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Biden Famously Lied About Being Arrested in South Africa. His Use of Taxpayer Dollars on the Trip Also Brought Scrutiny, Documents Show.

Henry Kissinger spent his last day as secretary of state looking into Joe and Frank Biden’s taxpayer-funded Africa junket

Joseph Simonson
April 29, 2024

Today, Joe Biden’s 1976 Africa junket is best remembered as the scene for the president’s discredited claim that he was arrested "on the streets of Soweto" in apartheid South Africa when trying to see civil rights leader Nelson Mandela.

At the time, though, the trip generated scrutiny for another reason—Biden’s use of federal funds, and the decision to have his brother tag along in lieu of staff. Biden’s political rivals claimed the trip highlighted the senator’s corrupt tendencies. The trip even drew the eyes of the State Department, where Henry Kissinger spent his last day as secretary combing over Biden’s receipts, previously unreported State Department cables show.

"Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr. Traveled with [Congressional delegation Rep. Charles Diggs (D., Mich.)] ... Would appreciate embassy cabling amounts returned and pouching xeroxed copies of recipients," Kissinger wrote to the U.S. embassies in Dakar, Freetown, Nairobi, and the American consulate in Cape Town on Jan. 19, 1977.

This report is based on State Department cables obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests and records from the time of Biden’s trip. Together, they show that Biden has long drawn scrutiny for using the perks of elected office to benefit family members.

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