Hunter Biden’s tax investigation is heating up: prosecutors have questioned several employees about foreign earnings and asked questions about his drug and alcohol use and his state of mind
- Hunter Biden’s tax investigation is heating up, with prosecutors questioning employees and witnesses about the first son’s foreign dealings
- The Wall Street Journal reported that prosecutors from the US Attorney’s Office in Delaware are interested in funds received by Burisma’s first son
- A source also told the Journal that a person was questioned at length before the grand jury in February about Biden’s drug and alcohol use
Hunter Biden’s tax investigation is heating up, with prosecutors questioning employees and witnesses about the first son’s foreign dealings.
The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that prosecutors at the US Attorney’s Office in Delaware are interested in money the first son received from Ukraine’s natural gas company Burisma and how he used that money to pay down debt.
A source also told the Journal that a person was questioned extensively before the grand jury in February about Biden’s drug and alcohol use, spending habits and mental health.
The tax investigation into Hunter Biden is heating up, and prosecutors are questioning employees and witnesses about the first son’s foreign dealings, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday
A source also told the Journal that a person was questioned extensively before the grand jury in February about Biden’s drug and alcohol use, spending habits and mental health
That questioning suggests prosecutors are investigating whether the younger Biden could use his history of addiction as a defense against a potential tax crime.
“It doesn’t necessarily mean that indictment is imminent, but it does indicate that they’re trying to include testimony with a view to a possible trial one day,” former federal tax attorney Matt Mueller told the Journal. Mueller isn’t working on the case.
Sources spoke to the Journal about some of the ways prosecutors questioned when they spoke to a number of staffers and witnesses before the grand jury.
Prosecutors are investigating whether Biden’s dealings in Ukraine, China and Kazakhstan violated tax or other laws, including laws governing working as a lobbyist for a foreign government.
Prosecutors have been particularly focused on payments Biden received from Burisma — which went to a company called Rosemont Seneca Bohai LLC before being passed on to Biden.
Biden served on Burisma’s board of directors from 2014 to 2019 and was paid about $50,000 a month.
Former President Donald Trump often spoke about this lucrative constellation.
His first impeachment revolved around an attempt to pressure Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to announce an investigation into Hunter and Joe Biden over Hunter’s Ukraine-based operations.
Trump withheld nearly $400 million in congressional-approved military aid to urge Zelenskyy to act.
The Journal reported that prosecutors are also interested in how Hunter Biden bought a $142,300 Fisker sports car (pictured) with funds from Rosemont Seneca
The Journal reported that prosecutors are also interested in how Hunter Biden used funds from Rosemont Seneca to buy a car.
In April 2014, a business partner from Kazakhstan transferred US$142,300 to Rosemont Seneca.
The money came from a Singapore-based company controlled by Kazakh banker Kenges Rakishev, For a Car, the Journal reported.
Rakishev has close ties with the leaders of Kazakhstan.
A day after Rosemont Seneca received the money, it was wired to a New Jersey dealership to buy a Fisker sports car for Hunter Biden to use on Rosemont Seneca’s behalf, two sources told the Journal.
Hunter Biden later traded the Fisker for a silver Porsche.
The journal could not determine how close the investigation is to completion.
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