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Conflict of Interest: Hunter Biden Still Owns Stake in Chinese Company

&NewLine;<p>It’s been less than one month into Joe Biden’s presidency and his son Hunter is already causing problems&period;&nbsp&semi;Reports confirm that Hunter Biden still owns 10&percnt; stake in a Chinese company despite promises that the family would suspend all foreign business dealings during Joe’s presidency&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>When asked about this conflict of interest&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;punchingbagpost&period;com&sol;uh-oh-biden-to-view-china-with-strategic-patience&sol;">White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki<&sol;a> said&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;He has been working to unwind his investment&comma; but I would certainly point you &&num;8211&semi; he’s a private citizen &&num;8211&semi; I would point you to him or his lawyers on the outside on any update&period;”&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The company in question is Bohai Harvest RST &lpar;Shanghai&rpar;&comma; a private equity firm backed by the Bank of China&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h4 class&equals;"wp-block-heading"><em>Rumor has it the company was founded 12 days after Hunter and then-Vice President Biden took a trip to Beijing<&sol;em>&period;<&sol;h4>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Hunter served on the company&&num;8217&semi;s board of directors &&num;8220&semi;based on his interest in seeking ways to bring Chinese capital to international markets&comma;&&num;8221&semi; claim&&num;8217&semi;s Hunter&&num;8217&semi;s lawyer&comma; George Mesires&period; &&num;8220&semi;Hunter neither played a role in the formation or licensure of the company&comma; nor owned any equity in it while his father was Vice President&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Mesires says the job was an &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;unpaid position&period;” <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>However&comma; Hunter has obtained a 10&percnt; equity position in the company after investing &dollar;420&comma;000&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Hunter stepped down from the board in 2019 after his family received criticism in relation to his father’s presidential campaign&period; The fact that he has failed to divulge his stake was first reported in December by the <em>Wall Street Journal&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong>Author’s Note&colon;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;strong>As we at PBP predicted&comma; the Bidens’ foreign business dealings are not likely to stop during Joe’s presidency&period; Rather&comma; they will intensify given his elevated position&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Sources&colon; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;rumble&period;com&sol;vdlk1r-press-sec-confirms-biden-still-owns-10-stake-in-chinese-company&period;html">Press Sec Confirms Hunter Biden Still Owns 10&percnt; Stake in Chinese Company&nbsp&semi;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;foxnews&period;com&sol;politics&sol;hunter-biden-still-working-to-unwind-investment-in-chinese-firm">Hunter Biden still &OpenCurlyQuote;working to unwind’ investment in Chinese firm<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;foxnews&period;com&sol;politics&sol;hunter-biden-chinese-business-ownership">Hunter Biden still owns 10&percnt; stake in Chinese private equity firm&comma; business records show&nbsp&semi;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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