'The arrogance and elitism of this': As gas prices soar, climate alarmist John Kerry says 'we don't' need to increase drilling or 'go back to coal'



During remarks last week, Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry said that "energy security worry is driving" the thinking that there is a need for additional drilling and for going "back to coal" — but he flatly rejected those notions.

"No we don't. We absolutely don't," Kerry declared, adding that "we have to prevent a false narrative from entering into this or ... we are cooked."

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Kerry's comments come as Democrats continue to peddle climate alarmism, even as Americans shell out beaucoup bucks filling up their gas tanks amid skyrocketing fuel prices — as of Tuesday, the AAA national average price for a gallon of regular gas is a whopping $5.016. Rapidly rising fuel costs result in higher transportation costs, which can also lead to higher prices for all sorts of goods and services.

"I disagree with the Climate Czar on this one: we absolutely must drill for more oil and gas. Relying on foreign oil imports while pretending to use wind & solar is not a feasible strategy," Vivek Ramaswamy tweeted.

\u201cI disagree with the Climate Czar on this one: we absolutely must drill for more oil and gas.\n\nRelying on foreign oil imports while pretending to use wind & solar is not a feasible strategy.\u201d
— Vivek Ramaswamy (@Vivek Ramaswamy) 1655256426

"The arrogance and elitism of this…" Jason Howerton commented.

"I still can't figure out which character from 'Animal Farm' John Kerry is playing," Jazz Shaw tweeted.

"A guy who doesn’t have to worry about gas prices because of his family’s money and wife’s money has no problem saying something as elitist as this," Dana Loesch tweeted.

GOP Sen. Josh Hawley's press secretary Abigail Marone quipped, "hey @JohnKerry i will give you my venmo if you want to pay for my next tank of gas to compensate for your idiotic policies."

Prior to his current post, Kerry served as Secretary of State during a portion of President Barack Obama's tenure in office. Kerry, who spent more than two decades serving as a U.S. Senator from the state of Massachusetts, lost the 2004 presidential election to incumbent Republican President George W. Bush.

John Kerry's response to Ukraine invasion: 'I hope President Putin will help us to stay on track with respect to what we need to do for the climate'



John Kerry cautioned Wednesday that Russia's war on Ukraine will distract the international community from one of the Biden administration's top national security priorities: climate change.

The former secretary of state and current U.S. special envoy for climate was discussing Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine during an interview on BBC Arabic when he said the war will have "massive emissions consequences" for the entire world.

"I'm very concerned about, I'm concerned about Ukraine because of the people of Ukraine and because of the principles that are at risk, in terms of international law and trying to change boundaries of international law by force. I thought we lived in a world that had said no to that kind of activity. And I hope diplomacy will win," Kerry said.

"But massive emissions consequences to the war but equally importantly, you're going to lose people's focus, you're going to lose big country attention because they will be diverted and I think it could have a damaging impact," he continued. "So, you know hopefully President Putin would realize that in the Northern part of his country, they used to live on 66% of the nation that was over frozen land.

"Now it's thawing, and his infrastructure is at risk. And the people of Russia are at risk," he added. "And so I hope President Putin will help us to stay on track with respect to what we need to do for the climate."

Former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on BBC Arabic: The Ukraine Crisis Could Distract the World from the Climate Crisis While Having Massive Emissions Consequences #RussiaUkraineConflict #UkraineRussie #UkraineRussiaCrisis #ClimateCrisis @JohnKerry @ClimateEnvoypic.twitter.com/nsOC1iZeGm
— MEMRI (@MEMRI) 1645699336

Kerry's comments echo comments he made in an interview Sunday, when he told GZERO Media's Ian Bremmer that a Russian invasion of Ukraine will have a "monumental impact on the ability and willingness of people to do what's necessary" to fight climate change.

"Ukraine, one way or the other — we're going to resolve it, ultimately, over X number of years. But the climate crisis remains existential, just as it was before the Ukraine crisis came up," Kerry said, before the invasion began.

