Hunter WhatsApp messages show him demanding $10M Chinese investment
House Republicans released more WhatsApp messages Tuesday they say were written by Hunter Biden as he worked on a business deal with a Chinese energy company.
In messages from August 2017, the first son pushed that $10 million needed to be invested annually into the joint venture with CEFC China Energy, and called a $5 million proposal 'new to me' and 'not acceptable, obviously.'
'I'm tired of this Kevin,' Hunter said. 'I can make $5 million in salary from any law firm in America. If you think it's about money, it's not. The Biden's (sic) are the best at doing exactly what Chairman wants from this partnership. Please let's not quibble over peanuts.' ($5 million is peanuts)
The next day one of Hunter's shell companies, OWASCO PC, was given a $10,000 payment from CEFC, the House Oversight Republicans said, sharing a receipt.
The 'chairman,' Republicans said, was now missing Chinese oil tycoon Ye Jianming, who disappeared in February 2018 after being taken into custody by Chinese authorities.
'Ye stated that that CEFC China's vision "is to obtain overseas resources and serve the national strategy,"' Oversight Republicans' Twitter account said. 'He wanted to expand China's reach and influence around the world.'
'As more facts come to light, it becomes even more evident that the Bidens put China and their interests first and America last,' House Oversight Republicans charged.
Ye's lieutenant, Patrick Ho, was eventually convicted of seven counts of bribery and money laundering in relation to the bribery scheme.
Ho had dialed James Biden, Hunter's uncle and the president's brother, upon being arrested, according to a 2018 New York Times profile of CEFC's downfall.
James Biden told The Times that he believed the call was meant for Hunter.
'There is nothing else I have to say,' James Biden told the paper. 'I don't want to be dragged into this anymore.'
-SIDE NOTE: The White House has reportedly scrubbed all references to Hunter's 12 visits to the Biden White House.
