The ties between Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Hunter Biden are facing increased scrutiny after emails were reviewed and verified by Fox News Digital.
The emails show that Blinken held a meeting with Hunter at the State Department in July 2015 when Blinken was serving as the deputy secretary of state in the Obama-Biden administration. Hunter was on the board of the Ukrainian energy firm Burisma.
Former CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell testified to the House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees last week that Blinken, as President Biden's then-campaign senior adviser, "played a role in the inception" of the public statement signed by intelligence officials claiming Hunter's abandoned laptop was part of a Russian disinformation campaign just weeks before the 2020 presidential election.
Emails from the abandoned laptop Blinken sought to discredit show that Hunter has ties to Blinken and his wife, Evan Ryan, dating back over a decade, having scheduled meetings with him while he was on the board Burisma and Blinken was deputy secretary of state.
In an email on May 22, 2015, Hunter tried to schedule a meeting with Blinken, s tot the deputy secretary of state's "advice" on some things.
"Have a few minutes next week to grab a cup of coffee?" Hunter asked. "I know you are impossibly busy, but would like to get your advice on a couple of things."
"Absolutely," Blinken replied. "I'm just about to land in Tokyo en route back DC from Burma. I'll be in office from Tuesday on. Copying Linda in my office to find a good time. Look forward to seeing you. Tony."
Hunter then forwarded Blinken's response to his business partner and fellow Burisma board member, Devon Archer.
"Roger," Archer responded.
Several emails then followed discussing logistics. An email from Blinken's then-assistant, Linda Landers, on May 27, 2015, listed Blinken's schedule for that day.
"I'm trying to schedule you after Tony's afternoon White House meeting, are you available around 345 or 4 pm, TBC?" Landers wrote. "Can you come to the Department for coffee, and see his new digs?"
"I should be-let me know and I'll be wherever is easiest for him," Hunter responded.
Hunter also forwarded a response from Blinken's assistant to Archer, saying, "FYI."
The meeting at the State Department was initially set for 3:30 pm and then moved to 4 pm on May 27, 2015. But at the time of the emails, Hunter's older brother, Beau Biden, had been admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Maryland because of a recurrence of brain cancer. Beau died on May 30, 2015, and the meeting between Hunter and Blinken reportedly didn't occur then.
However, the meeting was later scheduled for July 22, 2015, according to an emailed schedule from Hunter Biden's assistant.
"12:001:30 pm- Lunch with Tony Blinken (State Department)," Hunter's schedule read. "Enter at main entrance ('Diplomatic Entrance'), 22nd & C St, NW. Proceed to receptionist area where Kenny Matthews will be waiting to escort you to Tony's office."
Later that day, Blinken told Hunter in an email it was "great to see" him and "catch up."
"You will love this," Blinken wrote to Hunter on July 22, 2015, "after you left, Marjorie, the wonderful African American woman who sits in my outer office (and used to be Colin Powell's assistant) said to me: 'He sure is pleasant on the eyes.'
The ongoing investigation into Hunter Biden's ties to high-ranking government officials raises questions about the Biden family's connections to influential individuals.
Recently, emails reviewed and verified by Fox News Digital reveal that Secretary of State Antony Blinken held a meeting with Hunter Biden at the State Department in July 2015, while Blinken was serving as the deputy secretary of state in the Obama-Biden administration and Hunter was on the board of Ukrainian energy firm Burisma.
The ties between Blinken and Hunter Biden have faced increased scrutiny after former CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell testified to the House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees that Blinken, as President Biden's then-campaign senior adviser, "played a role in the inception" of the public statement signed by intelligence officials claiming Hunter's abandoned laptop was part of a Russian disinformation campaign just weeks before the 2020 presidential election.
The abandoned laptop's emails, which Blinken sought to discredit, show that Hunter has ties to Blinken and his wife, Evan Ryan, dating back over a decade, having scheduled meetings with him while he was on the board Burisma and Blinken was deputy secretary of state.
The 2015 meeting between Blinken and Hunter Biden was initially set for May 27, 2015, but was later scheduled for July 22, 2015, according to an emailed schedule from Hunter Biden's assistant. Emails from May 2015 show Hunter tried to schedule a meeting with Blinken to get the deputy secretary of state's "advice" on some things.
It's unclear what was discussed during the meeting, but Blinken did tell Hunter in an email that it was "great to see" him and "catch up." These ties between Hunter Biden and Blinken could face increased scrutiny in light of Morell's recent testimony and ongoing investigations into Hunter's activities.
The emails also reveal that Hunter tried to connect with Blinken on June 16, 2010, when he asked Blinken's wife, current White House cabinet secretary Evan Ryan, for his non-government email address. Ryan, who worked at the White House at the time and later went to work at the State Department, provided Blinken's email address to Hunter.
These emails also show the close ties between Hunter Biden and other high-ranking officials in the Obama-Biden administration. For example, in March 2010, Hunter Biden's longtime business partner, Eric Schwerin, emailed Hunter about a couple of White House events and said he "Talked to Evan," referring to Evan Ryan, about them and how many tickets the Office of the Vice President would be allotting for guests.
Later that year, in October, White House visitor logs show Schwerin met with Ryan at the White House's Old Executive Office Building (OEOB). These logs also show Schwerin attending events with other high-ranking officials in the Obama-Biden administration.
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