Russia launched a full-scale invasion of its sovereign neighbor Ukraine Thursday with ground, air, and naval forces in the largest military campaign by one state against another in Europe since World War II.

Ukrainian cities have been attacked with shelling and airstrikes. Civilians have either attempted to flee or made makeshift bomb shelters in subway systems. Reports indicate there are hundreds of casualties, although the exact numbers of injured or dead remain unknown in this chaotic, ongoing war.

Russia's Defense Ministry claimed Thursday that the Russian army destroyed 74 Ukrainian military facilities, including 11 airbases, just hours after launching the invasion.

Ukraine said Thursday morning that at least 40 soldiers and 10 civilians had been killed in the conflict.

In the context of widespread suffering in Ukraine caused by Russian President Vladimir Putin's war, Republican lawmakers blasted Kerry's statements about climate change.

"Climate change religious zealot John Kerry is worried that the first major ground war in Europe in 80 years & #Putin’s threat of nuclear consequences is getting more attention than his climate agenda," Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) tweeted.

"As Sec. of State, John Kerry did nothing to stop the invasion of Crimea, all for an unenforceable agreement to fight the air. Now that his chickens came home to roost, he’s more worried about emissions from war & distraction from the climate than the slaughter in #Ukraine," said Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.).

"Putin is killing innocent Ukrainians and John Kerry is asking him to stay 'on track' for the climate? Despicable," Rep. August Pfluger (R-Fla.) remarked. "Russian energy is some of the worst for the environment. The Biden Admin climate religion has made our world less safe."

New evidence emerges contradicting defense of John Kerry over allegations he leaked info about Israeli operations



Audio of Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif reveals he did not have knowledge about secret Israeli military operations until former Secretary of State John Kerry disclosed details about the operations.

The new detail directly contradicts State Department's defense after the bombshell allegation surfaced this week in the New York Times.

What is the background?

According to leaked audio of Zarif that surfaced last weekend, Kerry disclosed to him that Israel was responsible for more than 200 covert operations against Iranian interests in the Middle East. The New York Times did not provide additional context beyond what Zarif had claimed, aside from the detail that Kerry's admission left Zarif astonished.

"Former Secretary of State John Kerry informed him that Israel had attacked Iranian interests in Syria at least 200 times, to his astonishment, Mr. Zarif said," the Times reported.

What are the new details?

The Washington Free Beacon commissioned a translation of the Zarif audio. They learned Zarif confirmed on the audio that he did not know Israel was responsible for certain military operations against Iranian interests until Kerry disclosed that fact.

From the Free Beacon:

[A]n independent translation of the audiotape commissioned by the Washington Free Beacon shows that Zarif went on to clarify that he had no prior knowledge of these Israeli strikes before Kerry told him.

"Kerry told me that Israel had launched 200 airstrikes against you [Iran]," said Zarif. "You didn't know?" asked his interviewer. "No, no," he replied.

How did Kerry and the State Dept. respond?

Both Kerry and the State Department denied the allegation — but invoked different explanations.

Kerry outright denied having disclosed the sensitive information, while the State Department claimed the information that Kerry allegedly disclosed was not secret, but available publicly.

"I can tell you that this story and these allegations are unequivocally false. This never happened — either when I was Secretary of State or since," Kerry said.

I can tell you that this story and these allegations are unequivocally false. This never happened - either when I w… https://t.co/NL0A38rn7i

— John Kerry (@JohnKerry) 1619479240.0

"If you go back and look at press reporting from the time, this certainly was not secret, and governments that were involved were speaking to this publicly on the record," State Department spokesman Ned Price said.

Vogue slammed for 'completely insane' article asking if having a baby is 'environmental vandalism'



A British Vogue article caught the ire of the internet for asking the question, "Is having a baby in 2021 pure environmental vandalism?" The author suggested that people should consider the "current climate emergency" before procreating, despite that she had already given birth to a baby and saying that she would gladly bring another human being into the world.

