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Late in 2018, Joe Biden called his son Hunter to talk about an article in the New York Times about Hunter's dealings with a Chinese oil tycoon.
Late in 2018, Joe Biden called his son Hunter to talk about an article in the New York Times about the younger Biden's business dealings with a Chinese oil tycoon who was accused of economic crimes. Joe Biden told Hunter, "I think you're clear," according to a report Monday.
The voicemail was found on a backup of Hunter Biden's cell phone that was on his famously thrown-away laptop. It seems to contradict President Biden's claim that he never talked to his disgraced 52-year-old son about his international business deals and knew they could be wrong.
“Hey pal, it’s Dad,” Joe Biden said, the Daily Mail reported. “It’s 8:15 on Wednesday night. If you get a chance just give me a call. Nothing urgent. I just wanted to talk to you.”
Biden then made his intentions clear.
“I thought the article released online, it’s going to be printed tomorrow in the Times, was good,” Biden continued. “I think you’re clear. And anyway if you get a chance give me a call, I love you.”
In September 2019, while campaigning in Iowa, Joe Biden said, "I have never talked to my son about his business deals in other countries." Jen Psaki, who used to be his press secretary, and Ron Klain, who was his chief of staff, have both said this many times.
The found voicemail brought back calls for an investigation into how the now-president handled and knew about his son's business abroad.
“Joe Biden said he ‘never spoke’ with Hunter about his business dealings. That is simply not true. We need to know what Joe Biden knew and when he knew it,” Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), the No. 3 Republican in the House of Representatives, told The Post Monday.
“This voicemail is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the evidence mounting against the Biden Crime Family. When Republicans take back Congress, we will use our Congressional power of oversight to uncover the truth for every American as a matter of national security.”
The Biden voicemail followed a Times report on Dec. 12, 2018, detailing Hunter’s dealings with Ye Jianming, a “fast-rising” Chinese oil tycoon who headed CEFC China Energy Company in 2016 before being arrested two years later amid allegations of economic crimes.
The Post reported in April that Ye, who was named No. 2 on the Forbes “40 Under 40” list in 2016, has not been seen since his arrest and many of the now-bankrupt company’s assets were seized by the government.
In October 2020, emails first obtained by The Post showed that one of Hunter Biden’s business partners, James Gilliar, outlined the proposed percentage distribution of equity in the company.
According to another former Hunter Biden partner, US Navy veteran Tony Bobulinksi, the plan called for Hunter to get a 10% share for "the big guy." This was likely a reference to Joe Biden, who was running for president as a Democrat at the time.
Bobulinski has said, "I have heard Joe Biden say that he has never talked about his business with Hunter." "That's not true."
But files on Hunter's old laptop show that he made a deal with CEFC worth millions after bragging about his wealthy family ties. Patrick Ho, one of Ye's top aides, was also found guilty in New York of paying off African officials to help Iran get around oil sanctions.
In 2018, The Times said that Ho called Joe Biden's brother, James Biden, after he was arrested. However, James told the newspaper that he thought the call was meant for Hunter Biden. The report says that James Biden said he gave the contact information for his nephew.
“There is nothing else I have to say,” James Biden told the newspaper in 2018. “I don’t want to be dragged into this anymore.”
Through an attorney, Hunter Biden declined to comment for the 2018 report, which indicated it was unclear whether he struck any business deals with CEFC or Ye.
But the newly discovered voicemail, found on a backup of Hunter’s iPhone XS stored on his laptop that The Post first revealed, seemingly contradicts President Biden’s repeated denials.
Hunter’s friends, meanwhile, ribbed him about James Biden’s comment to the Times linking him to Ho. Devon Archer, a former business partner sentenced to a year and a day in prison in February for defrauding a Native American tribe, texted him the next day, the Daily Mail reported.
“Nice quote from uncle jimmy,” Archer texted Hunter Biden. “I hope you thanked him for that.”
Hunter replied: “Took it totally out of context [actually] the text itself that it was said in. Either way yeah I’m delighted.”
The report says that Ho later called Hunter Biden and gave him a $1 million retainer to be his lawyer.
At the time, federal agents were watching Ho because they thought he might be a spy for China. Hunter accidentally recorded himself calling Ho the "spy chief of China," the Daily Mail said.
In May 2018, Hunter reportedly told a female friend, "I have another New York Times reporter calling about me representing Dr. Patrick Ho, the f—king spy chief of China who started the company that my partner Ye, who is worth $323 billion, founded and is now missing." "The richest man in the world, who was my business partner, has gone missing."
Monday, when we asked the White House for a comment, we didn't hear back right away.
Text messages on Hunter’s laptop also reveal he began panicking when the New York Times started asking questions as to why Ho called James Biden looking for him.
Other messages also showed Hunter’s attorney, George Mesires, boasting about steering Times reporter David Barboza away from Hunter and James’ involvement with CEFC.
“Barboza said that there is ‘very little about Hunter’” in the story, Mesires wrote.
There was more good news, according to Mesires.
“No reference to Joe Biden specifically relative to CFEC’s efforts,” Mesires texted.
Hunter Biden later praised Mesires for his efforts, text messages show.
“You did an incredible job of keeping this basically to a big fat nothing,” Hunter told him in one message.
“At the end of the day, I think people jadedly say, ‘This is how the world works,’” Mesires replied.
Hunter Biden is still being looked into by the government for possible tax fraud related to his business dealings overseas. House Republicans have said that they want his longtime partner Eric Schwerin to turn over documents that they think link the president to these relationships.
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