Canadian Watchdog Slams Ruling That Denies New Probe in Trudeau Lobbying Case

The Canadian Supreme Court struck a blow to fighting government corruption by dismissing a new probe into whether a religious leader lobbied Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Democracy Watch co-founder Duff Conacher said in a statement on Thursday.

The high court earlier denied a request for a new probe into allegations that the Aga Khan lobbied Trudeau during a trip to the religious leader's private island.

"In its shocking refusal to allow Democracy Watch's appeal, the Supreme Court has joined the Federal Court of Appeal in striking a serious blow against the public's rights to complain about corruption and wrongdoing by politicians, government officials and lobbyists, and to hold democracy watchdogs accountable for failing to do their jobs properly and issuing rulings that protect wrongdoers", Conacher said.

Conacher added that the ruling will set a precedent that will be "used across Canada to stop the public from holding government and other watchdogs accountable for wrongful decisions".

The Supreme Court ruling also ends four other Democracy Watch appeals, including the Lobbying Commissioner's rulings that cleared other business and special interests groups of lobbying Trudeau and other members of his cabinet.

The Federal Court of Canada sided with the advocacy in 2019, ruling that former Lobbying Commissioner Karen Shepherd's September 2017 decision was "unreasonable" and ordering a new investigation.

The decision was overturned by a panel of judges from the Federal Court of Appeals who said that the Lobbying Commissioner is under no obligation to examine complaints initiated by the public.

The scandal began after a Canadian learned that Trudeau had been misleading the public about his vacation itinerary. The subsequent investigation revealed that Trudeau accepted the Aga Khan's invitation to spend a holiday at the private island in 2014 and spent ten days there at the end of 2016 and the beginning of 2017.

Shepherd later cleared the Aga Khan, the chair of the Aga Khan Foundation – a registered lobby group – because a Foundation employee claimed the religious leader wasn't explicitly paid to lobby Trudeau on those occasions.

While Trudeau was vindicated by the Lobbying Commissioner, the Prime Minister was subsequently in violation of conflict of interest rules by the country's Ethics Commissioner, which was the first of now three investigations against him.

Trudeau was later in violation of conflict of interest rules for interfering in the corruption investigation of Canadian engineering giant SNC-Lavalin's dealings in Libya and is currently under investigation for his role in the ongoing WE Charity scandal.

https://sputniknews.com/world/202010151080783258-canadian-watchdog-slams-ruling-that-denies-new-probe-in-trudeau-lobbying-case/

Dead Russian satellite and discarded Chinese rocket are at 'very high risk' of colliding at 33,000mph tonight - and could smash into thousands of pieces increasing space junk by up to a FIFTH

The defunct Russian Kosmos-2004 satellite and the dead Chinese Chang Zheng 4C rocket are floating in orbit

The two are on separate paths but may meet in a dramatic collision late Thursday evening (1:56am BST Friday)

The impact could add up to 20 per cent more space debris the 170 million pieces currently floating in orbit

An out-of-commission Russian satellite and a discarded Chinese rocket orbiting the Earth more than 600 miles above the surface have a ‘very high risk’ of colliding tonight.

LeoLabs, a firm that tracks space debris, reveals these objects are likely to pass less than 40 feet from each other, and shared a model that shows a 10 per cent chance of the two smashing into each other at 20:56 ET on Thursday (01:56 BST Friday) just above Antarctica.

The objects have a combined mass of 2.8 metric tons, and the impact would add thousands of pieces of space junk – anywhere from 10 percent to 20 percent more debris – to the 170 million currently floating in orbit.

The speed of the collision between the Russian Kosmos-2004 satellite and the Chinese Chang Zheng 4C rocket would be around 14.7km per second (32,882 miles per hour), LeoLabs estimates.

Although there is no threat to people on Earth, the man-made materials would pose a significant risk to functioning satellites in orbit.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8841337/Dead-Russian-satellite-discarded-Chinese-rocket-high-risk-colliding-orbit.html

Seems like a cover story for something else

Rocker Tommy Lee ‘Threatens’ To Return To Greece If Trump Gets Reelected

Rocker Tommy Lee of Motley Crue has “threatened” to move back to his country of origin if President Trump gets reelected in November.

Speaking with The Big Issue, the famous drummer said that President Trump is “embarrassing” America before the rest of the world.