"For the scientifically-engaged person, there are few questions more troubling when looking at the current climate emergency than that of having a baby," Nell Frizzell wrote in the fashion magazine. "Whether your body throbs to reproduce, you passively believe that it is on the cards for you one day, or you actively seek to remain child-free, the declining health of the planet cannot help but factor in your thinking."

Frizzell claimed that before she got pregnant that she "worried feverishly about the strain on the earth's resources that another Western child would add," including the food he ate and the electricity the baby would use. The writer also panicked over a possible dystopian future on a planet with no water and crops that her son would live in decades from now when he is an elderly man.

Despite her professed overwhelming fears, Frizzell got pregnant and brought another person into the world.

"And yet, like millions of others, I did it anyway," Frizzell said. "I had a baby. I'd have another if my partner agreed."

Frizzell attempted to justify her decision to have a child by stating that everyone who has a baby needs to be "learning to live within our environmental means, of turning away from the fever of consumerism and overturning a political system that rewards a tiny rich minority at the expense of everyone else."

Frizzell's Malthusian argument was challenged by Human Progress, an organization that presents evidence from individual scholars, academic institutions, and international organizations to show "dramatic improvements in human well-being throughout much of the world."

"Children do not strain the world's resources," the Cato Institute-linked organization wrote on Twitter. "In fact, the opposite is true: each new child is correlated with an increase in resource abundance."

Another dubious claim in the article: "Pollution now kills more people than tobacco – and three times as many as AI… https://t.co/YO1vIVW9ln
— HumanProgress.org (@HumanProgress.org)1619577611.0

There was backlash to the article questioning the morals of childbearing Westerners.

"The View" co-host Meghan McCain responded to the piece by saying, "NOT TODAY SATAN!"

Insider columnist Josh Barro wrote, "These people are completely insane. This is an issue for your therapist, not for a major fashion magazine."

Political commentator Liz Wheeler reacted by tweeting, "This is crazy. If you don't have a baby, that won't do a THING to impact the climate. But you'll deprive yourself of the greatest joy you've ever known... & the world a new soul. Plant a tree. Go to church. Stop voting for Democrats. And have a baby."

Emily Domenech, senior policy adviser for House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, lampooned the article, "'For the scientifically-engaged person, there are few questions more troubling when looking at the current climate emergency than that of having a baby.' This is unscientific trash, much like the rest of this deeply silly article. If you are lucky enough to have a partner, have a baby! Don't let them scare you — this beautiful planet full of innovative people will continue to survive and thrive. So many of us will never get this opportunity. Don't waste your chance to be a parent because of unscientific fear-mongering."

Ricochet editor Bethany S. Mandel tweeted, "The breeders will inherit the Earth."

Turning Point media administrator Reagan Escudé Scott shot back, "Nothing motivates me to have children more than garbage takes like this. I can't wait to have 10+ kids just to spite these loons."

Evolutionary psychologist and professor Gad Saad responded with snark, "I apologize to @GretaThunberg, to @AOC, and to @JohnKerry for having had children. I will try to starve them to offset their carbon footprint. Again, my apologies. I'll do better."

Radio host Erick Erickson quipped, "Really alarming that Vogue would let a person write this piece and presume the gender of her child before the child could decide for itself."

One Twitter user joked, "Did Thanos write this?"

John Kerry called flying a private jet 'the only choice for somebody like me' after jet-setting to Iceland to accept a climate award in 2019



President Joe Biden's new climate czar, John Kerry, is under fire for an out-of-touch comment he made in 2019 after an Icelandic reporter criticized him for flying a private jet to the country to accept an environmental award.

What happened?

The former secretary of state was in the country to accept the Arctic Circle Prize for "having been a consistent voice pressuring the American authorities to commit to tackle environmental matters," Icelandic news outlet RUV reported. But during the assembly, Kerry was also confronted over his decision to fly charter to attend the gathering.

