Hunter Biden advised dad Joe’s VP office on China, Africa trip, further stripping prez’s denials: emailsBy Steven Nelson
May 31, 2023
WASHINGTON — First son Hunter Biden advised then-Vice President Joe Biden’s office on who to invite for state occasions involving China, as well as where to visit on a trip to Africa, emails reviewed by The Post show.
A heavily redacted trove of messages was released by the National Archives on Wednesday — with uncensored emails from Hunter’s abandoned laptop filling in some of the blanks. The emails cast more doubt on the elder Biden’s blanket denial that he ever discussed his offspring’s overseas business interests.
Three entirely redacted emails refer in the subject line to a “China Lunch” in apparent connection with then-Chinese President Hu Jintao’s January 2011 state visit to Washington, while three others pertain to “Nairobi ideas” ahead of Joe Biden’s visit to Kenya in June 2010.
The emails were acknowledged but “withheld in full” in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking communications between Joe Biden’s office, Hunter Biden and first brother James Biden, with whom Hunter partnered on many ventures.
The China and Nairobi-focused emails were redacted in their entirety, with the Archives citing a “p5” exception under the Freedom of Information Act. The exception shields “confidential communications requesting or submitting advice, between the President and the President’s advisers, or between such advisers.”
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2023/05/31/hunter-biden-advised-dad-joes-vp-office-on-china-africa-trip-further-stripping-prezs-denials-emails/
