Newly released messages from the House Ways and Means Committee appear to show Hunter Biden proposing a meeting in New York City between the boss of a Chinese energy company and Joe Biden, the former vice president at the time, along with Joe\u2019s brother, Jim Biden.<\/p>\n
\u2018Can you meet this evening early,\u2019 Hunter Biden asked Yadong Liu, CEO of CEFC Global Strategic Holdings in a poorly punctuated text message the evening of Dec. 12, 2017. \u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018My father will be in New York also and he wants me to attend the Sandy Hook memorial service with him and I would like him to meet you along with my uncle and then you and I can talk let me know if that works.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u2018I\u2019m sorry for the late notice I got off the red eye in Baltimore from LA and take a little nap before I got his message,\u2019 Hunter added.<\/p>\n
Yadong told Hunter \u2018No problem\u2019 and asked to let him \u2018know when and where to meet.\u2019<\/p>\n
Less than two weeks after the proposed meeting among the four individuals, Hunter Biden messaged Yadong, asking Yadong to call him, saying he was \u2018anxiously waiting\u2019 for his report from a meeting in China.<\/p>\n
\u2018I am still in China. Apologies for not getting back to you sooner but I knew [sic] you have been talking to Kevin\u2026,\u2019 Yadong said, appearing to reference a CEFC China Energy executive named Gongwen Dong.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018I didn\u2019t get to see the chairman on this trip but president chen asked me to convey to you that while we attach great importance to working with you, under the current circumstances it is almost impossible to move forward on any of the projects with you. There are a few key dates in the next weeks and we are focused on those legal challenges and cannot afford to do anything that have any potential of being misunderstood or misconstrued.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u2018He sincerely hopes that you can understand our situation and looks forward to removing those legal uncertainties and working with you again,\u2019 Yadong continued. \u2018I am coming back next week and can meet to explain face to face if necessary. Thank you.\u2019<\/p>\n
Fox News Digital reached out to the White House, Jim Biden and Hunter Biden\u2019s attorney to confirm whether the meeting in New York City took place but did not receive a response.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A former Hunter Biden business associate slammed the Biden family in a statement to Fox News Digital about the exchange between Hunter and Yadong, saying, \u2018This is a great exhibit of their nonsense and lies.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u2018Yet another example of them just blatantly lying to the American public,\u2019 the former associate added.<\/p>\n
Hunter\u2019s uncle emailed Hunter with \u2018Yadong\u2019 in the subject line of an email the day after the proposed meeting, but it is unclear what the context was. A Town & Country Magazine profile piece and photos from a gala match up with the time frame of the elder Biden being in New York City on the evening of Dec. 12, 2017.<\/p>\n
In addition to the messages between Hunter and Yadong, a photo of Yadong\u2019s business card was included in a document released by the House Ways and Means Committee.<\/p>\n
Yadong was tapped to be the CEO of CEFC in March 2014 and was also listed as the general manager, according to a 2016 Securities and Exchange Commission filing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018Mr. Liu started his career in the Chinese Foreign Ministry, where he was a diplomat and a top interpreter for Chinese leaders,\u2019 the SEC filing said. \u2018Mr. Liu holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Language & Literature from Beijing Foreign Studies University, a Bachelor of Laws degree from Beijing Foreign Affairs College, and a Ph.D. in Political Science with a concentration in International Political Economy from Columbia University.\u2019<\/p>\n
The Chinese Foreign Ministry\u2019s main function is running \u2018diplomatic affairs on behalf of the state and the government\u2019 and handling \u2018diplomatic activities between leaders of the [Communist Party of China] and the state and foreign leaders,\u2019 according to the Ministry\u2019s website.<\/p>\n
Hunter Biden\u2019s alleged proposal for a meeting between his father and Yadong wouldn\u2019t have been the first time the elder Biden met with a top executive at CEFC. Hunter Biden\u2019s former business partner, Rob Walker, said in a transcribed interview earlier this year that Joe Biden showed up \u2018at the Four Seasons [Hotel] in a restaurant in a private room\u2019 in Washington, D.C., and addressed nearly a dozen CEFC-linked executives during his visit, including Chairman Ye Jianming, who Hunter Biden sent his \u2018best wishes\u2019 to on behalf of the \u2018entire Biden family\u2019 in an infamous 2017 email.<\/p>\n
\u2018I hope my letter finds you well. I regret missing you on your last visit to the United States,\u2019 Hunter Biden wrote in the June 2017 email. \u2018Please accept the best wishes from the entire Biden family as well as my partners.<\/p>\n
\u2018We are all hoping to see you here again soon, or in Shanghai,\u2019 he added. That same year, Jianming allegedly gave Hunter Biden a 3.16-carat diamond worth about $80,000.<\/p>\n
Walker went on to detail the elder Biden\u2019s presence at the meeting, saying he wasn\u2019t there the entire meeting.<\/p>\n
\u2018I don\u2019t think we had structured a deal on how to work together at this point,\u2019 Walker said, noting the meeting lasted \u2018probably an hour and a half.\u2019 But he said Biden \u2018was not\u2019 there for the entirety of the meeting.<\/p>\n
\u2018The former vice president was not there the entire time. He was there maybe 10 minutes,\u2019 Walker said. \u2018He spoke nice. You know, normal pleasantries. I think he probably did most of the talking and then left.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n
Walker also testified that the visit, and Biden\u2019s appearance, \u2018likely\u2019 took place before his Robinson Walker LLC received $3 million from State Energy HK Limited, a CEFC-linked entity, but he maintained Joe Biden was not involved in any of his business ventures with Hunter.<\/p>\n
President Biden has repeatedly insisted he had no knowledge of his son\u2019s foreign business dealings, but records show he met with more than a dozen of Hunter Biden\u2019s business associates, foreign and domestic. And some of those associates and top staffers at Hunter Biden\u2019s now-defunct company visited the Obama White House more than 90 times when Joe Biden was vice president.<\/p>\n
\u2018I have never spoken to my son about his overseas business dealings,\u2019 Biden told Fox News reporter Peter Doocy as he jabbed his finger in Doocy\u2019s face on the campaign trail in Iowa in 2019. \u2018You should be looking at Trump. Trump\u2019s doing this because he knows I\u2019ll beat him like a drum. \u2026 Everybody\u2019s looked at it and said there\u2019s nothing there. Ask the right question.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u2018I don\u2019t discuss business with my son,\u2019 Biden said again a month later in October 2019.<\/p>\n
In the fall of 2023, Hunter\u2019s attorney claimed Hunter \u2018did not share\u2019 his business or his profits with his father, marking another notable shift in the narrative responding to allegations that link President Biden to his son\u2019s business dealings. Fox News Digital has published several reports contradicting the White House\u2019s claims.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The House Oversight Committee released a report earlier this year claiming the elder Biden met with nearly every foreign business associate who paid the Biden family.<\/p>\n
\u2018Joe Biden interacted with nearly all of his son Hunter Biden\u2019s foreign business associates. President Biden spoke by phone, attended dinners and meetings, and had coffee with his son\u2019s foreign business associates,\u2019 the press release said. \u2018These individuals include Russian and Kazakhstani oligarchs, a Burisma executive, and Chinese nationals who collectively funneled millions to his son.\u2019<\/p>\n
Fox News\u2019 Brooke Singman, Jessica Chasmar and Aubrie Spady contributed to this report.<\/p>\n\n
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