Since taking the gavel in January, the Committee on Oversight and Accountability has accelerated its investigation of the Biden family’s domestic and international business practices to determine whether the Biden family has been targeted by foreign actors, President Biden is compromised, and our national security is threatened. Records obtained through the Committee’s subpoenas to date reveal that the Bidens and their associates have received over $20 million in payments from foreign entities.
Below is a timeline that details key dates in our investigation.
The main points of interest are:
1) Romania: On September 28, 2015, Vice President Biden welcomed Romanian President Klaus Iohannis to the White House. Within five weeks of this meeting, a Romanian businessman involved with a high-profile corruption prosecution in Romania, Gabriel Popoviciu, began depositing a Biden associate’s bank account, which ultimately made their way into Biden family accounts. Popoviciu made sixteen of the seventeen payments, totaling over $3 million, to the Biden associate account while Joe Biden was Vice President. Biden family accounts ultimately received approximately $1.038 million. The total amount from Romania to the Biden family and their associates is over $3 million.
2) China- CEFC: On March 1, 2017—less than two months after Vice President Joe Biden left public office—State Energy HK Limited, a Chinese company, wired $3 million to a Biden associate’s account. This is the same bank account used in the above “Romania” section. After the Chinese company wired the Biden associate account the $3 million, the Biden family received approximately $1,065,692 over a three-month period in different bank accounts. Additionally, the CEFC Chairman gives Hunter Biden a diamond worth $80,000. Lastly, CEFC creates a joint venture with the Bidens in the summer of 2017. The timeline lays out the “WhatsApp” messages and subsequent wires from the Chinese to the Bidens of $100,000 and $5 million. The total amount from China, specifically with CEFC and their related entities, to the Biden family and their associates is over $8 million.
3) China- Bohai Harvest RST Equity Investment Fund Management Co., Ltd. (BHR): More information will be provided in our upcoming Fourth Bank Memorandum.
4) Kazakhstan: On April 22, 2014, Kenes Rakishev, a Kazakhstani oligarch used his Singaporean entity, Novatus Holdings, to wire one of Hunter Biden’s Rosemont Seneca entities $142,300. The very next day—April 23, 2014—the Rosemont Seneca entity transferred the exact same amount of money to a car dealership for a car for Hunter Biden. Hunter Biden and Devon Archer would represent Burisma in Kazakhstan in May/June of 2014 as the company attempted to broker a three-way deal among Burisma, the Kazakhstan government, and a Chinese state-owned energy company.
5) Ukraine: Devon Archer joined the Burisma board of directors in spring of 2014 and was joined by Hunter Biden shortly thereafter. Hunter Biden joined the company as counsel, but after a meeting with Burisma owner Mykola Zlochevsky in Lake Como, Italy, was elevated to the board of directors in the spring of 2014. Both Biden and Archer were each paid $1 million per year for their positions on the board of directors. In December 2015, after a Burisma board of directors meeting, Zlochevsky and Hunter Biden “called D.C.” in the wake of mounting pressures the company was facing. Zlochevsky was later charged with bribing Ukrainian officials with $6 million in an attempt to delay or drop the investigation into his company. The total amount from Ukraine to the Biden family and their associates is $6.5 million.
6) Russia: On February 14, 2014, a Russian oligarch and Russia’s richest woman, Yelena Baturina, wired a Rosemont Seneca entity $3.5 million. On March 11, 2014, the wire was split up: $750,000 was transferred to Devon Archer, and the remainder was sent to Rosemont Seneca Bohai, a company Devon Archer and Hunter Biden split equally. In spring of 2014, Yelena Baturina joined Hunter Biden and Devon Archer to share a meal with then-Vice President Biden at a restaurant in Washington, D.C. The total amount from Russia to the Biden family and their associates is $3.5 million.
Beyond this timeline, here are links to our First, Second, Third, and Fourth Bank Memorandums that provide detailed descriptions and show actual bank records and wires.
