New book substantiates claim Joe Biden was the ‘big guy’ in shady Chinese deal, expected a 10% cut



A new book detailing the Biden family's array of controversial overseas business dealings provides fresh insight into an infamous meeting the family held with Tony Bobulinski, during which President Joe Biden allegedly greenlit a deal with Chinese business magnates and secured a 10% cut of the venture.

What are the details?

In "Laptop from Hell," New York Post columnist Miranda Devine uses a massive cache of files obtained from Hunter Biden's abandoned laptop to reconstruct the meeting, which took place in 2017 at the Los Angeles Beverly Hilton hotel.

According to an excerpt of the book published by the Post on Sunday, Biden was scheduled to speak at the Milken Institute Global Conference. But in his downtime, he allegedly joined his son, Hunter, and brother, Jim, for a meeting with their prospective business partner Bobulinski to offer a go-ahead for the deal.

On May 2, 2017, at around 11 p.m. Biden — then just months removed from serving as vice president — sauntered into the Beverly Hilton lobby to vet Bobulinski.

Prior to the meeting, Devine wrote, Jim Biden explained to Bobulinski that the meeting would be strictly "high level." Hunter Biden added, “We will not go into any detail about the business. I just want my dad to be comfortable with you.”

During the ensuing meeting, Joe Biden and Bobulinski shared their backgrounds, got acquainted with one another, and spoke in generalities about the prospective deal with now-defunct Chinese government-linked energy conglomerate CEFC China.

It reportedly went well and resulted in Biden saying, “My son and my brother trust you emphatically, so I trust you.”

What else?

In the book, Devine explained that Biden was the "final decision-maker" and that "nothing important was done without his agreement."

And so, with Joe's approval, the plan to incorporate SinoHawk Holdings LLC moved forward. It would be a global investment firm kick-started with $10 million in Chinese money split 50/50 between Biden's business group and CEFC Chairman Ye Jianming.

The book's excerpt outlined a pivotal email obtained by the Post last year that detailed the “remuneration packages” for six individuals involved in the Biden family's business consortium.

In the email, James Gilliar outlined a "provisional agreement" for the distribution of equity that included "20" for "Jim," "20" for "H [Hunter]," and "10 held by H for the big guy?”

Bobulinski would later report that the "big guy" mentioned in the email was unquestionably Joe Biden, noting that Hunter would often call his father "the big guy" or "my chairman" in verbal and written communication.

Anything else?

According to Devine, in a follow-up meeting with Jim Biden, Bobulinski was warned to keep Joe Biden away from the details of the deal so that he could publicly claim "plausible deniability."

The family was allegedly "paranoid" about someone mentioning Joe Biden's involvement, apparently fearing that his connection to unsavory dealings could tank his chances at the presidency.

During the 2020 presidential election, Joe Biden claimed that he "never spoken to [his ]son about his overseas business dealings."

Report: Hunter Biden sent best wishes from 'entire Biden family' in 2017 email to Chinese energy magnate requesting $10 million wire



Newly obtained email correspondence shows Hunter Biden telling the chairman of CEFC China in 2017 that he sends his "best wishes from the entire Biden family" while requesting a $10 million money transfer to jumpstart their joint venture with the Chinese energy firm.

The email, which was recently obtained by Fox News, raises new questions about Democratic President-elect Joe Biden's past involvement in the prospective business deal. Joe Biden has repeatedly denied having any knowledge or involvement in his son's overseas business dealings.

What are the details?

In an email sent on June 18, 2017, Hunter Biden requested that Zhao Runlong "translate my letter to [CEFC] Chairman Ye, please extend my warmest best wishes and that I hope to see the Chairman soon."

"I hope my letter finds you well. I regret missing you on your last visit to the United States," he wrote in an attached letter to Ye Jianming, who has reported ties to the Chinese communist government. "Please accept the best wishes from the entire Biden family as well as my partners. We are all hoping to see you here again soon, or in Shanghai."

Biden reportedly went on to share that the establishment of SinoHawk Holdings, the joint venture between his team and CEFC, had been completed, and that he looked forward to introducing Ye to Tony Bobulinski, who would "act as the CEO."

"He is a very close friend of James Gilliar and the Biden family and joined our team to focus on the execution of things as a partner," Biden wrote of Bobulinski. "He has invested capital all over the world for some of the world's wealthiest families."

"[Bobulinski had] sent a request to [Gongwen Dong] and Director Zang for the funding of the $10 MM USD wire," Biden continued. "I would appreciate if you will send that quickly so we can properly fund and operate Sinohawk."

What else?

Ye, responding in a letter attached to a Sept. 6, 2017, email obtained by Fox News, assured Biden that he had "arranged Director Zang and Gongwen Dong to expedite the charter capital input to SinoHawk."

"I look forward to meeting you in the near future and discussing our joint undertaking. If there is anything I could do please do not hesitate to write to me," Ye wrote. "Please accept my best regards to you and your family."

Fox News noted that the $10 million wire transfer was never completed. The joint venture fell apart shortly after Ye was detained by the Chinese government for unspecified crimes.

Anything else?

Bobulinski, a former Hunter Biden business associate, went public in October about the deal-gone-bad turning over a trove of documents and evidence to federal agents and congressional committees. He claimed that, despite his denials, Joe Biden was both aware of the deal and involved in it.

He claimed that an email obtained by the New York Post which outlined compensation packages for the venture illustrated Biden's involvement. In the email, Hunter Biden stated, "10 held by H for the big guy?" in reference to Joe Biden, according to Bobulinski.

Since then, another 2017 email has surfaced in which Hunter Biden called his father and his new Chinese business partner "office mates," and even had keys made for them.