While speaking with Kerry, Icelandic reporter Jóhann Bjarni Kolbeinsson pressed the climate leader over his choice of transportation, asking: "I understand that you came here with a private jet. Is that an environmental way to travel?"

At the time, Kerry defended the hypocritical action, essentially arguing it's only option for jet-setting big shots like himself who are trying to save the world.

"If you offset your carbon — it's the only choice for somebody like me who is traveling the world to win this battle," Kerry said, according to the interview unearthed by Fox News. The outlet noted that the incident had not previously been reported by American media.

.@JohnKerry, who is now @JoeBiden's climate envoy, defended the use of a private jet to collect a climate prize."… https://t.co/qTtHcpZzWT
— Washington Examiner (@Washington Examiner)1612373043.0

"I negotiated the Paris Accords for the United States," he added, in reference to the international carbon emissions reduction agreement the U.S. entered during the Obama administration.

"I've been involved in this fight for years," he continued. "I negotiated with [Chinese] President Xi to bring President Xi to the table so we could get Paris. And, I believe, the time it takes me to get somewhere ... I can't sail across the ocean. I have to fly to meet with people and get things done."

"But, what I'm doing, almost full time, is working to win the battle on climate change, and in the end, if I offset and contribute my life to do this, I'm not going to be put on the defensive," he said.

Why does it matter?

The unearthed video comes at a bad time for the new White House climate envoy, who last week was scrutinized for the fact that his family still owns a gas-guzzling private jet even as he officially preaches climate consciousness for the Biden administration.

It is estimated that private jets emit up to 40 times as much carbon per passenger as do commercial flights.

Kerry also ran into controversy during a news conference on Jan. 27 while attempting to address concerns over the Biden administration's job-killing environmental agenda. He told reporters that oil and gas workers in fear of losing their jobs due to new climate change initiatives will simply have to make "better choices" for their next careers.

"What President Biden wants to do is make sure those folks have better choices, that they have alternatives," Kerry said. "They could be the people who go to work to make the solar panels."

Senate report levels serious allegations against Hunter Biden over Burisma 'corruption': Chinese money, payments to women linked to trafficking, millions from wife of ex-Moscow mayor



The Senate Republican majority of the Homeland Security Committee and the Finance Committee released a joint report Wednesday leaving powerful allegations against Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden.

The investigation of the younger Biden's actions connected to his time on the board of Burisma in Ukraine, which he joined in May 2014, uncovered damning new details of possible corruption, hindering of U.S. foreign policy, and assisting Moscow's effort to spread disinformation.

The report's "key findings" list a number of concerning areas when it comes to Biden and his international work and potential conflicts of interest.

KEY FINDING 1: "In early 2015 the former Acting Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine, George Kent, raised concerns to officials in Vice President Joe Biden's office about the perception of a conflict of interest with respect to Hunter Biden's role on Burisma's board. Kent's concerns went unaddressed, and in September 2016, he emphasized in an email to his colleagues, 'Furthermore, the presence of Hunter Biden on the Burisma board was very awkward for all U.S. officials pushing an anticorruption agenda in Ukraine.'"

The report states that Kent raised concerns to Vice President Biden's staff, but that he never heard anything back from Biden's office. Kent also recommended that Hunter Biden step down from his role on the board at Burisma in order "to avoid the perception of a potential conflict of interest." However, none of his recommendations were followed.

According to the committees, Hunter Biden's continued presence on the Burisma board the President Barack Obama's State Department repeatedly felt it had to "manage" when attempting to implement and execute the White House's Ukraine policy.

More than a year after Kent reported his concerns to the vice president's staff, he wrote to his superiors that Hunter Biden's role on Burisma's board was “very awkward" to those on the front lines pushing anticorruption efforts in Ukraine on a daily basis. Kent testified that he felt the need to “prepar[e] everybody for 'what about-ism,' because we're pushing what's right … and we have to be prepared for people who are critics, are opponents, to say, 'Well, what about? What about Hunter Biden?''" Indeed, Kent testified further that he “would have advised any American not to get on the board of [Burisma owner Mykola] Zlochevsky's company."

