The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) formally alleged in court filings this week that Hunter Biden was involved in influence peddling overseas, confirming the reporting of Peter Schweizer in the 2018 book Secret Empires.
The court filings by the DOJ document payments made to Hunter Biden by Romanian oligarch Gabriel Popoviciu, who is now cooperating with DOJ prosecutors. They state that the deal was structured to avoid the filings required under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).
The documents show Hunter Biden was paid by Popoviciu while Joe Biden was vice president. Biden’s activity as president is not implicated in the filings.
On a special “emergency edition” podcast of The Drill Down podcast, Schweizer and co-host Eric Eggers discuss the breaking news and take a well-earned victory lap.