James Biden’s testimony includes inconsistencies about Chinese income
By
Ashley Oliver
February 21, 2024 2:16 pm
James Biden told Congress in a closed-door interview on Wednesday that he never used his brother President Joe Biden to further his own business pursuits, but the younger Biden also made remarks about his China-related ventures that conflict with testimony from others.
James Biden’s remarks came as part of his opening statement, obtained by the Washington Examiner, in which he detailed his controversial dealings with a Chinese energy conglomerate and a now-bankrupt U.S. healthcare company.
The president’s younger brother addressed a string of payments totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars that were wired to his company in 2017. The payments came from Rob Walker and originated from an affiliate of CEFC, an energy company intertwined with the Chinese government, according to bank records obtained by the House Oversight Committee. The payments, Walker told Congress this month, were part of a joint venture between CEFC and Walker, James Biden, and Hunter Biden to invest in projects in the United States and elsewhere.
“I received several payments in the spring of 2017 that I understood to come from Hunter,” James Biden said, according to his opening statement. “I did not know then — but have learned recently — that the money I received was a portion of Hunter’s share that he directed Mr. Walker to send me.”
Walker, however, had a different account. Walker told the House Oversight and Judiciary committees this month, according to a transcript of the interview, that James Biden explicitly instructed Walker to send him money in the spring of 2017.
“I remember Jim calling me to ask me if I could send him more, and I would clear it with Hunter first,” Walker said. “And then Hunter would say yes, and then I would send it to Jim.”
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