It feels like 2020 again. Donald Trump has revived calls for Hunter Biden to reveal his alleged ties with Eastern European business leaders, this time soliciting the help of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The excerpts of the interview with John Solomon were released early Tuesday on Real America's Voice. The former president mentioned a report by Senate Republicans in 2020 that said an investment firm associated with Hunter Biden, son of Trump's successor Joe Biden, had received a $3.5 million wire transfer from the wife of Moscow. Trump asked Putin to reveal the nature of the transaction.
She gave him $3.5 million and I think Putin knows the answer to that. Trump thinks he should release it.
George Mesires, Hunter Biden's lawyer, has denied that his client owns the company in question, and neither Trump nor the Senate Republicans who authored the report have provided further evidence of illegal payments involving Hunter Biden.
President Biden called the Russian President a "war criminal" and a "butcher" for the Russian army's actions.
Trump has been criticized for being soft on Russia after he described Putin's invasion of Ukraine as genius.
This isn't the first time that Trump has enlisted the help of a foreign leader to go after a political rival, having notably made a similar public request to Putin to find incriminating evidence against Hillary Clinton during the 2016 presidential campaign. The Ukrainian President was asked by Trump to look into the phone call that Joe and Hunter Biden had with him a week before the call.
In the recent interview, Trump expressed his desire to learn more about Hunter Biden's relationship with a Ukrainian businessman. Hunter Biden was a director of the company's legal unit and was said to have earned over $80,000 a month.
During the 2020 presidential campaign, Hunter Biden's alleged business dealings with Eastern Europe became a hot topic. During the presidential debates in 2020, Trump made the subject one of his favorite talking points.
During one debate with Trump, Joe Biden denied the allegations that a payment had ever taken place.
Hunter Biden's foreign income and business dealings with Ukraine are being investigated by federal prosecutors. The U.S. Attorney's office in Delaware is looking into money Hunter Biden received years ago. His tax affairs have been looked at by the same office since 2020.
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