Kent also raised concerns to State Department higher-ups, making clear that it was "very awkward" for Bidens to be on the Burisma board while U.S. officials were trying to implement an anti-corruption agenda for Ukraine.

KEY FINDING 2: "In October 2015, senior State Department official Amos Hochstein raised concerns with Vice President Biden, as well as with Hunter Biden, that Hunter Biden's position on Burisma's board enabled Russian disinformation efforts and risked undermining U.S. policy in Ukraine."

The report revealed that more than just Vice President Biden's staff had been informed of the State Department's concerns. The vice president himself had been told.

Then-U.S. Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs Amos Hochstein spoke directly to Vice President Biden about Hunter's ties to Burisma.

Hochstein said he raised the issue with the vice president because he was worried the Russians were using Hunter's Burisma duties to "sow disinformation," the report states.

Hochstein said he also discussed the situation with Hunter Biden himself.

"I shared with [Hunter Biden] that the Russians were using his name in order to sow disinformation — attempt to sow disinformation among Ukrainians," Hochstein testified to the committees.

KEY FINDING 3: "Although Kent believed that Hunter Biden's role on Burisma's board was awkward for all U.S. officials pushing an anti-corruption agenda in Ukraine, the Committees are only aware of two individuals — Kent and former U.S. Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs Amos Hochstein — who raised concerns to Vice President Joe Biden (Hochstein) or his staff (Kent)."

Despite the many people purported aware of and concerned about Hunter Biden serving on the Burisma board, Kent and Hochstein were the only people who said anything to Vice President Biden or his staff. And their concerns were apparently ignored

Yet even though Hunter Biden's position on Burisma's board cast a shadow over the work of those advancing anticorruption reforms in Ukraine, the Committees are only aware of two individuals who raised concerns to their superiors. Despite the efforts of these individuals, their concerns appear to have fallen on deaf ears.

KEY FINDING 4: "The awkwardness for Obama administration officials continued well past his presidency. Former Secretary of State John Kerry had knowledge of Hunter Biden's role on Burisma's board, but when asked about it at a town hall event in Nashua, N.H. on Dec. 8, 2019, Kerry falsely said, 'I had no knowledge about any of that. None. No.' Evidence to the contrary is detailed in Section V."

Former Obama Secretary of State John Kerry told NBC's Amanda Golden on Dec. 8, 2019, that he had had no idea that Hunter Biden had joined the board of Burisma.

Golden asked Kerry, "[W]hen Hnger Biden joined the board of Burisma, were you aware of, did you know about it at the time and were you comfortable with the arrangement giving [sic] you were secretary of state at the time?"

Kerry answered, "I had no knowledge about any of that. None. No."

"Why would I know about any company or any individual. No. The answer is no," he added. "No communication. No nothing. I don't know who they are. I don't know what they were doing to this day, actually."

In a gaggle with reporters after @JoeBiden's town hall in Nashua, NH, I asked @JohnKerry, who was Sec of State at t… https://t.co/ygvnbiNsF8
— Amanda Golden (@Amanda Golden)1575833288.0

However, evidence shows Kerry did know.

In May 2014, Kerry's then-chief of staff, David Wade, briefed Kerry about inquiries about his stepson, Christopher Heinz, Hunter Biden, and Burisma.

Wade testified to the committees that Kerry learned about the Biden-Burisma connection from him.

Also, the report says, Secretary Kerry's adviser, David Thorne, sent press clippings and articles about Biden joining Burisma directly to Kerry.

KEY FINDING 5: "Former Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland testified that confronting oligarchs would send an anticorruption message in Ukraine. Kent told the Committees that Zlochevsky was an 'odious oligarch.' However, in December 2015, instead of following U.S. objectives of confronting oligarchs, Vice President Biden's staff advised him to avoid commenting on Zlochevsky and recommended he say, 'I'm not going to get into naming names or accusing individuals.'"

