He is worth an estimated $10 million, according to Forbes.
And, in 2001, when he joined the golf club, he was an ambitious senator on the make, both socially and politically.
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