Biden Family Had Access to Materials in Biden Office, Emails Suggest

According to emails from Hunter Biden, President Joe Biden knew more about where the documents were than his aides.

Joe Biden’s executive assistant Kathy Chung solicited assistance From Hunter Biden and four other Biden family members in locating “Vice President notecards” from “the office” On November 27, 2018, emails were revealed. Richard Ruffner (another presidential aide) had asked Chung for assistance in finding the materials. Chung replied that Joe Biden needed the notecards.

Chung and Ruffner didn’t specify the office they were referring too in their messages. Tranches of classified records from Joe Biden’s time as senator and vice president have been located at his private library at his Wilmington, Del., home and his office at the Penn Biden Center in Washington, D.C.

Chung and Hunter Biden’s messages show that members of his family, including the First Son were involved in the president’s business dealings. Hunter Biden has access to the president’s files, which is concerning considering the business deals he struck at the time with foreigners, including the Ukrainian gas company. Burisma Holdings Chinese Economic Forum Committee, or CEFC. energy conglomerate Linked to Chinese military intelligence.

Chung, whom Joe Biden hired in 2012 on Hunter’s recommendation, is now at the center of the Justice Department’s investigation into the president’s improper handling of state secrets. Recently, she confided To her associates that she might have “inadvertently been involved” According to the Penn Biden Center’s guidelines, classified material can be transferred to their Penn Biden Center. Washington Post. The DOJ’s focus on Chung is unsurprising, given the role she played as liaison between Joe Biden and the Biden family after he concluded his term as vice president.

Chung’s access was revealed to the president’s inner circle when Joe Biden included Chung into a group text message to relatives and confidants inviting them all to use Signal, an encrypted messaging application. The chat also included Hunter Biden, Steve Ricchetti, the president’s counselor, and three other family members of Biden. Two unknown persons with Washington, D.C. and South Korean phone numbers were also included.

It’s not clear why Joe Biden moved to open a secured line of communication with his family and close aides, nor who owns the unknown phone numbers. The White House refused to return requests for information from the White House, so attempts to call or text the numbers failed.

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