China – BHR
Hunter Biden, business associate, and Chinese investors agree to create Bohai Harvest RST Equity Investment Fund Management Co., Ltd. (BHR), an investment fund controlled by the Bank of China, to focus on mergers and acquisitions, and investment in and reforms of state-owned enterprise.
China – BHR
Vice President Biden travels with Hunter Biden on Air Force 2 to China and meets CEO of BHR, Jonathan Li. Shortly thereafter, BHR’s business license was approved and Hunter Biden was a board member.
Kazakhstan
Hunter Biden met Kazakhstani oligarch Kenes Rakishev at the Hay Adams Hotel in Washington, D.C. In email correspondences with Devon Archer surrounding the meeting, Rakishev requested Secretary of State John Kerry visit Kazakhstan. Archer replied, “if we have some business started as planned I will ensure its planned soonest.” Rakishev is a Kazakhstani oligarch and millionaire and was a director at Kazakhstan’s state-owned oil company KazMunayGas. Rakishev maintained close ties to Karim Massimov, who became prime minister on April 2, 2014.
Russia
Russian oligarch Yelena Baturina – the wealthiest woman in Russia and then married to the former mayor of Moscow—wired the Rosemont Seneca Thornton bank account $3.5 million. Rosemont Seneca Thornton’s beneficiary was Rosemont Seneca Partners, of which Hunter Biden was the chairman.
Russia
Rosemont Seneca Thornton transferred $2,752,711 to a Rosemont Seneca Bohai bank account. Also on March 11, 2014, $750,000 of the original wire from Baturina was sent to Devon Archer from Rosemont Seneca Thornton. Rosemont Seneca Bohai was an entity used by both Hunter Biden and Devon Archer. In his testimony to the Committee, Archer confirmed that he and Hunter Biden were 50-50 owners in Rosemont Seneca Bohai. Rosemont Seneca Bohai was opened in Delaware on February 13, 2014—the day before the $3.5 million wire from Yelena Baturina. The bank records can be found in the third bank records memo.
Russia and Kazakhstan
In the spring of 2014, after Yelena Baturina sent the $3.5 million wire to Rosemont Seneca Thornton and around the same time that Kenes Rakishev wired money to Rosemont Seneca Bohai for Hunter Biden’s sportscar, Vice President Biden attended dinner with Yelena Baturina, Kenes Rakishev, Karim Massimov, Hunter Biden, Devon Archer, and others at Café Milano in Washington, D.C. Joe Biden stayed for dinner. Devon Archer provided this information during his transcribed interview.
Ukraine
Burisma, a Ukrainian energy company, appoints Biden business associate to their board of directors.
Kazakhstan
Kenes Rakishev’s Singaporean company wires $142,300 through his Latvian company to a Rosemont entity. The details can be found in the third bank records memorandum.
Ukraine
Vice President Biden travels to Ukraine and gives an anti-corruption speech.
Kazakhstan
The Rosemont entity wires $142,300 to a car dealership in New Jersey for a new sports car for Hunter Biden. The details can be found in the third bank records memorandum.
Ukraine
Burisma announces Hunter Biden joined its board of directors.
Romania
Vice President Biden visits Romania and delivers a speech to the Romanian Prime Minister, judges, prosecutors, and leaders of the Romanian Parliament.
China – BHR
BHR invests $1.7 billion in CCP-linked petroleum and chemical company.
China – BHR
Hunter Biden and business associate invest $484,920 into BHR.
Kazakhstan
Kenes Rakishev’s Kazakhstani oil company and Burisma join with a CCP-linked company and announce a transnational financial arrangement.
Ukraine and Kazakhstan
On April 16, 2015, Vice President Joe Biden attended a dinner with Karim Massimov, Vadym Pozharsky, Hunter Biden, Devon Archer, and others at Café Milano in Washington, D.C. Devon Archer provided this information during his transcribed interview.
China – BHR
BHR joins with a CCP-linked entity to acquire US-based Henniges Automotive in a deal reportedly worth $600 million.
