But it was not immediately clear whether Hunter Biden had been with his father when he sent the message or what his father — then a private citizen, having finished his term as vice president six months earlier — knew about his son’s negotiations with his potential Chinese partners.
It is also not clear whether Mr. Biden was using his father’s name without his knowledge to extract money in a business deal. Mr. Shapley, in fact, also told Congress that his investigation had uncovered some evidence that some of the claims of the elder Mr. Biden’s involvement were mere “wishful thinking.”
I explcitly remember, as part of the testimony, that Ziegler stated that he requested permission to track both Biden's phones, to see if they were indeed together when that incident occurred. And his request was denied. Supervisory Special Agent Shapley testified, “After an electronic search warrant on Hunter Biden’s Apple iCloud led us to WhatsApp messages with several CEFC China Energy executives where he claimed to be sitting and discussing business with his father Joe Biden, we sought permission to follow up on the information in the messages. Prosecutors would not allow it. Around this time, a search warrant for the guest house at the Bidens’ Delaware residence was being planned. Yet, despite agreeing that there was probable cause, AUSA Wolf cited the ‘optics’ of executing a search warrant at President Biden’s resident as the deciding factor for not allowing it to be completed … AUSA Wolf also told investigators they should not ask about President Biden during witness interviews even when the business communications of his son clearly referenced him.” https://oversight.house.gov/release/hearing-wrap-up-irs-whistleblowers-expose-how-bidens-were-treated-differently%ef%bf%bc/ So, of course it was not clear as to whether Joe was sitting next to Hunter.
The exact wording, from the transcript. Available is the total transcrpt, for you reading. Nevertheless, prosecutors denied investigators' requests to develop a strategy tolook into the messages and denied investigators' suggestion to obtain locationinformation to see where the texts were sent from.For example, we obtained a July 30th, 2017, WhatsApp message from HunterBiden to Henry Zhao, where Hunter Biden wrote: "I am sitting here with my father andwe would like to understand why the commitment made has not been fulfilled. Tell thedirector that I would like to resolve this now before it gets out of hand, and now meanstonight. And, Z, if I get a call or text from anyone involved in this other than you, Zhang,or the chairman, I will make certain that between the man sitting next to me and everyperson he knows and my ability to forever hold a grudge that you will regret not followingmy direction. I am sitting here waiting for the call with my father."Communications like these made it clear we needed to search the guest house atthe Bidens' Delaware residence where Hunter Biden stayed for a time.In a September 3rd, 2023 [2020], pros meeting, the Assistant United StatesAttorney, Lesley Wolf, told us there was more than enough probable cause for thephysical search warrant there, but the question was whether the juice was worth thesqueeze. She continued that optics were a driving factor in the decision on whether to https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/hunter-biden-investigation-read-irs-whisteblower-full-testimony If you go down the article a bit, there is a window, where the full transcript is available to read fully. I watched the full 6 hours of the testimony. So, if you missed it, you may want to read the transcript to get a fully knowledgable idea of what tesimony evidence was provided. Remember now, these guys were under oath.
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