Global Courant 2023-05-12 04:40:30
FIRST ON FOX: Divorce lawyers for Hunter Biden and his ex-wife Kathleen Buhle were aware that money was flowing into Hunter’s bank account from a “Romania deal,” emails show, which appear to contradict with Buhle’s earlier claims that she had “buried her head in the sand” when it came to Hunter’s finances.
At a press conference Wednesday, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer revealed that Buhle was one of several Biden family members, including Hallie Biden, who received foreign money, and that Hunter received more than $1 million from Romania.
According to 2016 and 2017 emails reviewed by Fox News Digital from Hunter’s abandoned laptop, Hunter and Buhle’s divorce lawyers were aware of payments from a “Romania deal” and discussed how it affected the two parties. had to be distributed.
Rebekah Sullivan, who represented Buhle during the divorce proceedings, appeared frustrated in a December 15, 2016 email to Sarah Mancinelli, Hunter’s attorney.
World Food Program USA Board Chair Hunter Biden and Kathleen Biden arrive at the World Food Program USA Annual McGovern-Dole Leadership Award Ceremony at the Organization of American States on April 12, 2016 in Washington, D.C. (Paul Morigi/Getty Images for US World Food Program)
BIDEN CLAIMES NO KNOWLEDGE OF HUNTER BUSINESS DEALING GETS HARDER TO KEEP
“As for the disclosures, please help me understand why it’s taking so long to get this basic information. Hunter’s office confirmed to Kathleen a deposit of over $120,000 into Hunter’s TD account, as money from the ‘Romania deal,'” wrote Sullivan.
“There is no reason to delay providing the TD account statements and all expenses since the end of the last statement,” Sullivan added. “It is more than reasonable to immediately ask Hunter to give Kathleen half of the $120,000, and immediate disclosure regarding his TD account.”
Rebekah Sullivan, who represented Buhle during the divorce proceedings, referred to the “Romania deal” in a Dec. 15, 2016, email to Sarah Mancinelli. (Fox News digital)
After forwarding Sullivan’s email to Hunter, Mancinelli replied that it is “not true that my office has confirmed the TD deposit” and accused his soon-to-be ex-wife of spying on him.
“Only two people knew that and I was one of them,” Hunter told his lawyer. “The only way she could possibly know about that is she has access to all my texts and emails.”
After forwarding Sullivan’s email to Hunter, Mancinelli replied that it is “not true that my office has confirmed the TD deposit” and accused his soon-to-be ex-wife of spying on him. (Fox News digital)
A month later, Mancinelli emailed Sullivan after consulting with Hunter Biden and his longtime business partner, Eric Schwerin, who would edit her first draft of the email for Kathleen’s attorney. Hunter gave the go-ahead after Schwerin’s edits, and Mancinelli sent the email, proposing an “interim support and payment arrangement” that included Buhle receiving a portion of the money from a “Romania” payment that Hunter expected.
Excerpt from a draft email Hunter Biden’s divorce attorney was writing to send to Kathleen Buhle’s attorney. The edits in red are from Hunter Biden’s longtime business partner, Eric Schwerin. (Fox News digital)
“Our primary goal with the proposal below is to project for Kathleen the payments Hunter expects to receive this month and how those funds will be allocated — including funds for advance payments,” Mancinelli wrote. “Hunter believes a $60,000 Romania-related payment could come in before the end of January.”
“If that payment were received, Owasco, PC would pay out a $60,000 bonus and $34,000 would be left after taxes,” she said, referring to one of Hunter’s many businesses.
Mancinelli said $10,000 of the remaining money would go directly to Buhle, another $10,000 would go to her legal advances, $10,338 would go to Hunter, and the rest would go to two other outstanding debts.
Sullivan countered, saying Hunter should get none of it and $18,500 should go to Buhle’s servants.
Sullivan countered Mancinelli’s proposal, saying that Hunter should get none of it and that $18,500 should go to Buhle’s servants. (Fox News digital)
It is not clear what amount the two parties have agreed on. The current attorney for Sullivan, Mancinelli and Hunter did not respond to Fox News Digital’s requests for comment.
While the payment arrangement was being discussed, Schwerin sent an email titled “Income,” informing Hunter that he had earned at least $1,295,000 in 2016 from “Owasco, P.C. (representing Burisma and all payments in Romania). “
Hunter’s business partner, Eric Schwerin, sent an email titled “Income,” informing Hunter that he had earned at least $1,295,000 in 2016 from “Owasco, PC (representing Burisma and all payments in Romania). “ (Fox News digital)
The revelation that Buhle’s divorce lawyer knew about money coming from Romania and that Buhle received thousands of dollars from the country as part of the divorce seems to contradict her claims last year that she had no idea about the finances of Hunter.
“I had my head buried pretty deep in the sand,” she told CBS News last June, later claiming she “hardly understood” Hunter’s shady business dealings.
Vice President Joe Biden, right, sits next to his granddaughter Naomi Biden, center, and daughter-in-law Kathleen Biden, left, as they arrive at a restaurant for lunch in Beijing on Aug. 18, 2011. (NG Han Guan/AFP via Getty Images)
HUNTER BIDEN’S FORMER BUSINESS PARTNER, CLOSE FRIEND MAKES FINAL ATTEMPT TO AVOID PRISON PENALTY
Hunter’s business dealings in Romania were highlighted in a report released Wednesday by the House Oversight and Reform Committee. Gabriel “Puiu” Popoviciu, a Romanian tycoon facing criminal charges in connection with corruption and bribery, reportedly hired Hunter Biden in 2016 to advise him on the matter. Popoviciu was eventually sentenced to seven years in prison in August 2017, NBC News reported in 2019.
At the time, Vice President Biden called on the Romanian government to tackle corruption. “Corruption can pose a clear and present danger not only to a country’s economy, but also to national security,” he said during a speech in Romania in 2014.
President Biden and his son Hunter Biden attend the annual Easter egg roll on the South Lawn of the White House on April 10, 2023 in Washington, D.C. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
Biden met with Romanian President Klaus Iohannis at the White House on September 28, 2015.
According to the GOP commission, Bladon Enterprises Limited, a Cyprus-based company purportedly owned by Popoviciu that he used to do business in Romania, began making deposits into Robinson Walker’s bank account within five weeks of the meeting at the White House. LLC, totaling more than $3 million from November 2015 to May 2017.
In one such transaction in early November 2016, Robinson Walker, LLC, which belonged to Hunter’s longtime business partner and friend, Rob Walker, received $183,329.29 from Bladon Enterprises Limited. Hunter subsequently received $122,179 from Robinson Walker, LLC, a few weeks before Buhle’s lawyer’s email referring to the “Romania deal”.
Multiple Biden family accounts, including those of Hunter, Hallie Biden, and an unnamed Biden, received approximately $1.038 million from Robinson Walker, LLC’s account following the deposits from Bladon Enterprises, and 16 of the 17 of those transactions occurred while Biden was vice president. was president.
Hunter Biden arrives at the Independence County Courthouse in Batesville, Ark on May 1, 2023. (Mega for Fox News Digital)
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“The committee continues to investigate why Hallie Biden, a reported school counselor, would receive payments after the deposit from Bladon Enterprises was made to the bank account of Robinson Walker, LLC,” the report said.
“Bank records show that the Bidens used Robinson Walker, LLC to hide that the source of these payments was Popoviciu,” the report continued. “The commission is investigating on behalf of Popoviciu the involvement of Hunter Biden and his business partners with U.S. government officials.”
Jessica Chasmar is a digital writer on the Fox News and Fox Business political team. Story tips can be sent to Jessica.Chasmar@fox.com.
