The money

The bank records: $20 million and where it went

Robinson Walker LLC, Romania, Russia, Kazakhstan and the impeachment arithmetic

RECORD / AT A GLANCE

Documented

The payments are documented by subpoenaed bank records. The totals mix family members, partners and companies, and the Republican majority’s own report found no payment to Joe.

THE EVENTS / THE INVESTIGATION / THE STORY

The chronology.

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DOCUMENTED China, the “big guy” & the bank records

“The money moved through LLCs.”

The memos trace payments through Walker’s firms, Rosemont Seneca and others. Whether to call them shells is a characterization.

Who says it: House Oversight memos.

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DOCUMENTED China, the “big guy” & the bank records

“China money was split among several Bidens.”

Of the $3 million wire, $1,065,692 went to Biden accounts in small wires, including to Hallie Biden, James’s JBBSR and Hunter’s Owasco.

Who says it: House Oversight.

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PARTLY TRUE China, the “big guy” & the bank records

“The Bidens took in more than $20 million from foreign sources.”

The total counts family members, partners and companies; the majority’s report found no payment to Joe.

Who says it: House Oversight Republicans.

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Sources & limits.

Numbered citations in each article identify the relevant sources. These records have different purposes and evidentiary weight.

  1. House Oversight Committee majority, 16 March 2023: first bank-records memorandum ↗

    Traces the $3 million wire from State Energy HK to Robinson Walker LLC on 1 March 2017 and about $1.065 million then sent on to Biden family accounts.

  2. House Oversight Committee majority, 10 May 2023: second bank-records memorandum ↗

    Counts more than $10 million from foreign sources to Biden family members, associates and their companies, including about $1.04 million to Biden accounts.

  3. House Oversight Committee majority, 9 August 2023: third bank-records memorandum ↗

    Payments from Russia, Kazakhstan and Ukraine, including $3.5 million from Yelena Baturina to Rosemont Seneca Thornton in February 2014 and $142,300 from Kenes Rakishev for a car.

  4. NBC News, 16 March 2023: House chairman questions $1.3 million in payments to Hunter Biden and relatives ↗

    News account of the first memo, with the Democrats’ response.

  5. House Republicans refer Hunter and James Biden for prosecution, June 5, 2024 ↗

    Primary statement of lawmakers’ accusations, not a charging document. Explicitly distinguishes $18 million to family members/related companies from $27 million including associates.

  6. House Republican impeachment inquiry report, August 19, 2024 ↗

    Original majority investigators’ argument; conclusions about a conspiracy are attributed, not adopted as judicial findings.

  7. House Oversight Democratic counter-memorandum, August 19, 2024 ↗

    Original minority argument and transcript citations. Its “exonerates” headline is a partisan conclusion, not an acquittal after a trial.

  8. Axios: Republican impeachment report, August 19, 2024 ↗

    Independent contemporaneous account of the report and its evidentiary limits; read with both original party reports.

  9. House Ways and Means, Oversight and Judiciary chairmen, 5 June 2024: criminal referrals of Hunter and James Biden ↗

    Alleges false statements to Congress by both men.

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