me save you some breath. if you re going to ask about this, i am not addressing [inaudible] i know you do. more than i d like you to have. i am not going to address this issue from this podium. i m just not going to do it. [inaudible conversations] thanks, guys. have a great weekend. maria: oh, yeah, no response from the white house to the damning message from hunter biden to the to a chinese executive demanding he keep his, quote, commitment or face retaliation from the big guy. then-vice president joe e biden. and, quote, everybody he knows. coming up, chairman jim jordan on why fbi never followed up on the potential corruption in plain sight. oversight committee members byron donalds and south carolina congresswoman nancy mace on what comes next in their investigation of the biden family influence peddling. all of this as communist china ramps up aggression with plans for a military training and spy center in cuba, 100 # miles away from the florida coast, amidst a we
had already sent $5 million to the bidens. he was the head of a harvest investment firm. and what s interesting is in the correspondence there, hunter biden again talks to zhao in the context of this is a deal that s important to my family involving his father. let s also keep in mind we fixate on the criminal element of this, we also have to focus on the espionage element of this. henry zhao paid $5 million to hunter biden from an account that was parking lot of a company that he co-owned with the family of the minister of state security of china who s in charge of the entire spy apparatus. and you see that in every deal that hunter biden did in china. these individuals that are sending him money have ties to chinese intelligence. maria: unbelievable. we have to the take a quick break and then talk more about that and these 17 recordings that the burisma executive has. stay with us right there. stay with us.
what a time to be members of the oversight committee and in congress. thank you both. this is the most extraordinary story. the most important and aggressive allegations ever leveled at a sitting president, and though mainstream media will not cover it. it s sad. that tells you it s true. maria: will not cover it. thank you so much. florida congressman byron donalds, south carolina congresswoman nancy mace. see you soon. thank you. maria: quick break and then more on the stunning text message from hunter biden threatening a chinese business associate with retaliation from his father. miranda define and peter schweizer the reaction and context on the potential bribery and influence-peddling schemes for years. back in a minute. e. what do you. -money. you re not that into saving money. cuz. cuz you paid too much for those glasses. next time, go to america s best where two pairs and a free, quality eye exam start at just $79.95.
retaliatory the consequenceses from the vice president and everybody he knows. in the text hunter biden writes: i am sitting here with my father, and we would like to understand why the commitment was not fulfilled. tell the direct or that i would like to resolve this now before it gets out of hand and now means tonight. and if i get a call or text from anyone involved in this other than that, zhang, or the chairman, i will make certain between the man sitting next to me and every person he knows and my ability to forever hold a bridge that you will regret not following my direction. i m sitting here waiting for the call with my father. joining me now with reaction are new york post columnist miranda devine and peter schweizer. miranda is the author of the laptop from hell, peter is the author of redhanded. both are bestsellers and must-reads. miranda, i want to get your take first on this whatsapp message that really sounds more like a mobster doing a shakedown than the son of a p
associates. $8.2, $8.3 million directly went to hunter biden, and they came from if countries such as china, ukraine, romania. some of the items and gifts that he received was, for example, an $80,000 diamond, over $4 4 2,00. maria: and that was house ways and means committee chairman jason smith with me friday on fox business with on the amount of money hunter biden and his family took in from 2014 to 20 the 19 from foreign nationals and then evaded taxes on top of the influence peddling. this as smith s committee revealed on thursday hunter biden threatened a chinese business association back in 20 to 17 in whatsapp message that he was sitting next to his father, then-vice president joe biden, and he better, quote, keep his commitment or face