“Dude, I swear to God if that happens then I’m coming over to visit the UK – I’m out of here. I’ll go back to my motherland, go back to Greece and get a house on one of the islands,” Lee declared.

“The thing that stings the most is that I feel like we’re embarrassing. I feel like people in Europe and the rest of the world look at America and think: ‘What the f**k are you guys doing over there? Stop voting for celebrities and get someone real to run the country,'” he continued.

Lee went on to say that President Trump will “do anything” to win the White House in November and urged people to get out and vote for a Biden landslide victory.

“This guy [Trump] is going to do anything to win. It’s going to be skullduggery, shenanigans, subterfuge,” he said. “And also, I feel that if we don’t come out to vote in the numbers we need for a landslide that’s not in his favour, he’s going to contest the election. I don’t think he’s going to want to leave the White House. This thing is not a lock. I don’t care what the polls say.”

Tommy Lee marches to a particularly nasty brand of leftist politics. Last year, he reposted to Instagram a viral statement from another social media user warning conservatives that progressives will pay them “back so f***ing hard” for President Trump.

“You ‘Trumpsters’ better pray that liberals never gain control of the [White House] again because we are going to pay you back so fing hard for all this s,” the post read

“Planned Parenthoods on every damn corner. We’re going to repaint Air Force One p**** hat pink and fly it over your beloved Bible Belt 6 days a week, tossing birth control pills, condoms & atheist literature from the cockpit,” it continued. “We’re going to tax your mega churches so bad that Joel [Osteen] will need to get a job at [Chick-fil-A] to pay his light bill. Speaking of [Chick-fil-A], we’re buying all those and giving them to any LGBTQ person your sick cult leaders tortured with conversion therapy. Try the McPence. It’s a boiled unseasoned chicken breast that you have to eat in the closet with your mother.”

As the post went on, it vowed to take away people’s guns “melt them down and turn them into a gargantuan metal mountain emblazoned with the face of Hillary Clinton.”

“ALL parks will be renamed Rosa Parks asap,” it said. “We’re replacing Confederate statues with [Black Lives Matter] Leaders & Mexican immigrants. Every single public school will be renamed after a child that was kidnapped by this regime. And after we fumigate the [White House], we’re repainting the whole thing rainbow.”

The post ended with a promise to take over Fox News and transform it “into a family refugee shelter.”

“We’re turning [Fox News host Sean] Hannity’s office into a giant unisex bathroom with changing tables & free tampons,” it said. “And every single time a ‘Trumpster’ complains about any of the changes, we’re adding an openly gay character to a Disney movie.”

http://www.yourdestinationnow.com/2020/10/rocker-tommy-lee-threatens-to-return-to.html

‘This Is Digital Civil War’: Twitter Disables ‘Potentially Harmful’ Link To NY Post Hunter Biden Story

Twitter disabled the ability of users to either click or share a link to the New York Post’s story alleging that Hunter Biden introduced his father to a Burisma executive a year before the former vice president pushed Ukraine to fire its top prosecutor, who was investigating the company.

Users who attempted to tweet out the story, which calls into question Democratic nominee Joe Biden’s claims of ignorance regarding his son’s foreign business deals, were met with a message that read, “We can’t complete this request because this link has been identified by Twitter or our partners as being potentially harmful. Visit our Help Center to learn more.”

Users who clicked on the link were taken to a page that blocked them from reading the article, claiming, “Warning: this link may be unsafe.”

“This is a Big Tech information coup,” NY Post editor Sohrab Ahmari tweeted. “This is digital civil war. I, an editor at The New York Post, one of the nation’s largest papers by circulation, can’t post one of our own stories that details corruption by a major-party presidential candidate, Biden.”

Republican Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas and Josh Hawley of Missouri excoriated the tech company for its apparent censorship, which has repeatedly “hidden” tweets from President Donald Trump.

Cruz blasted the company’s move as “insane” and wrote, “TWITTER HAS DISABLED THE LINK to the @nypost story. @jack what the hell??” Cruz tweeted. “I don’t know if the allegations are true—Qs that deserve to be answered. It’s a serious news publication raising evidence of corruption at the highest levels. @twitter shouldn’t act as Biden’s PR team.”

http://www.yourdestinationnow.com/2020/10/this-is-digital-civil-war-twitter.html

California braces for renewed fire threat… Power cut to thousands…

California braces for renewed fire threat…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric began turning off power to more than 50,000 Northern California customers Wednesday evening as dry, windy conditions renewed the threat of fire in a season already marked by deadly, devastating blazes.

