{"id":1319,"date":"2023-02-16T10:01:19","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T15:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=1319"},"modified":"2023-02-16T10:01:20","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T15:01:20","slug":"hunter-biden-an-obama-ambassador-and-chinese-businessmen-a-very-good-relationship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=1319","title":{"rendered":"Hunter Biden, an Obama Ambassador and Chinese Businessmen: A \u2018Very Good Relationship\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-40.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-1320\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-40.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-40.png 750w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-40-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-40-293x154.png 293w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-40-390x205.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>New House Speaker, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), has vowed to investigate the Biden administration\u2019s handling of the COVID pandemic, the southern border, the \u201cweaponization\u201d of the Department of Justice and the suppression of data found on an abandoned laptop belonging to Hunter Biden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Investigations into several important matters are underway. DOJ officials were summoned to a first hearing last week. On Tuesday, Fox News reported that newly released communications found on Hunter Biden\u2019s laptop indicate the president\u2019s son boasted about his \u201cvery good relationship\u201d with President Obama\u2019s ambassador to China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speculation abounds regarding whether or not Hunter used his name and father to leverage access to high officials and secure lucrative positions and contracts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reportedly, Hunter\u2019s mention of a \u201cvery good relationship\u201d with the ambassador to China was one of several communications that opened the door for him to schedule multiple high-level meetings with business associates.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Data from the laptop shows that Hunter and his business associates at BHR began meeting with former Senator Max Baucus less than two months after then-Vice President Biden swore in Baucus as the U.S. Ambassador to China in 2014.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/hunter-biden-obama-ambassador-chinese-businessmen-very-good-relationship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">According<\/a>&nbsp;to Fox News, BHR is a \u201cBeijing-backed private equity firm controlled by Bank of China Limited.\u201d The firm was established in 2013 when Jimmy Bulger\u2019s Boston-based Thornton Group LLC joined Hunter\u2019s now-defunct Rosemont Seneca to launch a joint venture with Chinese investment firm Bohai Capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Laptop files reveal that on Apr. 2, 2014, Hunter\u2019s business partner BHR co-founder Devon Archer noted in an email to Alwen Liu of Bohai Capital that he was \u201ccurrently arranging a meeting with the new U.S. Ambassador to China Max Baucus for late April \/ early May to meet our leadership team in Beijing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Archer was forced to resign from BHR in 2016 when he was charged by the U.S. Justice Department and SEC for defrauding a Native American tribe. A judge sentenced Archer to a year and a day in federal prison for the crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a series of emails, Hunter noted his \u201creally close\u201d relationship with Baucus and that he would secure \u201canything we need.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Several email messages found on Hunter\u2019s laptop correspond to when then-President Obama traveled to China on a state visit and met with Chinese President Xi Jinping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Records also reveal that approximately three months after President Obama\u2019s state visit to China, Hunter\u2019s partner Archer sent an email to Bulger, the nephew of the well-known Boston mobster Whitey Bulger, noting he was in talks with Baucus\u2019 office and would soon have another meeting with the ambassador.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAlso spoke to Ambassador Baucus\u2019s office, and they were willing to do a meeting next week. Tentatively,\u201d Archer wrote on Jan. 27, 2015, Cc\u2019ing Hunter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Fox News report, on Jan. 28, 2015, while discussing scheduling for a fifth BHR board meeting, BHR managing partner Jason Zhu said Baucus had \u201carranged a meeting with BHR\u201d at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing that Feb. 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Feb. 2, 2015, Zhu sent the official schedule for Beijing to the BHR board members which included a \u201cMeeting with Ambassador Baucus\u201d at \u201cthe U.S. Embassy at 2PM on Feb. 5.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The connection with Chinese officials seemed to strengthen with time as records reveal that on Oct. 9, 2015, top BHR executive Xin Wang sent an email to Archer, Hunter and other board members, saying \u201cit would be great\u201d if Baucus could attend a private dinner after a BHR seminar later that month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wang continued: \u201cWe will be hosting a private dinner after the seminar for a select group of guests, and it would be great if Ambassador Baucus could make an attendance then. I will leave it to you to work your magic.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Archer responded: \u201cI appreciate that and will work on the Ambassador in the meantime.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hunter has claimed he divested his 10% stake in the company in 2020. Though the claims are disputed, in Nov. 2021 Hunter\u2019s attorney confirmed the divestiture to The New York Times.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During a recent interview with Politico, Baucus said he has \u201calways\u201d had an interest in China and acknowledged he had established an \u201cInstitute\u201d in his home state of Montana where China maintains a Summer Abroad program.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more here: <a href=\"https:\/\/resistthemainstream.com\/hunter-biden-an-obama-ambassador-and-chinese-businessmen-a-very-good-relationship\/\">https:\/\/resistthemainstream.com\/hunter-biden-an-obama-ambassador-and-chinese-businessmen-a-very-good-relationship\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New House Speaker, Rep. 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