Well, the most damning evidence of the Biden family influence-peddling business occurred in the last years of Joe Biden’s term as vice president – specifically, 2014 through 2016. That, of course, is when the Burisma hijinks began. Indeed, Hunter’s board seat on the corrupt energy company’s board was so manifestly tied to his father’s political influence that, as soon as Biden left office in 2017, Burisma slashed Hunter’s compensation in half.
But in light of the evidence – including the evidence developed by the House Oversight Committee, which found that the Bidens reeled in over $27 million from foreign persons and entities from 2014 to 2019 – there would certainly be a sufficient basis for a criminal investigation.
The president could try to head off a new investigation of influence-peddling by granting participants the same sort of expansive pardon he gave Hunter.
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BURISMA
Hunter Biden earned millions of dollars serving on the board of the Ukrainian energy company Burisma after joining the company as legal counsel in the spring of 2014 before being elevated to the Board of Directors later that year.
FARA
Hunter Biden’s overseas ties have also sparked speculation that he violated public disclose laws under the Foreign Agents Registration Act by not registering as a foreign agent.
ROMANIA
The Republican-led House Oversight Committee has scrutinized the Biden family’s alleged business dealings in Romania dating back to 2015.
“On September 28, 2015, Vice President Biden welcomed Romanian President Klaus Iohannis to the White House,” the House Oversight Committee’s website state’s.
“Within five weeks of this meeting, a Romanian businessman involved with a high-profile corruption prosecution in Romania, Gabriel Popoviciu, began depositing a Biden associate’s bank account, which ultimately made their way into Biden family accounts. Popoviciu made sixteen of the seventeen payments, totaling over $3 million, to the Biden associate account while Joe Biden was Vice President. Biden family accounts ultimately received approximately $1.038 million.”