hunter biden has been defending himself against allegations of corruption since his father was barack 0bama s vice president. selling access or trading on influence is a common thing in washington. in fact you might recall the trump children being accused of similar things. but ahead of the election last year mr biden said things would be different in his adminstration. i will take steps to tackle the self dealing, co nflicts of interest, dark money, and rank corruption that are serving narrow, private, orforeign agendas and undermining our democracy, he said. so in a white house that says it s committed to anti corruption, hunter biden s suspected ties to international banks and deals with foreign governments raise difficult questions. in fact, let s walk you through some of his business dealings. in 2013 hunter begins an unpaid position on the board of a chinese bank. a year later in 2014 he joins the board of the ukrainian natural gas firm, burisma. then in 2017 the new
york post reported he was receiving $10 million in an annual fee from a chinese billionaire for introductions. in 2019 hunter s laptop is seized by the fbi and on it was an email from an advisor from burisma, who thanked him for an invitation to washington to meet joe biden. last year republican lawmakers launched an investigation into hunter s work for the ukrainian firm, but there was no evidence that us foreign policy was influenced by it. so no criminal activity has been proven but plenty of lines of enquiry. i m joined now by ben schreckinger, national political correspondent at politico and the author of the bidens: inside the first family s fifty year rise to power in portland, maine. i m s o rry , i m s o r w , y o u r i m sorry, your name went across two lines of prompter, i do beg your pardon. i want to go back to the story this summer that hunter biden
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would sell paintings with initial prices of half $1 million, which would be quite a feat, would it not, for an established painter? yes. would be quite a feat, would it not, for an established painter? yes, and an absolutely for an established painter? yes, and an absolutely extraordinary - for an established painter? yes, and an absolutely extraordinary sum - for an established painter? yes, and an absolutely extraordinary sum for| an absolutely extraordinary sum for an absolutely extraordinary sum for a debut painting to fetch. we don t know for sure whether he has sold any paintings that price yet. he recently did an art show outing los angeles, but there is immediately invited concerns from ethics experts about the possibility that someone who want to ingratiate themselves with joe who want to ingratiate themselves withjoe biden good wildly overpay for art created by hunter biden. ii for art created by hunter biden. if we go back to the same period last year, when donald trump an