Feds' Foreign-Corruption Double Standard: They Protected Bidens Even as They Bore Down on Trumpworld

realclearinvestigations ^ | 3/15/2023 | paul sperry

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At the same time that Department of Justice officials were using spying and corruption statutes to aggressively pursue Donald Trump’s allies based on what turned out to  be rumor and innuendo, they declined to use those same laws to investigate evidence of wrongdoing involving Biden family members and one of  their corrupt Chinese business partners, DOJ documents and federal court records reveal.

In 2016-2017, the evidence shows, the FBI raided the offices and intercepted the communications of Chi Ping “Patrick” Ho,  a Chinese national agents suspected of espionage even as he was negotiating business deals with former Vice President Joe Biden’s son Hunter and brother James.

DOJ later used information obtained from the searches and wiretaps – which included conversations with the current President’s son and brother – to convict Ho of bribery and money laundering, as part of a separate corruption case involving United Nations officials. But it declined to tap into its trove of evidence – including “over 100,000 emails” – to explore the connections between Ho and the Bidens, who received millions of dollars from Ho and a Chinese intelligence front and discussed sharing office space.

At Ho’s 2018 trial, prosecutors  hid Hunter’s connection to Ho, redacting his name from court exhibits (see sidebar) while describing Ho as “the person who flies around the world paying bribes to advance the interest of the oil company [CEFC  China Energy],” according to hearing transcripts.

A federal database shows the Bidens failed to register as foreign agents while engaged in activities on behalf of CEFC, a state-owned entity  suspected of being a front for Chinese intelligence.  Federal anti-spying laws require anyone acting as a lobbyist for a foreign power to register with  the Justice Department under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).

The DOJ did not prosecute either Biden family  member for potential violations of FARA for representing the interests of the Chinese.

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[Tunehead54]

Umm - This post needs a bump.

Null and Void. Know anybody, any appropriate ping list?

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[Tunehead54]

Beat my bump by a minute. I’ve been busy. Good Post.

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[null and void]

EVERYTHING obama biden does either:

a) Weakens America/Americans
b) Distances America's allies
c) Strengthens America's enemies
d) Attacks Christianity
e) Serves islam
f) Harms Israel
Or some combination of the above.

The government wants to disarm us after 245 yrs 'cuz they plan to do are doing things we would shoot them for!

At no point in history has any government ever wanted its people to be defenseless for any good reason

The biggest killer of mankind

Nut-job Conspiracy Theory AND/OR Spoiler Alert Ping

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[Tunehead54]

Thanks. ;-)

[Will88]

It’s almost beyond belief. The Bidens received millions from foreign governments and most of the media never raised an eyebrow. But if a foreign diplomat stayed at a Trump Hotel, that was strong evidence that Trump and his administration had been bought off and compromised.

It’s a really challenging question whether the media has spent more time trying to entrap Trump, or covering up for the Bidens.

[Tunehead54]

"It’s a really challenging question whether the media has spent more time trying to entrap Trump, or covering up for the Bidens."

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The time expended to entrap PDJT doesn't fit on my calculator but if you evaluate actual evidence against the Bidens vs Trump? Biden wins hands down.

[Nifster]

So true

[lepton]

This juxta-position is important

[Machavelli]

I have known this for years. So why is there no action on this. We need to lay down the law, prosecute or we secede.