The utility announced that it had begun cutting power to up to 33,000 customers, with about another 20,000 to follow in a few hours.

The shutoffs will affect portions of nearly two dozen counties, mostly in the Sierras and San Francisco Bay Area, and could last 48 hours.

Power cut to thousands…

(Bloomberg) — Hot and dry winds are sweeping across California, raising the prospect of more wildfires in the tinder-dry state where a record 4 million acres have already burned this year.

The winds rushing out of the north and east will rake Northern California through Friday and likely spread into the southern half of the state through the weekend, the National Weather Service said. The state’s largest utility, PG&E Corp., started cutting power to about 53,000 customers in 24 counties in its latest effort to keep gusts from knocking down live wires and igniting wildfires.

In addition, California’s grid operator called for energy conservation on Thursday in order to avoid rotating power outages amid a late autumn heat wave.

California has been plagued by wild weather all year: unprecedented heat, freak lighting storms, powerful gusts and a record-breaking wildfire season. The more than 8,500 blazes this year have killed 31 people and destroyed more than 9,200 homes and businesses, according to the state’s fire agency.

Robot RS3 can battle flames too dangerous for humans…

https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/california-braces-for-renewed-fire-threat-power-cut-to-thousands/

Democrat States Lead the Country with the Highest Unemployment Rates – They Will Do Anything to Stop Trump and Gain Power

Governors from Democrat-led states are leading the country in unemployment and likely are happy about it.

A few weeks ago on September 23, we reported that the states with unemployment over 10% were all Democrat states. Both cities and states run by Democrats have the worst unemployment in the country due to their harsh and unworkable COVID lockdowns.

Tom Blumer released a report at the Federalist yesterday confirming our reporting and adding more:

While August’s jobless rate was 8.4 percent, the following ten states, according to the BLS’s Sept. 18 detailed report, turned in results above 10 percent. Most of the laggards were well above that double-digit threshold:

California: 11.4 percent

Hawaii: 12.5 percent

Illinois: 11.0 percent

Massachusetts: 11.3 percent

New Jersey: 10.9 percent

New Mexico: 11.3 percent

Nevada: 13.2 percent

New York: 12.5 percent

Pennsylvania: 10.3 percent

Rhode Island: 12.8 percent

These states have one thing in common: Their governors have imposed severe pandemic-related restrictions on economic activity, and they have been either been extraordinarily reluctant to or have directly refused to lift them, despite COVID-19’s diminishing mortality threat.

These ten states have just under one-third of the country’s population. Their combined population-weighted unemployment rate in August was 11.4 percent. This means the unemployment rate for the rest of the nation was below 7 percent.

Given the national unemployment rate’s half-point drop in September and the continued refusal of the governors of these ten states to make significant moves to genuinely reopen their economies, it’s reasonable to predict that the contrast between them and most of the rest of the country will be even starker on Oct. 20 when the BLS releases its next state-level report.

As Blumer reports, the nation as a whole is doing much better than experts ever expected. But these pockets of inactivity in blue states are a real drag on the economy. On October 20, the next report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is due out and it will show a greater difference between these Democrat states economic recoveries and the rest of the country.

Always remember Democrats don’t care for people, they only care for power. They use people for power and will shut down their businesses and destroy their livelihoods for power if they have to.

http://www.yourdestinationnow.com/2020/10/democrat-states-lead-country-with.html

Man Accused Of Stealing Police Rifle, Setting Cop Car On Fire During Seattle Riot Arrested While Meeting With Probation Officer

Seattle – A felon from Georgia, with a domestic violence conviction and no contact order in Washington State, was arrested yesterday charged with arson and weapons crimes for his conduct during civil unrest on May 30, 2020, announced U.S. Attorney Brian T. Moran. Tyre Wayne Means Jr. will make his initial appearance in federal court at 2:00 today on a criminal complaint charging him with four federal felonies: arson, possession of a stolen firearm, and two counts of unlawful possession of a firearm.

“This is just the latest in a series of cases where our office has brought federal criminal charges related to civil disorder, and should be a wake-up call for those who think they can commit crimes hidden by a crowd,” said U.S. Attorney Moran. “Federal law enforcement and local police are piecing together publicly available video and photographic evidence to identify and ultimately prosecute those who thought they could escape accountability for their actions. In this case it means a felon, who is legally barred from possessing firearms, now faces tough federal sanctions.”