Romania
Vice President Biden welcomes Romanian President Klaus Iohannis to the White House. A readout of the meeting states, the “Vice President welcomed President Iohannis’ focus on anti-corruption efforts and rule of law as a means to strengthen national security and promote greater investment and economic growth.” President Iohannis said the Vice President “voiced satisfaction over Romania’s progress with the fight against corruption.”
Ukraine
Vadym Pozharskyi suggests high level U.S. level officials come to Ukraine and talk with Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin and President Petro Poroshenko about Mykola Zlochevsky’s investigations. Prosecutor General Shokin was investigating Burisma and Burisma’s owner, Zlochevsky for fraud. Prosecutor General Shokin is the Ukranian government official Vice President Biden demanded Poroshenko fire.
Romania
Romanian businessman, Gabriel Popoviciu, begins making deposits into Robinson Walker, LLC’s bank account. Robinson Walker, LLC is an entity owned by a Biden associate, Rob Walker. Popoviciu’s company sent Robinson Walker the first wire for $179,836.86. From November 2015 to May 2017, Popoviciu’s company paid Robinson Walker, LLC over $3 million. Biden family accounts received approximately $1.038 million from the Robinson Walker, LLC account after Popoviciu’s deposits. Sixteen of the seventeen payments from Popoviciu’s company to Robinson Walker, LLC were made while Joe Biden was Vice President.
Details can be found in the Second Bank Records Memorandum.
Ukraine
Amos Hochstein, a high level U.S. government offical working in the Obama-Biden Administration, meets with Hunter Biden and discusses Burisma.
Romania
Rob Walker’s account wires Hunter Biden $59,900.
Details can be found in the Second Bank Records Memorandum.
Ukraine
Amos Hochstein meets with Vice President Biden in the West Wing.
Ukraine
Amos Hochstein calls Hunter Biden.
Romania
Hunter Biden meets with the U.S. Ambassador to Romania.
Ukraine
Vice President Biden announces trip to Ukraine to take place the first week of December 2015.
Ukraine
Vadym Pozharskyi emails Hunter Biden confirmation that the Vice President will be traveling to Ukraine.
Romania
Hunter Biden meets with the Ambassador of Romania to the United States.
Romania
Hunter Biden travels to Romania.
Ukraine
Mykola Zlochevsky and Vadym Pozharsky complain about constant “government pressures” and urge Hunter Biden to call the Vice President of the United States, Joe Biden. Devon Archer testified that Hunter Biden, Zlochevsky, and Pozharsky “called D.C.” Devon Archer provided this information during his transcribed interview.
China – CEFC
Hunter Biden and CEFC Chairman Ye Jianming begin communicating regarding a possible U.S. partnership.
Romania
Robinson Walker, LLC wires Hunter Biden $59,725.
Details can be found in the Second Bank Records Memorandum.
Ukraine
Vice President Biden departs Ukraine and gets a commitment from President Poroshenko that Prosecutor General Shokin will be fired.
Ukraine
Vice President Biden hosts a holiday party at the Vice Presidential residence, which Amos Hochstein and Hunter Biden both attend.
Romania
Robinson Walker, LLC wires Hunter Biden $60,091.24.
Details can be found in the Second Bank Records Memorandum.
Ukraine
Vice President Biden meets with President Poroshenko in Switzerland at the World Economic Forum where Biden reinforced the linkage between the loan guarantee and the necessary reforms.
Ukraine
Mykola Zlochevsky gives Hunter Biden unspecified, extravagant birthday gifts.
Ukraine
Vice President Biden and President Poroshenko conduct a call.
Romania
Robinson Walker, LLC wires Hunter Biden’s Owasco P.C. $61,126.24.
Details can be found in the Second Bank Records Memorandum.
Ukraine
President Poroshenko asks Prosecutor General Shokin to resign.
Ukraine
Vice President Biden calls President Poroshenko to thank him for calling on Prosecutor General Shokin to resign.
Ukraine
President Poroshenko says he recieved Prosecutor General Shokin’s letter of resignation.
