Evidence In Hunter Biden Case Seems to Corroborate Whistleblower Testimony

Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, is set to face a federal tax trial in California, with evidence suggesting he was paid by a foreign government to influence U.S. policy.

This evidence supports claims made by whistleblowers who testified before Congress last year, as reported by Just The News.

The whistleblowers asserted that the Department of Justice possessed evidence of Hunter Biden committing a crime but failed to charge him before the statute of limitations expired.

“According to motions filed earlier this week, federal prosecutors are planning to cite evidence at trial that Hunter Biden and his business associates were paid by a Romanian businessman to influence U.S. policy and public opinion,” Just The News reported.

Empower Oversight President Tristan Leavitt, who represents IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley, expressed outrage over the filing.

“The thing that is infuriating about all of this is that Special Counsel Weiss is demonstrating to a T exactly what SSA Shapley and SA Ziegler blew the whistle on: Weiss’s office had clear evidence of crimes by Hunter Biden that they almost swept under the rug when they allowed the statute of limitations to expire,” Leavitt said.

“Weiss is just using the Romanian payments as evidence of intent to evade taxes. But the evidence (not ‘allegations,’ as the filings point out) shows what Hunter Biden ‘did do for [Gabriel Popoviciu]’–and the fact of the matter is that it violated the Foreign Agents Registration Act,” he added.

“Waiting until after the 5-year statute of limitations ran, without seeking an extension, protected the Bidens. The same pattern was demonstrated with Chinese company CEFC. Yet as SSA Shapley testified to Congress in the transcript excerpt in my post below, ‘We were precluded from doing anything.’ David Weiss and everyone who helped subvert the rule of law to protect the Biden family need to be held accountable,” Leavitt continued.

House Republicans have argued that a similar pattern is evident in many of Hunter Biden’s business dealings, which they have described as part of an “influence peddling” scheme.

In July, attorneys for Hunter Biden requested that evidence of “alleged improper political influence” be excluded from the trial, arguing it would prejudice the jury.

“The government does not intend to reference allegations at trial,” federal prosecutors responded to the request last week. “Rather, the government will introduce the evidence described above, including that the defendant and Business Associate 1 received compensation from a foreign principal who was attempting to influence U.S. policy and public opinion and cause the United States to investigate the Romanian investigation of G.P. in Romania,” Just The News reported.

According to the filing, the Romanian businessman—Gabriel Popoviciu—was under criminal investigation in his country at the time. Prosecutors allege that Popoviciu hired Hunter Biden and his associates to “cause an end to the investigation…in Romania.”

The court filing also revealed that Hunter Biden and his partner, identified as Business Associate 1, were concerned that lobbying efforts could have political consequences for Hunter's father, then-Vice President Biden. To address this concern, Business Associate 1 reportedly signed an agreement with Popoviciu to establish a supposed management services company for real estate in Romania, which served as a front for the payments intended for Business Associate 1 and Hunter Biden to influence U.S. government agencies to “investigate the Romanian investigation” of Popoviciu.

Popoviciu was sentenced to seven years in prison in Romania in 2017 after being convicted of real estate fraud, according to OCCRP.