According to the criminal complaint, just after 4:00 p.m. on May 30, 2020, Means Jr. was captured on video lighting a paper towel and placing it in the back of a Seattle Police patrol car parked outside of Nordstrom on 6th Avenue in downtown. Other persons in the crowd fed the fire with lighter fluid and other accelerants and the vehicle was destroyed by fire. After he lit one patrol car on fire, Means Jr. is observed on video reaching through the destroyed rear window of a different patrol car and removing a rifle bag. Means Jr. opens the bag, and looks inside. Means Jr. is seen fighting with an unidentified man who tries to retrieve the rifle bag before Means Jr. runs from the scene. A subsequent surveillance video on Pine Street, around the corner from where the rifle was stolen, shows Means Jr. in a fight with another man. While Means Jr. and the man are throwing punches, an unidentified man picks up the rifle bag and ultimately walks away. Later that day the rifle was anonymously returned to the Seattle Police West Precinct.

Means Jr. was identified as the suspect in the video by his distinctive clothing, jewelry, tattoos, and association with a female who also had distinctive tattoos and a significant social media presence. Means Jr. was arrested in Bremerton, Washington, where he was meeting with his Washington State Department of Corrections probation officer.

Means Jr. is prohibited from possessing firearms due to two felony convictions in the state of Georgia: serious injury by vehicle and obstructing law enforcement by use of threats or violence. In Washington, Means Jr. has a felony conviction for domestic violence that includes a no-contact order–that order also prohibits him from possessing firearms.

Arson is punishable by a mandatory minimum 5 years in prison and up to 20 years in prison. All three firearms charges are punishable by up to 10 years in prison.

https://breaking911.com/man-accused-of-stealing-police-rifle-setting-cop-car-on-fire-during-seattle-riot-arrested-while-meeting-with-probation-officer/

Israel rubber-stamps UAE peace agreement

Israel’s Knesset on Thursday voted overwhelmingly in favor of the U.S.-brokered peace agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Israeli lawmakers voted 80 to 13 to approve the historical deal, paving the way for peace and an economic relationship between the two nations. The UAE is the third Arab country to recognize the State of Israel, following the leads of Egypt and Jordan, who recognized it in 1979 and 1994 respectively.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet, according to U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman and the Jerusalem Post, has unanimously okayed the agreement.

This agreement between Israel and the UAE, alongside a separate agreement between Israel and Bahrain, are together dubbed the Abraham Accords. Both were brokered by the U.S. and when it was announced that all three Middle Eastern countries had agreed to the Accords, they celebrated it at the White House back in September.

The Abraham Accords were a much-needed foreign policy victory for President Donald Trump in his re-election bid, who, according to the polls, has been struggling to beat his Democratic opponent, former Vice President Joe Biden.

It has been heavily predicted by experts that this Israel-UAE agreement will help bolster the economies of these two influential countries, hopefully impacting the wider regional economy in a positive manner. Additionally, the agreement opens the door for increased security cooperation between the two countries, which could potentially impact the balance of power in the region on a dramatic scale.

https://saraacarter.com/israel-rubber-stamps-uae-peace-agreement/

Hmmm then Israel breaches the deal by approving 2000 new homes in the West Bank

The BBC is reviving the life and crimes of its former star Jimmy Savile with an ill-conceived drama nobody wants to see

Jimmy Savile was allowed to abuse hundreds of children, some on BBC property, with the scandal only revealed after his death. Now the corporation wants to bring this monster back from the grave

No one does irony like the British, and the BBC have delivered a dose of epic proportion, announcing their new show ‘The Reckoning.’

It’s a mini-series covering the life and times of Jimmy Savile.

For anyone unaware, he was a national institution, known in every household for his zany personality. He found fame as a radio DJ and quickly became a fixture on television, notably for Jim'll Fix It – in each episode of which he made the wishes of a child come true.

Savile’s signature look was garish multi-coloured tracksuits, wacky shades, chunky gold jewellery and a fat cigar. He was a prolific charity worker, buying machines for deserving causes like children’s hospital. It’s estimated he raised around £40 million ($51.7 million). The Queen made him a knight of the realm and he was even made a Knight Commander of the order of St. Gregory the Great by Pope John Paul II.

