I love this title, from a Bloomberg article today,
Hunter Biden Made Millions Amid ‘Nonstop Debauchery’
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...says#xj4y7vzkg
It's an interesting read. In 2017 he made $2.3 million. A million of it came from deals he did with Ye Jianming, Chairman of CEFC China Energy. Actually Hunter and Joe's brother James drew down a cool $4.8 million from CEFC in total. The company and Ye have an interesting history,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CEFC_China_Energy
Chairman Ye purportedly has ties with the Peoples Liberation Army. The company "used a complex web of affiliated companies to facilitate fake deals, inflate trade figures, and obtain bank loans to fuel its aggressive expansion." It ended up going bankrupt and Chairman Ye was detained for suspicion of economic crimes. In other words, CEFC was a con.
Anyway, Hunter had other sources of income in 2017 besides Ye and CEFC. There was his $500,000 salary from Burisma, down from a $1 million before because Joe was no longer Vice President. Fees from a Romanian tycoon who was engaged in real estate fraud. And his domestic "business" interests.
What's the common thread here, with Burisma, CEFC and the Romanian fraudster? Well, having Hunter on board can be a valuable asset if you're running a scam! Yes, if you're corrupt or a conman and need some whitewashing, Hunter's the man to do it! And there's no better whitewash than the Biden Family Brand! Too bad Hunter wasn't around when Bernie Madoff was in business. Undoubtedly Bernie would have liked to have him on his board.
Hunter didn't do quite as well the following year, only making $2.1 million in 2018.
All the while Hunter was using certain "Substances We Can't Discuss Here" in abundance. He says in his memoir that 2018 was "a spring and summer of nonstop debauchery."
Hunter was just too damn busy with all his business and recreational interests to file a tax return. Actually his accountant prepared the returns and then begged Hunter to sign them. But Hunter never did. And he didn't pay tax.
But thankfully Hunter has very generous friends. His 2017 and 2018 tax liabilities, around a million dollars each year, were paid for by "an unidentified third party," probably a Hollywood entertainment lawyer, Kevin Morris.
I can see why Devon Archer partnered up with him. Running with Hunter would be lucrative. And a lot of fun! When their business relationship fell apart Devon had to abandon his life as an International Man of Mystery and go back to defrauding Native Americans.