According to testimony, State Department officials clearly saw Burisma and its owner, Mykola Zlochevsky, as corrupt. But despite Vice President Biden being viewed as "a leading U.S. figure who pushed for anticorruption measures in Ukraine," his staff was encouraging him to not link Zlochevsky to Ukrainian corruption.

The committees allege that it's "clear that members of Vice President Biden's staff wanted to distance him from an individual whom the State Department clearly believed was corrupt and an individual who employed his son."

KEY FINDING 6: "Hunter Biden was serving on Burisma's board (supposedly consulting on corporate governance and transparency) when Zlochevsky allegedly paid a $7 million bribe to officials serving under Ukraine's prosecutor general, Vitaly Yarema, to 'shut the case against Zlochevsky.' Kent testified that this bribe occurred in December 2014 (seven months after Hunter joined Burisma's board), and, after learning about it, he and the Resident Legal Advisor reported this allegation to the FBI."

Kent testified that Zlochevsky allegedly paid a $7 million bribe to Ukraine's prosecutor general got get him to close the cases against him. That alleged bribe came in December 2014, not May 2014. Which would put the alleged crime as occurring months after Hunter took the job with Burisma.

KEY FINDING 7: "Hunter Biden was a U.S. Secret Service protectee from Jan. 29, 2009 to July 8, 2014. A day before his last trip as a protectee, Time published an article describing Burisma's ramped up lobbying efforts to U.S. officials and Hunter's involvement in Burisma's board. Before ending his protective detail, Hunter Biden received Secret Service protection on trips to multiple foreign locations, including Moscow, Beijing, Doha, Paris, Seoul, Manila, Tokyo, Mexico City, Milan, Florence, Shanghai, Geneva, London, Dublin, Munich, Berlin, Bogota, Abu Dhabi, Nairobi, Hong Kong, Taipei, Buenos Aires, Copenhagen, Johannesburg, Brussels, Madrid, Mumbai and Lake Como."

Hunter Biden was afforded Secret Service protection as the son of the vice president. While a protectee, he scheduled at least six trips to China, including a trip to Beijing in May 2014, just before he officially joined the Burisma board.

The report reveals that Biden took at least seven trips under Secret Service protection while a Burisma board member.

KEY FINDING 8: "Andrii Telizhenko, the Democrats' personification of Russian disinformation, met with Obama administration officials, including Elisabeth Zentos, a member of Obama's National Security Council, at least 10 times. A Democrat lobbying firm, Blue Star Strategies, contracted with Telizhenko from 2016 to 2017 and continued to request his assistance as recent as the summer of 2019. A recent news article detailed other extensive contacts between Telizhenko and Obama administration officials."

Democrats have repeatedly claimed that Telizhenko is key to a Russian disinformation campaign to attack Hunter and Joe Biden. However, Telizhenko had a history of working with the Obama administration and the Democrat lobbying group Blue Star Strategies, the report states.

KEY FINDING 9: "In addition to the over $4 million paid by Burisma for Hunter Biden's and [Hunter Biden's business partner Devon] Archer's board memberships, Hunter Biden, his family, and Archer received millions of dollars from foreign nationals with questionable backgrounds."

Committee investigators found that Hunter Biden and his family and business associates pursued "financial arrangements" with other foreign nationals besides Burisma.

The Treasury records acquired by the Chairmen show potential criminal activity relating to transactions among and between Hunter Biden, his family, and his associates with Ukrainian, Russian, Kazakh and Chinese nationals. In particular, these documents show that Hunter Biden received millions of dollars from foreign sources as a result of business relationships that he built during the period when his father was vice president of the United States and after. In addition to providing new and descriptive details about the nature, origin and extent of payments from Burisma Holdings to Hunter Biden, the documents acquired by the Committees also shed light on a much broader array of questionable financial transactions involving Hunter Biden, other members of the Biden family, and their associations with foreign nationals.