He was also a serial paedophile, and people at the BBC were aware of his crimes.

Way back in 1978, John Lydon of the Sex Pistols blurted out on BBC Radio 1: “I’d like to kill Jimmy Savile… I bet he’s into all kinds of seediness that we all know about, but are not allowed to talk about… I know some rumours, I bet none of this will be allowed out.”

The comment was edited prior to transmission and was only made available on a release by his other band Public Image Ltd, following Savile’s death in 2011. Such rumours had swept through the BBC for years – numerous people have confirmed this, yet documentary maker Louis Theroux was the only person to ask Savile on camera (shown on the BBC) about the dark stories. The pervert straight-batted it, saying “I know I'm not,” and referred to “salacious tabloid people” being behind the stories. A lifelong bachelor, he seemingly doted on his mother, who he referred to as “The Duchess.”

https://www.rt.com/op-ed/503587-jimmy-savile-bbc-drama/

Russian Foreign Ministry criticizes reports issued by OPCW about Syria as politicized and biased

Moscow, SANA-Russian Foreign Ministry has criticized reports issued by Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons / OPCW/ regarding the alleged chemical attacks in Syria, stressing that the organization has showed its politicization and bias.

“The activities made by the fact-finding committee on the allegations of using chemical weapons in Syria won’t rise to the level of the professional and objective investigation with strict commitment to all items of the chemical weapons convention,” the Russian Foreign ministry said in a statement on Thursday.

It added that the main information source of the fact finding committee is social media and nongovernmental organizations linked to terrorist groups.

http://sana.sy/en/?p=206462

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>>11089805 Dead Russian satellite and discarded Chinese rocket are at 'very high risk' of colliding at 33,000mph tonight

>>11089849 Eight shells fell on Iranian territory over 24 hours amid Karabakh conflict

>>11090011 Israel rubber-stamps UAE peace agreement

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Boy, 12, dares to speak up for President Trump in class. Teacher asks student why he supports 'a racist and a pedophile.' Bad idea.

'I was just upset because other kids in the class were ganging up on me, laughing at me, and she was laughing and wouldn't say anything to them'

Some teachers have a lot of learning to do.

Take, for example, a woman who was teaching a seventh-grade class for O'Maley Innovation Middle School in Gloucester, Massachusetts.

The subject was the debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden — and 12-year-old Jackson Cody said he became a fast target not only of other students, but also the teacher.

What happened?

You see, Jackson supports Trump.

"I just feel like our country wasn't in a great place," he told WBZ-TV. "I just wanted to learn more about Donald Trump because it seemed like he was making our country rise again and become America again."

But supporting Trump isn't always the safest path to take. Then the seventh grader said the fateful moment happened.

"The teacher asked, 'Who supports Donald Trump?'" Jackson recalled to WHDH-TV. "And I was the only one to raise my hand."

He noted to WBZ that "a few kids were going to raise their hands, but then they heard the teacher say to me, 'Oh Mr. Jackson, I thought I liked you.'"

It got worse.

"Then she asked why I support a racist and a pedophile," he noted to WHDH.

Jackson added to the station that "she also said, 'I am ashamed of any woman who voted for Donald Trump,' and I told her my mom and one of my grandmothers voted for Donald Trump."

Other kids in the class smelled blood — and apparently his teacher did, too.

"I was just upset because other kids in the class were ganging up on me, laughing at me, and she was laughing and wouldn't say anything to them," Jackson noted to WHDH.

Lawyering up

Once Jackson's family found out what went down in his class, they fought back.

They contacted a First Amendment attorney and asked the school for an apology, WBZ said — and got one.

Jackson told WHDH that the teacher later apologized to him in front of the entire class, and he said that helped.

"We tell them to stand up for yourself and don't be afraid to speak your opinion," Jackson's father, Jay Cody told WBZ. "Their opinions are theirs; they're not our opinions. They're very well read children. They like to educate themselves on their own topics. Unfortunately they do disagree with us very often."

What did the school district have to say?

Gloucester Public Schools Superintendent Ben Lummis told WHDH he was disappointed after first hearing about the incident.

"We always want our students and staff to feel safe — and that their point of view is understood and respected," he told the station in a statement. "Every day in our schools — we strive for tolerance, understanding, different perspectives and being civil."

More significant perhaps is the news Lummis broke that his staff will undergo training next week on how to address controversial topics with their students, WHDH reported.

