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The Wall Street Journal reported that the deal fell through; SinoHawk never received money from or completed deals with the Chinese oil company. According to the newspaper, Hunter, Joe Biden’s brother James, Gilliar and Walker were also involved — but there was no role for Joe Biden.

Bobulinski claimed otherwise.

"Everything I’m saying is corroborated by emails, WhatsApp chats, agreements, documents and other evidence," he told reporters gathered Oct. 22, before gesturing to three phones that he claimed contained incriminating evidence and said he would hand over to authorities.

Bobulinski provided some of his records to outlets like Fox News and the Wall Street Journal. Both reported that they do not show Joe Biden had business dealings with SinoHawk Holdings or took money from the Chinese company.

That wasn’t the angle Trump allies described as they pitched the story to the Wall Street Journal in early October. The New York Times reported that a White House lawyer, a former deputy White House counsel and a public relations man close to Donald Trump Jr. took Bobulinski’s claims to the Wall Street Journal with the hope that the newspaper would cover them before Election Day.

The Journal stalled on the story while its reporters tried to determine whether Bobulinski’s documents implicated Joe Biden. In the meantime, Trump personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani took a version of the allegations to the New York Post.

The tabloid published an article Oct. 14 that made allegations based on emails on a computer hard drive allegedly belonging to Hunter Biden that was left at a repair shop. No news organizations have been able to verify the authenticity of those emails.

Former Trump aide Steve Bannon told the Times that Bobulinski got spooked by the length of time the Journal was taking on the story and sent an on-the-record statement to a range of news organizations. Breitbart, a conservative site, published the statement.

Are Bobulinski’s claims credible?

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