Hunter Biden bragged of having 'access to the highest level' in China, email claims

Sep 24, 2021 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    24% Somewhat Conservative

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  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    74% Negative

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"The new report from Business Insider pointed to another email from the following year -- Feb. 26, 2016 -- where Washington lawyer John Sandweg, acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in 2013 and 2014 under Obama, said he had talked to Hunter and his team about the Libya effort."
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8% Conservative
"In his memoir, Beautiful Things, Hunter Biden wrote that in 2013, then-Vice President Joe Biden asked his son's teenage daughter to join him on Air Force Two to Japan and then to Beijing, where he was meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping."
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20% Conservative
"For years, Zuberi donated mostly to Democrats before throwing large sums at Trump's inaugural committee after his win in 2016."
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8% Conservative
"The new report from Business Insider pointed to another email from the following year -- Feb. 26, 2016 -- where Washington lawyer John Sandweg, acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in 2013 and 2014 under Obama, said he had talked to Hunter and his team about the Libya effort."
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-4% Liberal
"Rahbani spoke in the past about his support for Obama and pulled pictures of himself with the former president and Joe Biden at a 2013 inaugural event down from his website after Zuberi pleaded guilty."
Positive
4% Conservative
"Rahbani spoke in the past about his support for Obama and pulled pictures of himself with the former president and Joe Biden at a 2013 inaugural event down from his website after Zuberi pleaded guilty."
Positive
4% Conservative
"The convicted criminal is also pictured numerous times in 2014 with then-Vice President Joe Biden in records made public by the Justice Department."
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0% Conservative
"U.S. election law prohibits foreign nationals from donating to federal campaigns, but prosecutors said Rahbani and a business associate gave Imaad Zuberi $850,000 to donate to President Barack Obama's 2012 reelection inauguration."
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-2% Liberal
"Zuberi only donated $97,500 of it to Obama before pocketing the rest for himself."
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-2% Liberal
"Ho, likely under FISA surveillance at one point, tried reaching out to Joe Biden's son for help because he agreed to represent Ho as part of his efforts to work out a liquefied natural gas deal worth tens of millions of dollars with CEFC China Energy leader Ye, who has since disappeared in China."
Negative
-6% Liberal
"The alleged claim by President Joe Biden's adult son was discussed in a Jan. 28, 2015, email obtained by Business Insider from Democratic donor Sam Jauhari to Saudi business tycoon Sheikh Mohammed al-Rahbani, as the men tried to put together a plan to free Libya's many billions in frozen funds."
Negative
-8% Liberal
"When Patrick Ho, one of Chinese energy tycoon Ye Jianming's lieutenants, was charged by the Justice Department in 2017, the first call he reportedly made after his arrest was to Joe Biden's brother James, who said he thought the call was meant for Hunter Biden ."
Negative
-8% Liberal
"FEC records indicate he gave more than $80,000 to the Obama campaign in 2012, roughly $30,000 to the Democratic National Committee, tens of thousands of dollars to Democratic state parties and congressional campaigns, and $2,700 to Hillary for America in 2015."
Negative
-8% Liberal
"The businessman tried to work his way closer to Biden through Fran Person, who had served as Biden's body man for eight years before leaving in 2014, after which Zuberi began to cultivate a closer relationship with him."
Negative
-10% Liberal
"Zuberi is seen in multiple photographs with Obama in 2014."
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-14% Liberal
"According to Jauhari, Hunter Biden sought a $2 million-per-year retainer when he offered to help unlock billions of dollars in Libyan assets that were frozen by the United States in the wake of the Obama administration-backed ouster of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi and the collapse of the country's government."
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-22% Liberal
"Zuberi, a California venture capitalist and campaign fundraiser who worked to gain influence with prominent Republicans and Democrats, including former President Donald Trump and now-President Joe Biden, was sentenced to a dozen years in prison for illegal donations and foreign agent lobbying schemes in early 2021."
Negative
-4% Liberal
"Zuberi, a California venture capitalist and campaign fundraiser who worked to gain influence with prominent Republicans and Democrats, including former President Donald Trump and now-President Joe Biden, was sentenced to a dozen years in prison for illegal donations and foreign agent lobbying schemes in early 2021."
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54% : The new report from Business Insider pointed to another email from the following year -- Feb. 26, 2016 -- where Washington lawyer John Sandweg, acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in 2013 and 2014 under Obama, said he had talked to Hunter and his team about the Libya effort.

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