Seeking to defuse the ongoing issue of his work with foreign firms….
Hunter Biden has announced he will cease his foreign company contacts if his dad where to become President….
That’s even though several members of the Trump family have DIRECT foreign business connections.
Of course , Donald Trump IS having the taxpayers subsidize his real estate that he and others regularly visits….
Former Vice President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, is reportedly stepping down from the board of a Chinese company and will not engage in any foreign work if his father is elected president in 2020.
“Hunter always understood that his father would be guided, entirely and unequivocally, by established U.S. policy, regardless of its effects on Hunter’s professional interests,” his lawyer, George Mesires, said in a statement, according to Bloomberg. “He never anticipated the barrage of false charges against both him and his father by the President of the United States.”
“Under a Biden Administration, Hunter will readily comply with any and all guidelines or standards a President Biden may issue to address purported conflicts of interest, or the appearance of such conflicts, including any restrictions related to overseas business interests,” the statement continued. “He will continue to keep his father personally uninvolved in his business affairs.”
Hunter Biden said in the statement that he’ll resign from a private equity fund that’s backed by Chinese state-owned entities at the end of the month, according to Bloomberg. He currently serves on the board of BHR (Shanghai) Equity Investment Fund Management Company, an organization created in 2013 with the intention of investing Chinese capital outside the country.
Revelations that President Trump encouraged the leader of Ukraine to investigate Hunter Biden and his father helped lead House Democrats to launch an impeachment inquiry last month. Trump has also publicly called on China to investigate the Bidens….
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Hunter’s move should help his dad.
I have no reason to believe that Hunter tried to influence his dad, but this eliminates even the appearance of impropriety. Wish the Trump children would follow his lead.
Agreed Z…..