The closer: Fourth witness places Biden at center of son’s China, Russia business deals By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times - Updated: 6:08 p.m. on Monday, February 26, 2024
New jailhouse testimony from a former Biden family business associate details at least two calls between Hunter Biden and his father, then the vice president, about lucrative business deals with China and Russia.
One of the calls puts Mr. Biden in contact with a Russian oligarch and former mayor of Moscow.
Jason Galanis, sentenced to more than 11 years for securities fraud, is the fourth former business associate to put President Biden in the center of Hunter Biden’s enormously profitable business deals as lawmakers investigate him on charges that he helped his family carry out an influence-peddling scheme.
“It’s a tale as old as time. A government official takes action. That action benefits his family. And then, when questions are asked, there’s a cover-up,” House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, Ohio Republican, said Monday.
Galanis told House lawmakers in a jailhouse statement obtained by The Washington Times that Mr. Biden participated in a May 4, 2014, call with Yelena Baturina, a wealthy Russian real estate investor seeking a financial foothold in the United States.
Hunter Biden rang his father on speakerphone from a restaurant in Brooklyn, New York, where he met with Ms. Baturina and her husband, a former mayor of Moscow.
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