Displaying posts published in

February 2024

Tony Bobulinski and the Biden Family Business Hunter’s former partner tells Congress how Joe & Co. sold influence.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/tony-bobulinski-and-the-biden-family-business-hunter-c81ab558?mod=opinion_lead_pos1

Remember Tony Bobulinski? He’s the former Hunter Biden business partner who exposed details about the Biden family business in 2020 but was ignored by the press. Last week he testified before the House Oversight and Judiciary committees, and he confirmed how the Bidens sold political influence and the family “brand.”

A businessman with international experience, Mr. Bobulinski was recruited to work with Hunter Biden, Rob Walker and James Gilliar on a business venture with CEFC, a China-based energy firm with ties to the Chinese Communist Party. Hunter later eased out Mr. Bobulinski, but not before Mr. Bobulinski saw how the Biden family business worked. He has provided dozens of emails, text messages and business and financial documents to back up his testimony.

***

Mr. Gilliar recruited Mr. Bobulinski in 2017 to meet Mr. Gilliar’s partner and be part of what Mr. Bobulinski was told would be a “massive” deal with CEFC. The partner was Hunter. Mr. Bobulinski says it was made clear to him that Hunter’s contribution was “providing his name and the power of his family and what they’ve developed over the prior 50 years.”

He says Joe Biden was also central to the deal. Mr. Bobulinski says he met the then former Vice President in early May 2017 in Los Angeles in the context of the CEFC deal. Hunter arranged a meeting with his father, though Mr. Bobulinski says he was “coached” by his partners that “this is going to be a high-level meeting. We’re not going to go into a lot of detail” about CEFC.

The World’s Moral Authorities on Israel The Palestinian Authority, Qatar and Brazil’s Lula give Hamas a pass.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-worlds-moral-authorities-on-israel-palestine-gaza-49110acc?mod=opinion_lead_pos3

Three comments by leaders around the world on Sunday are worth noting as a sign of the global times. Each can help vanquish illusions.

First, speaking at the Munich Security Conference, Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh called on Hamas to unite with the PA on the latter’s terms. “Russia has invited all Palestinian factions” to meet, he said, and “We are ready to engage. If Hamas is not, then that’s a different story. We need Palestinian unity.”

Asked about working with the perpetrators of Oct. 7, Mr. Shtayyeh replied, “One should not continue focusing on Oct. 7.” He later clarified on Al Jazeera, “Palestinian suffering did not start on Oct. 7” but with Israel’s creation. “Don’t deal with the cosmetics, you should deal with the roots of the problem.”

“Cosmetics” is a cavalier way to brush off Oct. 7, but why should Mr. Shtayyeh guard his tongue? Even as his PA glorifies Oct. 7 at home and compensates the killers, the Biden Administration insists that a new Palestinian state be created for the PA to rule.

Little wonder that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his centrist chief rival, Benny Gantz, joined on Sunday to oppose unilateral U.S. recognition of a Palestinian state. That isn’t the plan, says U.S. Ambassador to Israel Jack Lew. Perhaps he senses how out of step it is while most Palestinians support Oct. 7 and the PA seeks unity with Hamas.