And that's obviously good news for Jackson and his family.

"Certain topics — politics, religion, even sports nowadays — can sometimes be discussed and can very much make kids feel uncomfortable," Jay Cody told WHDH. "You would hope teachers could recognize that and take advantage of it the opposite way."

He also told the station that if teachers do discuss controversial topics, they should "stand in the middle and hear from both sides."

In the end, Jackson told WHDH "everyone has the right to their own opinion, and everyone should respect that."

https://www.theblaze.com/news/student-trump-class-teacher-racist

NJ mayor calls Trump voters 'religious zealots' who want 'Christian Sharia law,' tells them to 'go f***' themselves. She refuses to resign — or even apologize.

Remarks went over like a lead balloon

A New Jersey mayor is under fire after she said that Trump supporters — and especially those who want to enact the "Christian version of Sharia law" — can "go f***" themselves.

Despite facing criticism — as well as calls for her censure and resignation — Flemington Mayor Betsy Driver (D) says she has no plans to resign.

What are the details?

In a recent social media post, Driver crassly explained that she has no love for Trump supporters.

The state's Republican Party shared a screenshot of Driver's offending remarks, which quickly went viral.

According to screenshots, Driver wrote, "This is day one of the new SCOTUS term — the religious zealots want to enact the Christian version of Sharia law. If you voted for the orange monster with COVID, go f yourself. If you plan on voting for him again, unfriend me and go f yourself again."

The state's Republican Party also called on Driver to issue an apology for her controversial remarks. Instead, she said that she would not resign from her position anytime soon.

https://youtu.be/rLmZG2w8JJc

https://www.theblaze.com/news/nj-mayor-trump-voters-religious-zealots

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Hunter Biden demanded Chinese billionaire pay $10 million for 'introductions alone,' emails show

Hunter Biden was receiving a $10 million annual fee from a Chinese billionaire who has been accused of corruption and with whom he sought to increase the cash flow with a joint business ownership, an August 2017 email from Mr. Biden shows.

The money was for “introductions alone,” said Mr. Biden, son of Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden. Another email to Hunter Biden from a consultant says that a 10% stake in an unnamed company will go to “the big guy?”

Hunter Biden hooked up with the billionaire, Ye Jianming, chairman of the CEFC China Energy Co. conglomerate, during his father’s vice presidency.

The emails were first reported by the New York Post on Thursday. The newspaper obtained a cache of messages, documents and photos from a MacBrook Pro laptop purportedly owned by Hunter Biden, via Donald Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani.

The chain of custody reported by the Post: Someone left the MacBook at a repair shop in April 2019 in Delaware and never retrieved it. The owner of the shop, John Paul Mac Isaac, claimed legal ownership. He provided a download to the FBI and to Mr. Giuliani. The Trump lawyer was conducting a high-profile investigation into Hunter Biden’s financial ties to an energy business in Ukraine that was being investigated for corruption, Burisma Holdings, and its owner, billionaire oligarch Mykola Zlochevsky.

A report by Senate Republicans issued last month said Hunter Biden “cashed in” on his father’s vice presidency. The report said the Biden-Ye business relationship intensified in 2015. Hunter Biden flew with his father, then the vice president, on Air Force 2 in 2013 and made business contacts there.

Mr. Ye, 43, who maintained close ties to the Chinese military and Communist Party, was accused by the government of corruption and vanished in 2018.

Mr. Hunter Biden’s 2017 email was sent to Gongwen Dong, a Ye confident who brokered his huge investment deals and dealt directly with Hunter Biden.

Hunter Biden laid out his expectations for more money from the “chairman” in the August 2017 message.

“My understanding is that the original agreement with the Director was for consulting fees based on introductions alone a rate of $10 million per year for three years guarantee total of $30 million,” Hunter Biden wrote to Mr. Gongwen. “The chairman [Mr. Ye] changed that deal after we me[t] in Miami TO A MUCH MORE LASTING AND LUCRATIVE ARRANGEMENT to create a holding company 50% percent owned by ME and 50% owned by him.Consulting fees is one piece of our income stream but the reason this proposal by the chairman was so much more interesting to me and my family is that we would also be partners in the equity and profits of the JV [joint venture].”

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/oct/15/hunter-biden-demanded-chinese-billionaire-pay-10-m/?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=socialnetwork