Romania
Robinson Walker, LLC wires Owasco P.C. $61,816.05.
Details can be found in the Second Bank Records Memorandum.
Romania
Hunter Biden meets again with U.S. Ambassador to Romania.
Ukraine
Ukranian Parliament approves President Poroshenko’s firing of Prosecutor General Shokin.
Romania
Robinson Walker, LLC wires Owasco P.C. $123,830.80.
Details can be found in the Second Bank Records Memorandum.
Romania
Robinson Walker, LLC wires Owasco P.C. $53,419.74.
Details can be found in the Second Bank Records Memorandum.
Romania
Robinson Walker, LLC wires Owasco P.C. $116,860.93.
Details can be found in the Second Bank Records Memorandum.
Romania
Robinson Walker, LLC wires Hunter Biden $20,000.00.
Details can be found in the Second Bank Records Memorandum.
Romania
Robinson Walker, LLC wires Owasco P.C. $32,092.81.
Details can be found in the Second Bank Records Memorandum.
Romania
Robinson Walker, LLC wires Hunter Biden $20,000.00.
Details can be found in the Second Bank Records Memorandum.
Romania
Robinson Walker, LLC wires Owasco P.C. $41,638.12.
Details can be found in the Second Bank Records Memorandum.
China – BHR
BHR agrees to purchase Lundin Mining Corp’s minority stake in African cobalt/copper mine Tenke Fungurume Mining S.A. for $1.14 billion.
Romania
Robinson Walker, LLC wires Hunter Biden $122,179.
Details can be found in the Second Bank Records Memorandum.
China – BHR
BHR invests $460 million in a Chinese facial recognition company.
Important Date
Obama-Biden Administration ends.
Romania
Robinson Walker, LLC wires unspecified Biden account $20,000.
Details can be found in the Second Bank Records Memorandum.
Romania
Robinson Walker, LLC wires unspecified Biden account $20,000.
Details can be found in the Second Bank Records Memorandum.
Romania
Robinson Walker, LLC wires Hallie Biden $10,000.
Details can be found in the Second Bank Records Memorandum.
China – CEFC
Chairman Ye Jianming gives Hunter Biden a diamond worth $80,000 after having dinner together in Miami, Florida.
Romania
Robinson Walker, LLC wires unspecified Biden account $20,000.
Details can be found in the Second Bank Records Memorandum.
Romania
Robinson Walker, LLC wires Hunter Biden $14,000.
Details can be found in the Second Bank Records Memorandum.
China – CEFC
Chairman Ye Jianming’s company wires $3 million to Robinson Walker LLC. Robinson Walker, LLC is an entity owned by a Biden associate, Rob Walker.
Details can be found in the Second Bank Records Memorandum.
China – CEFC
Robinson Walker wires unspecified Biden account $5,000.
Details can be found in the First Bank Records Memorandum.
China – CEFC
Robinson Walker wires unspecified Biden account $25,000.
Details can be found in the First Bank Records Memorandum.
China – CEFC
Robinson Walker wires Hallie Biden $25,000.
Details can be found in the First Bank Records Memorandum.
China – CEFC
Robinson Walker wires Hunter Biden’s Owasco P.C. $50,000.
Details can be found in the First Bank Records Memorandum.
China – CEFC
Robinson Walker wires an account associated with Hunter Biden $100,000.
Details can be found in the First Bank Records Memorandum.
China – CEFC
Robinson Walker wires Owasco P.C. $50,000.
Details can be found in the First Bank Records Memorandum.
China – CEFC
Robinson Walker wires Owasco P.C. $100,000.
Details can be found in the First Bank Records Memorandum.
China – CEFC
Robinson Walker wires James Biden’s JBBSR INC $50,000.
Details can be found in the First Bank Records Memorandum.
China – CEFC
Robinson Walker wires JBBSR INC $50,000.
Details can be found in the First Bank Records Memorandum.
China – CEFC
Robinson Walker wires an company associated with Hunter Biden $10,692.
Details can be found in the First Bank Records Memorandum.
