Joe Biden was not in office at the time, nor had he launched his campaign for president.
Bobulinski’s evidence also includes an email, originally published by the New York Post, that he received from Gilliar. The email appeared to describe a proposal for the division of equity related to the venture, before it fell through. The split would have included "20 H," "10 Jim," and "10 held by H for the big guy?"
Bobulinski said the "big guy" referenced in a question was Joe Biden. Bobulinski has also claimed that Joe Biden was the person described in another message days later as "the Chairman."
PolitiFact asked the Biden campaign for comment, but we haven’t heard back.
Bobulinski also provided Carlson with audio that showed Walker — the former Clinton administration official who Bobulinski and Carlson described as a representative of the Biden family — saying that if Bobulinski spoke out publicly, "You’re just going to bury all of us, man."
It’s not clear if the comments were shown in proper context on Carlson’s show, but Biden campaign spokesperson Andrew Bates told the Associated Press "it is totally inaccurate to describe (Walker) as a representative of the Biden campaign or any member of the Biden family."
What do we know about the Bidens and China?
Hunter Biden has been involved in multiple business dealings with Chinese companies, but there is no evidence that his father played a role.
In his statements to the press, Bobulinski cited a September report from Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., and Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, that investigated Hunter Biden’s foreign business dealings. That report showed that the younger Biden dealt with Chinese companies through a company called Bohai Harvest RST, or BHR.
Hunter Biden got involved with the investment fund after it was set up in 2013 by Rosemont Seneca Partners, a company he helped form in 2009, and the Bank of China. PolitiFact reported how, in 2015 and 2017, BHR inked multi-million dollar deals with various Chinese companies.
In 2019, the Wall Street Journal reported that 80% of BHR was controlled by Chinese entities, according to business registrations. Hunter Biden was an unpaid board member until October 2017, when he took a 10% financial stake in the company. Two years later, his lawyer announced that he’d resigned without any return on his investment.
Bobulinski said he was also inspired to speak out after the Senate’s report mentioned roughly $5 million in indirect payments CEFC Infrastructure Investment made to Hunter Biden’s law firm.
Hunter Biden’s foreign engagements have created a problem of appearances for his father. But they are not the smoking gun that some have made them out to be, and they have not been found to have had any influence on U.S. policies with respect to foreign nations, according to the Johnson report. There is no evidence that Joe Biden was orchestrating or benefiting from these deals.
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