The White House faced criticism when news emerged that Hunter Biden was joining his father at Camp David amidst explosive whistleblower allegations of political corruption.
A guilty plea on federal tax charges and a plea bargain on a felony firearms charge are the most recent developments in this person’s legal history.
IRS Whistleblower Reveals Hunter Biden’s Warning to Chinese Associate
The House Ways and Means Committee made public its recent interview with an individual who reported concerns about the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
The interviewee, an IRS whistleblower named Gary Shapley, provided a WhatsApp message from 2017, allegedly sent by Hunter Biden to a Chinese business associate.
In the message, Hunter Biden purportedly expressed disappointment that a commitment had not been fulfilled and warned the associate, Henry Zhao, that he would regret not following his instructions. Hunter Biden also emphasized that any communication regarding the matter should only come from specific individuals, namely Zhao, Zhang, or the chairman, and threatened consequences if others were involved.
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Whistleblower’s Testimony Following Hunter Biden’s Plea Deal
Conservatives on Twitter highlighted the close timing of these revelations with the joint travel of Joe Biden and Hunter Biden to Camp David. They raised questions about potential connections between the alleged revelations and the subsequent announcement of a favorable plea deal for Hunter Biden.
Some individuals criticized the decision to bring Hunter Biden to the White House for a State Dinner and then take him to Camp David, speculating about the nature of their discussions and the inclusion of individuals with questionable legal and tax compliance backgrounds.
President Biden has consistently maintained that he does not discuss foreign business dealings with his son, despite mounting evidence suggesting numerous encounters between Joe Biden and Hunter Biden’s business associates.
The whistleblower’s testimony emerged two days after Hunter Biden reached an agreement with the Justice Department, overseen by his father, to plead guilty to two misdemeanor charges related to his failure to pay federal income taxes on at least $3 million earned through foreign business transactions.
Hunter Biden also agreed to a pretrial diversion arrangement for a separate charge related to possession of a firearm while being an unlawful user of or addicted to a controlled substance.
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