Hunter Biden’s business saga

U.S. Republicans could open an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, over ties to his son Hunter Biden’s business entanglements, when Congress convenes in September


Dec 2013: Hunter Biden (right) flies with Vice President Joe Biden (left) on official trip to China. Hunter meets business partner Ye Jianming, chairman of Chinese oil and gas conglomerate CEFC

2014-19: Hunter is paid board member of Ukrainian natural gas company Burisma Holdings

2017: Hunter receives $644,000 from CEFC, $500,000 from Burisma and $70,000 from Romanian business

2018: Justice Department launches tax probe into income of $4.6 million from Chinese or Ukrainian interests

2019: President Donald Trump withholds military aid from Ukraine to compromise presidential candidate Joe Biden

2020: Senate investigation concludes there is no evidence that Hunter improperly influenced U.S. policy through his father

Dec 9, 2020: Hunter Biden admits Delaware attorney David Weiss is investigating his tax affairs

May 2023: House Republicans accuse President Biden and his family of “influence peddling” – receiving millions of dollars in payments from entities in China and Romania as
vice president

Jun: Hunter agrees to plea deal resolving five-year criminal investigation for failing to pay taxes in 2017 and 2018 and illegal gun ownership while using drugs

Aug: Three Republican-led House committees – Judiciary, Oversight and Ways and Means panels – launch inquiry into Justice Department’s plea deal with Hunter Biden

Inquiry raises concerns that Biden administration’s Department of Justice gave preferential treatment to president’s son


Sources: CNN, NBC, Politico, Washington Post
Pictures: Getty Images 
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