An email and the draft of a letter on Hunter Biden letterhead to the director of a Chinese state-linked energy company in 2016, while Joe Biden was still vice president, strengthens allegations that the Bidens were in business with Beijing and potentially backed by the power of the White House.
The House Oversight Committee released documents — and the transcript — Tuesday related to the Jan. 26 deposition of Biden family associate Rob Walker.
Among the docs was a letter dated March 22, 2016, from Hunter Biden to CEFC China Energy Executive Director Jianjun Zang.
"I believe we have presented a collection of projects that parallel the interests of you and your team and we look forward to discussing them in detail," read the draft letter to Zang, written on Hunter Biden letterhead and sent as an attachment to Hunter's partners Walker and James Gilliar.
"As we await your next visit to the United States, please continue to coordinate all matters with my confidant and trusted advisor, James Gilliar," the letter says.
It's not known if the letter was ever sent to Zang.
It's expected to be one line of questioning that Hunter Biden will get when he sits for his deposition on Feb. 28.
Walker said during his deposition that the president was "never involved" in his son's business dealings.
Walker said that Zang had been in Washington, D.C., "probably three or maybe four times. He also told the committee that Joe Biden met with Hunter Biden's CEFC partners, including Chairman Ye Jianming, at the Four Seasons Hotel in D.C. weeks after his term of vice president had ended.
A short time later, Walker received the $3 million payment from the CEFC entity on March 1, 2017. The next day he wired $1,065,000 to Gilliar, "and then over the course of several months wired incremental payments to the Bidens totaling around $1,065,000."
"Walker told investigators Hunter asked him to send incremental payments to various Biden accounts, including Hallie Biden and James Biden, who were not affiliated with the CEFC deal," the panel said.
Gilliar would tell investigators that the $3 million "had nothing to do with" Joe Biden stopping by the hotel.
Walker told the panel the $3 million was "from the opportunities that we had shown them."
Previously, Walker distributed more than $1 million to the Biden family from Romanian businessman Gabriel Popoviciu between November 2015 and May 2017, when then-Vice President Biden was speaking out about corruption in that country.
"Walker was unable to articulate what services the partners provided for $180,000 monthly from Popoviciu. The payments abruptly ended shortly after Joe Biden left the vice presidency," the House said.
Walker reportedly met Hunter Biden while President Bill Clinton was in office, and he worked on Joe Biden's presidential campaign in 2008. Meanwhile, Hunter Biden's work with CEFC reportedly began in 2015 when his father was in office.
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