China – CEFC
Robinson Walker wires Owasco P.C. $300,000.
Details can be found in the First Bank Records Memorandum.
China – CEFC
Robinson Walker wires JBBSR INC $120,000.
Details can be found in the First Bank Records Memorandum.
China – CEFC
Robinson Walker wires unspecified Biden account $25,000.
Details can be found in the First Bank Records Memorandum.
China – CEFC
Robinson Walker wires JBBSR INC $125,000.
Details can be found in the First Bank Records Memorandum.
China – CEFC
Email between Biden business associates about the ownership of the CEFC deal, mentioning “10 held by H for the big guy?”
China – CEFC
Robinson Walker wires unspecified Biden account $15,000.
Details can be found in the First Bank Records Memorandum.
China – CEFC
Robinson Walker wires JBBSR INC $15,000.
Details can be found in the First Bank Records Memorandum.
China- CEFC
Hunter Biden sends a message to James Biden discussing their CEFC deal. He says, “Why in gods name would I give this marginal bully the keys my family’s only asset?”
China – CEFC
In a WhatsApp message to a Chinese company, Hunter Biden states, “Please have the director call me – not James or Tony or Jim – have him call me tonight. I am sitting here with my father and we would like to understand why the commitment made has not been fulfilled. I am very concerned that the Chairman has either changed his mind and broken our deal without telling me or that he is unaware of the promises and assurances that have been made have not been kept. Tell the director that I would like to resolve this now before it gets out of hand. And now means tonight. And Z if I get a call or text from anyone involved in this other than you Zhang or the Chairman I will make certain that between the man sitting next to me and every person he knows and my ability to forever hold a grudge that you will regret not following my direction. All too often people mistake kindness for weakness – and all too often I am standing over top of them saying I warned you. From this moment until whenever he reaches me.”
Hunter Biden goes on to say, “Ok my friend – I am sitting here waiting for the call with my father. I sure hope whatever it is you are doing is very very very important.”
China – CEFC
Arrangement between CEFC and Biden family changes as original Biden associates are removed. Hunter Biden writes “The chairman changed that deal after we me[t] in MIAMI TO A MUCH MORE LASTING AND LUCRATIVE ARRANGEMENT to create a holding company 50% percent [sic] owned by ME and 50% owned by him. Consulting fees is one piece of our income stream but the reason this proposal by the chairman was so much more interesting to me and my family is that we would also be partners inn [sic] the equity and profits of the JV’s investments.”
China – CEFC
The joint entity, Hudson West III, LLC is formed, with 50 percent owned by CEFC agent Gongwen Dong and 50 percent owned by Hunter Biden.
China – CEFC
In a Whatsapp exchange, Hunter Biden tells CEFC associate Gongwen “Kevin” Dong, “The Biden’s are the best I know at doing exactly what the Chairman wants from this [partnership].” Gongwen Dong is a business associate of Chairman Ye Jianming who executed numerous transactions on the Ye’s behalf.
China – CEFC
CEFC wires $100,000 to Hunter Biden’s company, Owasco PC.
Details can be found in the First Bank Records Memorandum.
China – CEFC
CEFC wires $5 million to Hudson West III.
China- CEFC
Hunter Biden communicates over WhatsApp to CEFC associate Gongwen Dong: “Where is luncheon Kevin? My uncle will be there with his BROTHER who would like to say hello to the Chairman. He is here to visit my daughter. He goes on to say, “So please give me location and time. Jim’s BROTHER if he is coming just wants to say hello[.] [H]e will not be stopping for lunch.”
Important Date
Joe Biden received $40,000 in laundered China money from the account of his brother, James Biden, and his sister-in-law, Sara Biden, in the form of a personal check.
China – CEFC
Hunter Biden requests keys made at his office shared with his Chinese partners: “Joe Biden Jill Biden Jim Biden Gongwen Dong (Chairman Ye CEFC emissary)”; and to adjust his business signage listing The Biden Foundation and Hudson West (CEFC US) on the sign.