KEY FINDING 10: "[Devon] Archer received $142,300 from Kenges Rakishev of Kazakhstan, purportedly for a car, the same day Vice President Joe Biden appeared with Ukrainian Prime Minister Arsemy Yasenyuk and addressed Ukrainian legislators in Kyiv regarding Russia's actions in Crimea."

On April 22, 2014, Vice President Joe Biden appeared with Ukrainian Prime Minister Arsemy Yasenyuk and addressed Ukrainian legislators in Kyiv regarding Russia's actions in Crimea. The same day, Novatus Holding PTE. LTD. (Novatus Holding), a private holding company in Singapore, used a Latvian bank to wire $142,300 to Archer's company, Rosemont Seneca Bohai. The currency transaction report states, “For Rosemont Seneca Bohai LLC, … For a Car."

According to the committees, the payment raises "serious questions" — especially considering that Archer's Rosemont Seneca Bohai "does not deal in vehicles."

KEY FINDING 11: "Hunter Biden received a $3.5 million wire transfer from Elena Baturina, the wife of the former mayor of Moscow."

Baturina is a Russian businesswoman and the country's only frail billionaire. Her riches came when her husband, the late Mayor of Moscow Yuri Luzhkov, orchestrated a number of municipal contracts with her company. Luzhkov was fired in 2010 by then-President Medvedev over corruption allegations, the report says.

Baturina wired $3.5 million to Hunter Biden's investment firm for a "consulting agreement," the committee states.

KEY FINDINGS 12 & 13: "Hunter Biden opened a bank account with Gongwen Dong to fund a $100,000 global spending spree with [Vice President Biden's brother] James Biden and [James Biden's wife] Sara Biden." "Hunter Biden had business associations with Ye Jianming, Gongwen Dong, and other Chinese nationals linked to the Communist government and the People's Liberation Army. Those associations resulted in millions of dollars in cash flow."

According to the committees, Hunter, James, and Sara Biden were authorized users of credit cards connected to an account set up by Hunter and a Chinese national named Gongwen Dong. The cards were used to purchase $101,291 worth of "extravagant items" from airline tickets to items from Apple stores, pharmacies, hotels, and restaurants.

The report also reveals:

Hunter Biden and Devon Archer engaged in numerous financial transactions with Chinese nationals who had deep connections to the Communist Chinese government. These Chinese nationals included Ye Jianming, founder of CEFC China Energy Co. Ltd (CEFC) and chairman of the board for its subsidiary, the China Energy Fund Committee (CE Fund). They also included Gongwen Dong, who was Ye Jianming's associate and reportedly executed transactions for his companies. Ye's connections to the Communist government are extensive and ... he has been previous affiliations with the People's Liberation Army. Based on the information received by the Committees, Ye was also financially connected to Vice President Biden's brother, James Biden. Thus, there exists a vast web of corporate connections and financial transactions between and among the Biden family and Chinese nationals.

KEY FINDING 14: "Hunter Biden paid nonresident women who were nationals of Russia or other Eastern European countries and who appear to be linked to an 'Eastern European prostitution or human trafficking ring.'"

The committee reports contains a very disturbing footnote about Hunter Biden's payments to women connected to prostitution.

Biden is already known to have had issues before with his relationships with women. The committees' investigation uncovered something that is potentially even uglier:

There is extensive public reporting concerning Hunter Biden's alleged involvement with prostitution services. Records on file with the Committees do not directly confirm or refute these individual reports. However, they do confirm that Hunter Biden sent thousands of dollars to individuals who have either: 1) been involved in transactions consistent with possible human trafficking; 2) an association with the adult entertainment industry; or 3) potential association with prostitution. Some recipients of those funds are Ukrainian and Russian citizens. The records note that it is a documented fact that Hunter Biden has sent funds to nonresident alien women in the United States who are citizens of Russia and Ukraine and who have subsequently wired funds they have received from Hunter Biden to individuals located in Russia and Ukraine. The records also note that some of these transactions are linked to what "appears to be an Eastern European prostitution or human trafficking ring."