by Cameron Cawthorne
Biden revealed in a 2019 text that his dad made him fork over half his salary
Hunter Biden's attorney recently claimed his client "did not share money" from his business dealings with his dad, President Biden, but a 2019 text message and multiple emails appear to contradict this claim.
Abbe Lowell, who has been aggressively defending Hunter, said in a recent interview that he can "categorically" declare that President Biden was not involved in Hunter's previous business dealings and did not profit from any of them.
"I can tell you that Hunter did not share his business with his dad," Lowell said during a recent CNN interview. "I can tell you that he did not share money from his businesses with his dad. And as the evidence out there, his dad, like all good parents, tried to help Hunter when Hunter needed that help."
High-profile attorney Abbe Lowell has taken Hunter Biden as a client in his newly-waged legal battle over his infamous laptop. ( Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
These claims by Lowell, however, do not appear to hold up when looking at Hunter's text messages and emails from his abandoned laptop, which Fox News Digital previously reported on.
In a January 2019 text message, Hunter expressed frustration with his daughter, Naomi, and revealed that his dad forced him to fork over half his salary.
"I hope you all can do what I did and pay for everything for this entire family Fro (sic) 30 years. It's really hard. But don't worry unlike Pop I won't make you give me half your salary," Hunter wrote.
Texts from Hunter Biden to his daughter, Naomi, in 2019 suggested he had to fork over half his salary to his dad, President Biden. (Marco Polo)
In a 2018 WhatsApp message with his uncle, Hunter fumed about now-first lady Jill Biden and called her a "f---ing moron" after she shot down a proposal about him teaching and said he needed to get sober first, or he would not be able to support his family.
"I suooorted [sic] my GM [sic] family including some of the costs you should have used your salary to lay [sic] for- for the last 24 years," Hunter said.
In another text message exchange from 2018, Hunter claimed to have paid his father's bills for more than a decade, which received backlash from House Republicans.
"Too many cooks in the kitchen," he wrote on April 12, 2018. "Too many profile changes and such. Happened 10 days ago too. What do you need? I’m going to bank in a few. Need to verify identity in person."
"I need to pay AT&T," Hunter's assistant Katie Dodge responded.
GOP ERUPTS OVER 2018 TEXT FROM HUNTER BIDEN CLAIMING HE'D PAID DAD'S BILLS FOR 'PAST 11 YEARS'
Hunter Biden discussed paying his father's bills in texts with Katie Dodge on April 12, 2018. (Marco Polo)
Hunter then instructed Dodge to put the payment on both his debit card and his "Wells Fargo credit line."
"My dad has been using most lines on this account which I’ve through the gracious offerings of Eric [Schwerin] have paid for past 11 years," Hunter wrote.
It is not clear whether Hunter was claiming to have a shared AT&T account or a shared Wells Fargo account with his father. The White House declined to clarify when previously reached by Fox News Digital.
A 2010 email from Schwerin, Hunter's longtime business partner, said he was transferring funds from Biden’s tax refund check into Hunter’s account because "he owes it to you."
A 2016 email from Schwerin to Hunter indicated that Hunter was expected to pay an AT&T bill in the amount of $190 for "JRB."
One of the most infamous emails from Hunter's abandoned laptop was the email that refers to the elder Biden as the "big guy" and says, "10 held by H for the big guy?" which is shorthand for 10% held by Hunter Biden for his father. Hunter's former business partner Tony Bobulinski previously confirmed "big guy" was a reference to now-President Biden.
The 2017 email about the equity split proposition for the joint venture with CEFC, a CCP-linked energy company, was sent by business associate James Gilliar, who also infamously told Bobulinski on WhatsApp, in May 2017 not to "mention Joe being involved, it’s only when u [sic] are face to face, I know u [sic] know that but they are paranoid."
"OK they should be paranoid about things," Bobulinski said.
"For real," Gilliar said.
From left to right, Eric Schwerin, President Biden and Hunter Biden. (Fox News)
The House Oversight Committee recently included a few of these examples as their "evidence" that Biden was involved with Hunter's business dealings and that he profited, including testimony from a pair of whistleblowers.
One of the whistleblowers, who claimed Justice Department, FBI and IRS officials interfered with the investigation into Hunter Biden, said earlier in the summer that Hunter invoked his father to pressure a Chinese business partner while discussing deals. IRS Criminal Supervisory Special Agent Gary Shapley oversaw the IRS probe into the president's son and said the agency obtained a July 2017 WhatsApp message from Hunter to Harvest Fund Management CEO Henry Zhao showing Hunter alleging he was with his father to pressure Zhao to pay him $10M.
"I am sitting here with my father, and we would like to understand why the commitment made has not been fulfilled," Hunter wrote in the WhatsApp message to Zhao, according to the documents. "Tell the director that I would like to resolve this now before it gets out of hand, and now means tonight," Hunter wrote.
The White House has repeatedly dismissed the House Oversight Committee's allegations about President Biden's involvement with Hunter's business dealings in previous statements and have maintained that Biden was not in business with his son, despite moving the goalposts multiple times. Following Speaker McCarthy's, R-Calif., announcement of an impeachment inquiry last week for Biden, the White House released a 14-page memo pushing back on Republican claims and calling on media outlets to increase scrutiny.
"After nearly 9 months of investigating, House Republicans haven’t been able to turn up any evidence of the President doing anything wrong. But House Republicans led by Marjorie Taylor Greene are nonetheless opening a baseless impeachment inquiry of President Biden — despite many House Republicans openly admitting there is no evidence on which to support it," White House spokesperson Ian Sams wrote last week.
"Impeachment is grave, rare, and historic. The Constitution requires ‘treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors,’" Sams continued. "But House Republicans are publicly stating they have uncovered none of these things."
The White House and Hunter's attorney did not respond to Fox News Digital's requests for comment.
Fox News Digital's Jessica Chasmar, Brooke Singman and Brandon Gillespie contributed to this report
Cameron Cawthorne is a politics editor for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to Cameron.Cawthorne@Fox.com and on Twitter: @cam_cawthorne
Source: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hunter-bidens-texts-emails-contradict-lawyers-claim-did-not-share-money-businesses-dad
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