WASHINGTON – Biden family official Eric Schwerin appeared at Congressional Buildings on Tuesday for a deposition regarding his role in eldest son Hunter Biden’s foreign dealings and role in managing President Biden’s finances.
Mr. Schwerin, who rarely appears in public, kept a straight face when he arrived for a meeting with House investigators investigating allegations of corruption by the First Family.
According to previous disclosures, Joe Biden exchanged at least 54 emails with Schwerin during his time as vice president — as his younger son, Hunter Biden, courted business from countries including China and Ukraine. .
Mr. Schwerin is the president of Hunter Biden’s Rosemont Seneca Partners, which was founded in 2009 and served as one of the vehicles for Mr. Biden to generate overseas income.
House Democrats said Schwerin: was also serving He served as financial advisor to Joe Biden throughout his eight-year term as vice president, justifying his communications with them and his apparent role in helping the then-vice president pay his taxes.
Republicans leading the impeachment inquiry are expected to ask Schwerin questions about whether foreign funds flowed to Joe Biden and the contents of the emails, which have not been fully disclosed.
Some of the emails were sent around the same time that Joe Biden was on an official visit to Ukraine as head of U.S. policy. Meanwhile, Hunter had been on the board of natural gas company Burisma Holdings since spring 2016, earning a $1 million salary. 2014
Mr. Biden’s relationship with Burisma includes attending a dinner in Washington, D.C., in April 2015 with board adviser Vadim Pozharskiy and Mr. Hunter’s colleagues from Russia and Kazakhstan.
Hunter Biden, joined by Pozharskiy and Burisma owner Mykola Zlochevsky, said he left a rally in Dubai to “call DC” just before the then-vice president’s trip to Ukraine. , former Biden family associate Devon Archer testified in July.
Archer said he understood the comment to mean they were calling Joe Biden.
In 2016, Mr. Zlochevsky told a paid FBI informant to give the Bidens $10 million in return for the vice president’s help in firing Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin, who was investigating corruption at the company. He is said to have stated that he was “coerced” into paying the bribe. This allegation has not been proven.
Joe Biden also had numerous interactions with Vitali Klitschko, the longtime mayor of Kyiv, according to records from Hunter’s discarded laptop, which were corroborated to the Post by a former source. business associate.
Schwerin’s deposition follows testimony last week by Biden family associate Rob Walker, who said Joe Biden met with CEFC China Energy Chairman Ye Jianming in 2017. He revealed that Joe Biden paid millions of dollars to Hunter Biden and his uncle James shortly after leaving office. vice president.
High-profile deals abroad, despite previous testimony claiming Joe Biden “never” discussed business with his son and brother and “never” interacted with their partners. It has become clear that most of the cases involved foreign personnel.
Archer also testified that Joe Biden was on speakerphone during about 20 business meetings with his son and foreign officials.
Mr. Archer also announced that he would be the next chief executive of BHR Partners, a state-backed Chinese investment fund in which Mr. Hunter held a 10% stake until at least 2021, when the then-vice president visited Beijing in 2013. He also said he had coffee with CEO Jonathan Lee. Joe Biden then gave an opening speech. Ms. Archer spoke to Mr. Lee on speakerphone and said he had written letters of recommendation for colleges for his children.