China – CEFC
Patrick Ho, a CEFC agent in America, arrested at JFK airport on suspicion of bribery and money laundering on behalf of CEFC China.
Kazakhstan
The U.S. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issues a notice accusing Rakishev’s Latvian company of money laundering.
China – CEFC
Ye Jianming detained by Chinese authorities for “suspected economic crimes.” His whereabouts remain unknown.
Important Date
Bank records reveal a $200,000 direct payment from James and Sara Biden to Joe Biden in the form of a personal check. In 2018, James Biden received $600,000 in loans from, Americore—a financially distressed and failing rural hospital operator. According to bankruptcy court documents, James Biden received these loans “based upon representations that his last name, ‘Biden,’ could ‘open doors’ and that he could obtain a large investment from the Middle East based on his political connections.” On March 1, 2018, Americore wired a $200,000 loan into James and Sara Biden’s personal bank account – not their business bank account. On the same day, James Biden wrote a $200,000 check from this same personal bank account to Joe Biden.
China – CEFC
Hudson West III LLC and CEFC begin to dissolve.
China – CEFC
Patrick Ho is convicted for violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in a multinational bribery scheme and money laundering offenses.
China – CEFC
Patrick Ho was sentenced to three years after he was found to have bribed officials in Africa in pursuit of oil deals to benefit CEFC China, as well as laundering money through various international accounts to perpetuate these business dealings.
Important Date
Joe Biden announces his presidential campaign.
China- BHR
Hunter Biden received a $10,000 wire from Wang Xin, an employee at BHR. The wire originated in Beijing and Joe Biden’s Wilmington, Delaware home is listed as the beneficiary address.
China- BHR
Hunter Biden received a $250,000 wire from Jonathan Li and Tan Ling. The wire originated in Beijing and Joe Biden’s Wilmington, Delaware home is listed as the beneficiary address.
Ukraine
Ukranian law enforcement announces $6M bribery scheme by Mykola Zlochevsky in order to end probe into the Burisma founder.
China- CEFC
Tony Bobulinski is interviewed by the FBI and details how the Bidens’ deal with CCP-linked entities began when Joe Biden was Vice President of the United States. The Bidens were paid shortly after Joe Biden left the vice presidency for their work.
Kazakhstan
Former Kazakhstan Prime Minister Karim Massimov, who attended dinner with then-Vice President Biden in 2015, was sentenced to 18 years in prison for treason, abuse of power, and attempting a coup.
Important Date
Naftali was appointed by President Biden to the Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad.
This is the same Commission President Obama appointed Eric Schwerin, Hunter Biden’s longtime business associate, to in 2015. This comes after President Biden “pledged that there would be an ‘absolute wall’ between his official duties and his family’s private business interest.”
Important Date
Washington Examiner reveals Alexander Mackler, a close associate of the Biden family and former Biden Staffer, spent years working in the Delaware U.S. attorney’s office. According to Mackler’s LinkedIn, part of his tenure was under U.S. Attorney David Weiss. He also had overlap with the months when whistleblowers said the office took up an investigation of Hunter Biden.
“Mackler also appeared to have a close personal relationship with Hunter Biden. In emails found on Hunter Biden’s laptop, Mackler corresponded frequently with Hunter Biden and his business associates and even referred to Hunter Biden fondly as a “brother” in October 2018.”
Ukraine
The House Oversight Committee held a transcribed interview with Devon Archer, Hunter Biden’s former business associate. During the transcribed interview, Archer testified that Joe Biden was “the brand” that Hunter Biden sold around the world to enrich the Biden family. Archer also admitted that Burisma would have gone out of business if ‘the brand’ had not been attached to it.” Key excerpts and the full transcript can be found here.
Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan
Chairman Comer releases a third bank records memorandum detailing how the Bidens and their business associates received millions from oligarchs in Russia, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine during Joe Biden’s vice presidency. After Hunter Biden received millions of dollars in payments, then-Vice President Joe Biden dined with his son’s foreign associates in Washington, D.C. The memo can be found here.
