President Joe Biden calmed Hunter Biden down in a voicemail that he was in the "clear" following the publication of a New York Times article covering his dealings with the now-defunct Chinese energy conglomerate CEFC. In another video in which Hunter filmed himself, a distraught Russian escort is filmed being oddly badgered by Hunter who admits he just paid her $10,000 - with a paper trail that leads back to his Vice President dad, Joe Biden.
Joe Biden has often stressed that he has "never" spoken with Hunter about his overseas business transactions. The Dec. 12, 2018, voicemail, which was located on a password-protected iPhone XS backup found on a copy of Hunter's abandoned laptop, indicates that Joe Biden did indeed have a level of awareness of his son's overseas dealings with a man Hunter once called the "spy chief of China."
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"Hey pal, it's Dad. It's 8:15 on Wednesday night. If you get a chance, just give me a call. Nothing urgent. I just wanted to talk with you," Joe Biden said in the Dec. 12, 2018, voicemail, which was first reported by the Daily Mail.
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"I thought the article released online, it's going to be printed tomorrow in the Times, was good," added Joe Biden, who wasn't serving in public office at the time. "I think you're clear. And anyway, if you get a chance, give me a call. I love you."
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Joe Biden established his successful presidential bid about five months after leaving the voicemail on his son's phone.
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"I have never spoken to my son about his overseas business dealings," Joe Biden said in September 2019, something he would repeat multiple times.
The New York Times article Joe Biden referred to in the voicemail covered Hunter's business partnership with former CEFC chairman Ye Jianming and his top lieutenant Patrick Ho during a time frame the Chinese company pursued business opportunities in the United States and around the world.
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Ye has since vanished in China after Chinese state media linked him to a corruption case in 2018, which led CEFC to go bankrupt.
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Ho was sentenced to three years in prison in March 2019 for violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act by trying to bribe the President of Chad $2 million in order to secure unfair business advantages for CEFC. Ho served his sentence and was deported to Hong Kong in June 2021.
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The case against Ho admitted that some evidence had been obtained through the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
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The first call Ho made after his arrest in 2017 was to James Biden, who is Hunter's uncle and Joe Biden's brother. James has said he thought Ho's call was intended for Hunter.
Hunter struck a $1 million legal retainer agreement with Ho following his arrest.
Hunter referred to Ho as the "f****** spy chief of China" in a 47-minute audio recording dated May 11, 2018, found on a copy of his dropped laptop.
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