New pictures: Joe Biden meets Hunter's Chinese business partner
New pictures: Joe Biden meets Hunter's Chinese business partner
New pictures show the then Vice President Joe Biden at a meeting with some business partners of his son Hunter biden during an official visit to China. Hunter's meetings with the Chinese President Xi Jinping and other high -ranking officials can also be seen in these pictures.
public unveiling of the images
This is the first time that these pictures have been published, although the photo opportunities and encounters have been known for years. The National Archives and Records Administration after a of a pro-Trump legal group.
The meaning of the photographs
The photos come from Biden's visit to China in 2013. In a series of pictures, Hunter Biden can be seen together with his father how they talk to Xi Jinping. In another series of pictures, Joe Biden introduces his son Li Yuanchao, who was Vice President of China at the time.
controversy about family business relationships
Another group of pictures shows how Hunter Biden presents his father to his Chinese business partners, including some managers of the private equity company BHR Partners. After handling and hugs, the bidges posed for a group photo with some of the Chinese business people. These images are remarkable because they already had weakened Statements question that he was never in contact with his son. In fact, the Investigation of the impeachment-procedure Against Joe Biden at least two dozen interactions between him and the Business partners of his son from China and other countries.
explanations and reactions
In general, Hunter Biden and other participants have testified that despite sporadic phone calls, meetings and dinner with Joe Biden, no business issues were discussed. Hunter bidens former main business partner later stated that Hunter only" impression "from access to his Father "sold", but "nothing was discussed of material value".Hunter's lawyer Abbe Lowell criticized the Trump-related group, which had tried to publish the pictures. In an explanation he said: "This is just nothing new."
"The photos correspond to the presentation of Hunter's statement in the congress about the people he saw during the public event on his China trip in 2013," added Lowell.
reactions of political instances
America First Legal, a Pro Trump group, had submitted the request for the documents in 2022 and later sued the National Archives to receive the documents. The group is directed by Stephen Miller , a former employee of President Donald Trump .
legal and political challenges
"These photos confirm the results of the House Oversight Committee that Hunter Biden linked his father to Jonathan Li and other BHR executives during the 2013 China trip, where 'Mr. Li was looking for and received access to the political influence of Vice President," said America First Legal in a press release.
When asked about the newly published pictures, a spokesman for the White House said: "This trip - which took place over a decade ago - is old news. The House Republicans have already wasted years and millions of tax money to prove that the president is not in contact with his son. It is time to end this."
conclusions and ongoing investigations
The foreign business of Hunter Biden stood with intensive observation of republicans and investigators from the Ministry of Justice. Bundesankläger filing charges , partly due to unpaid taxes from abroad. However, he was never accused of corruption or illegal lobbying, Despite the claims of the Republican have had criminal influence.
In a controversial step after the election, Joe Biden A pardon for his son Arms of weapons, for which he was convicted at the beginning of this year. Hunter Biden also protected this comprehensive pardon from future criminal persecution for possible federal offenses that he might have committed between January 1, 2014 and December 1, 2024.
"Even while President Biden Hunter Hunter for everything he has 'committed or possibly committed', are published every day, which show how his family Joe Biden's public career has exploited for private profits," said Michael Ding, lawyer at America First Legal, in a statement.
This story has been updated with additional information.
CNNS Nikki Carvajal contributed to this report.
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