Today,
I’m going to highlight a new Hunter Biden record that I’ve recently made public.
Before
I get to that, I’m going to take a trip down memory lane.
On
September 23, 2020, Senator Johnson and I released our “Biden
Report” as it’s been called.
That
report focused on questionable financial transactions between the Biden family
and foreign government-linked individuals. On November 18, 2020, we released a supplemental
to that report.
I’m
going to read several statements from the media and my Democratic colleagues
about our report.
On
September 23, 2020, a New
York Times article by Nicholas Fandos described it in two ways: “lack of
meaningful new information” and “overlap with a Russian disinformation campaign.”
The
then-Democratic Minority Leader was quoted in that same article and said the
report read “as if Putin wrote it, not United States senators.”
A
September 23, 2020, Salon
article by Igor Derysh quoted a Democratic senator saying that the report
was the culmination of a “sham investigation.”
In
that article, the same Democratic senator described our investigation as being “rooted
in disinformation” from Russian operatives.
Separately,
a Democratic senator also said about our report, “Bottom line: the
Johnson-Grassley investigation is baseless. It’s laundering Russian propaganda
for circulation in the U.S.”
In
a September 23, 2020, CBS
article by Melissa Quinn, another Democratic senator said about our report:
“The
chairmen have amplified a known Russian attack on our election” and “it is
unconscionable that the chairmen are continuing to advance false information
intended to undermine our democratic process at the expense of the bipartisan
work we should be doing to protect our national security.”
That
same CBS article said that our report “reveals little new information.”
One
Washington Post columnist, Josh Rogin,
said, “Even after accepting disinformation from Russian agents, Johnson and
Grassley couldn’t come up with anything new or interesting on Hunter Biden.”
Week
after week, month after month, year after year, the media and my Democratic
colleagues falsely attacked our investigation with reckless disregard for the
truth.
I’ve
spoken at length on the Senate floor rebutting all these false charges with
example after example.
Well,
on November 15, 2021, Senator Johnson and I publicly released a record
that I’ve placed, in part, on this poster next to me. The full document
illustrates an assignment and assumption of business interests.
The
part next to me is a signature block in unaltered form including one
typographical error.
The
signature block includes Hunter Biden, his two companies and individuals connected
to the communist Chinese regime.
These
are the main companies that Hunter Biden and his associates used to funnel
money all over the world: Hudson West Three, Hudson West Five, Coldharbour
Capital and Owasco.
Owasco
is Hunter Biden’s firm that was the recipient of millions of dollars from
questionable financial transactions.
Gongwen
Dong was the right hand man for the owner of a company called CEFC China Energy
Company.
Mervyn
Yan was his associate.
CEFC
was an arm of the Chinese government.
Hunter
Biden was a close business partner of these men and their companies.
Therefore,
this signature block shows the direct financial and legal relationship between
Hunter Biden and individuals connected to the communist regime.
These
are the same folks and companies that we discussed at length in our September
2020 report.
This
new document is yet another record that substantiates our report.
The
same report that the media and my Democratic colleagues said was based on
Russian disinformation.
To
the media and my Democratic colleagues that said our report was Russian
disinformation:
Is
this signature block Russian disinformation?
Are
the names of these companies Russian disinformation?
Is
this document Russian disinformation?
No,
this is a legitimate record that my staff uncovered and it didn’t come from the
Hunter Biden laptop.
This
is the same type of record that Senator Johnson and I based our report on.
So,
to my Democratic colleagues who falsely smeared our report: you now chair
committees that have jurisdiction over these matters, I challenge you to use
the same effort and energy that you exerted in the Trump/Russia investigation
to expose the extensive ties between the communist Chinese regime and members
of the Biden family.
