An Arkansas judge overseeing a paternity case against Hunter Biden has granted the president's son's motion to shield his financial disclosures from public view as he fights to reduce child support payments for his estranged daughter.
Lawmakers want to know how much money President Biden's family and their business associates may have reaped from deals made in the years he served as vice president and beyond, and the trail begins at the Treasury Department's dozens of suspicious activity reports for Biden-related business transactions.
Rob Walker, the Hunter Biden associate who paid Biden family members after he received a $3 million wire transfer from a communist-backed Chinese energy company, has political ties dating back to the Clinton administration.
In December 2017, Hunter Biden's business partner Eric D. Schwerin sent him an email proposing a way to close one of Mr. Biden's constellation of investment/consulting firms.
President Biden on Wednesday brushed aside investigations by House Republicans into his family members, including his son Hunter Biden, saying the public has more weighty issues to worry about.