In a recent development, special counsel David Weiss has filed court documents in the Central District of California, accusing Hunter Biden of receiving payments from a Romanian oligarch with the intent to "influence U.
S. policy and public opinion" during his father's tenure as Vice President.
This revelation comes in the wake of Hunter Biden's withdrawal from the political race and amidst growing concerns raised by lawmakers over his international business transactions.
As reported by The Post Millennial, Gabriel Popoviciu, a Romanian entrepreneur, is slated to testify against Hunter Biden in his impending tax trial in Los Angeles, scheduled to commence on September 5. The court filings by Weiss indicate that Hunter Biden had verbally agreed to assist Popoviciu in 2015 to challenge bribery charges leveled against him in Romania.
The prosecution team plans to present evidence, including the fact that Hunter Biden and his business associate received remuneration from a foreign principal seeking to influence US policy and instigate a US investigation into the Romanian inquiry of Popoviciu. Weiss further alleged that Hunter Biden and his associate were apprehensive that their lobbying efforts might have political repercussions for his father, Joe Biden.
The court documents also revealed that Hunter Biden's associate and Popoviciu had signed a 'Management Services Agreement', under which the associate's legal entity was supposedly to provide management services to Romanian real estate properties. However, Weiss contends that this was not the actual purpose of the payment.
Weiss also pointed out that Hunter Biden's legal team had requested the court to dismiss allegations of potential violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) by their client. "The government does not intend to reference allegations that the defendant violated FARA or improperly coordinated with the Obama Administration," Weiss stated. However, he added that the government would present evidence that Hunter Biden's associate had structured a business relationship to evade registering as a foreign agent, and that they had indeed reached out to government officials, specifically the United States Department of State.
The prosecution alleges that between November 2015 and 2017, Hunter Biden and his two business associates received over $3 million in payments from Popoviciu, which they divided among themselves. Hunter Biden is currently facing charges for failing to pay over $1.4 million in taxes from 2016 to 2019 and for filing false tax returns. Although he has since paid the taxes, he has been charged with three felonies and six misdemeanors in the case.
These allegations surfaced approximately three weeks after Joe Biden announced his decision not to seek reelection. Concurrently, GOP-led House committees have been probing Hunter Biden's foreign dealings, uncovering how he, his family members, and business partners received millions of dollars from overseas.
The House Oversight Committee released a timeline highlighting Hunter Biden's association with Popovicu. It stated that Popovicu "began depositing into a Biden associates bank account, which ultimately made their way into Biden family accounts" around five weeks after Vice President Biden hosted Romanian President Klaus Iohannis at the White House.
The committee noted that a total of 16 payments amounting to over $3 million were deposited, with Biden family accounts receiving approximately $1.038 million. It was also noted that Hunter Biden visited Romania in November 2015.
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