“House Committee Reveals Biden’s Private Emails on Business”
In his capacity as vice president, Joe Biden utilized multiple email aliases and private email addresses to correspond extensively with his son, Hunter Biden, and associates involved in Hunter’s business ventures, as indicated by recent disclosures from the House Ways & Means Committee. Records obtained from IRS whistleblowers Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler revealed that Biden employed alias email accounts on 327 occasions spanning a nine-year period from 2010 to 2019. These emails were exchanged with individuals such as Eric Schwerin, a key figure in the Biden family’s business entities.
The bulk of this email correspondence occurred during Biden’s tenure as vice president, with 54 emails specifically identified as being exclusively between Joe Biden and Eric Schwerin, who was described by the committee as instrumental in structuring the Biden family’s network of shell companies. The aliases detected in these communications were “robinware456,” “JRBware,” and “RobertLPeters.”
Earlier revelations of Biden’s email aliases were made public by House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, leading to further investigation. Whistleblowers, who remain employed as IRS investigators, conducted a search for these aliases within email exchanges involving Hunter Biden and Eric Schwerin. However, their access was limited to metadata, necessitating a search warrant for the content of the emails.
The whistleblowers shared the results of their search with the committee, highlighting a notable increase in direct emails between Schwerin and Vice President Biden, particularly during Biden’s visits to Ukraine. For instance, data indicated five emails exchanged in June 2014 before Biden’s trip to Ukraine that month. Subsequently, 27 emails were sent between them after this visit and before Biden’s return trip to Ukraine in November 2014.
During this period, Hunter Biden secured a position on the board of Burisma Holdings, a Ukrainian natural gas company, in April 2014. Biden has acknowledged pressuring Ukraine to dismiss prosecutor Viktor Shokin while he was investigating Burisma Holdings, coinciding with Hunter Biden’s lucrative role on the board. This pressure involved a threat to withhold $1 billion in U.S. aid if Shokin was not removed.
Biden’s supporters assert that his stance against Shokin was based on concerns about corruption and aligned with U.S. and international policies. Chairman Jason Smith of the Ways & Means Committee criticized Biden’s actions, suggesting that the vice president used official trips, such as those to Ukraine and Mexico, to further his son’s business interests, based on evidence from the disclosed documents.
Smith, along with other Republican committee leaders, is leading an inquiry into potential foreign funds received by the Biden family, President Biden’s involvement in their overseas business dealings, and alleged efforts by the Biden administration to impede investigations related to Hunter Biden. The White House has refuted these claims, emphasizing that President Biden had no business ties with his son and did not engage in discussions about his son’s business activities.
The Justice Department, including individual officials, has denied allegations of political interference in the investigation into Hunter Biden. Hunter Biden has been subpoenaed by the House Oversight Committee for a deposition scheduled on December 13. House Republicans have pledged to release the deposition transcript and organize a public hearing, echoing the call of Hunter Biden’s attorney for a public testimony before the American people.
