>> Jesse: CORRUPTION DOESN’T
JUST HAPPEN OVERNIGHT IN
WASHINGTON.
IT TAKES YEARS OF LYING,
BACKSTABBING AND HANGING OUT
WITH SOME OF THE SHADEIEST
PEOPLE IN TOWN.
AND IF YOU HAVE YOUR EYES SETTED
ON GOLD, LIKE THE WHITE HOUSE,
THAT’S JUST THE BARE MINIMUM.
BUT DON’T TAKE OUR WORD FOR IT.
LISTEN TO WHAT A YOUNG SENATOR
OUT OF DELAWARE HAD TO SAY IN
THE EARLY 1970S.
>> I’M NOTED SURE YOU SHOULD
ASSUME I’M NOT CORRUPT.
I THANK YOU FOR THAT.
THE SYSTEM DOES PRODUCE
CORRUPTION AND I THINK IMPLICIT
IN THE SYSTEM IS CORRUPTION.
WHETHER OR NOT YOU CAN RUN FOR
PUBLIC OFFICE, COSTS A GREAT
DEAL OF MONEY TO RUN FOR SENATE.
YOU HAVE TO GO TO THOSE PEOPLE
WHO HAVE MONEY.
THEY ALWAYS WANT SOMETHING.
>> Jesse: ALMOST FIVE DECADES
LATER, THAT YOUNG SENATOR WENT
ON TO BECOME THE MOST POWERFUL
MAN IN WASHINGTON.
HE MAY AS WELL BE THE MOST
CORRUPT, TOO.
BECAUSE IF YOUR LAST NAME IS
BIDEN, YOU LEARN A THING OR TWO
ABOUT CORRUPTION GROWING UP,
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU’RE THE SON
SOFT SLEAZEIEST USED CAR SALES
MAN IN SCRANTON AND YOUR DAD WAS
CASHING IN SIDE CHECKS FROM THE
MOST CORRUPT UNION GROUP IN THE
STATE.
THE BIDEN HOUSE HOLD HAS ALWAYS
BEEN ABOUT MAKING A QUICK BUCK.
OVER THE YEARS AS POWER GREW, SO
DID THE MONEY.
IT REALLY ALL KICKED OFF IN 2013
WHEN THE BIDEN FAMILY BUSINESS
PICKED UP STEAM AFTER VICE
PRESIDENT BIDEN BOARDED ON AIR
FORCE TWO DESTINED FOR BEIJING,
CHINA.
ALONGSIDE HIM WAS THE SMARTEST
MAN HE KNEW, HIS SON HUNTER, WHO
WAS ON THE TRIP STRICTLY FOR
BUSINESS THAT DAY.
HE WAS ABOUT TO START UP THE
BIDEN FAMILY GLOBAL AFFAIR.
WHAT BETTER TIME TO LAUNCH IT
THAN WHEN YOU HAVE THE VICE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
READY AT YOUR DISPOSAL.
HUNTER BEING THE OPPORTUNIST
THAT HE IS SET UP AN
INTRODUCTION BETWEEN HIS DAD,
THE VICE PRESIDENT, AND A SHADY
CHINESE BUSINESS MAN NAMED
JONATHAN LEE IN A CHINESE HOTEL
LOBBY.
THAT MEETING WAS AS SWEET AS
APPLE PIE.
THE TWO SHOOK HANDS AND IT WAS
LATER DESCRIBED AS A GOOD SOCIAL
MEETING, AND THE REWARD WAS EVEN
BETTER.
JUST LIKE THAT, THE BIDEN FAMILY
WAS OFFERED A $20 MILLION
FORTUNE TEN YEARS LATER.
A FULL 10% STAKE IN A CHINESE
FINANCE COMPANY DIRECTLY BACKED
BY THE COMMUNIST PARTY.
AND TO SWEETEN THE DEAL, HUNTER
GOT TO SIT ON THEIR BOARD AND
PLAY BUSINESSMAN.
BUT THE BEST PART OF IT, THE
BIDENS FINALLY HAD SOME STREET
CRED IN CHINA.
NO BETTER TIME TO MILK DIRTY
CHINESE MONEY THAN WHEN JOE HAD
SOME BILLS TO PAY AND HUNTER HAD
A CRACK ADDICTION TO FUND.
SO IN 2015, THE BIDENS BEGAN
CASHING IN CHECKS FROM A GIANT
CHINESE ENERGY CONGLOMERATE THAT
SERVES AS THE ARM OF THE
COMMUNIST PARTIES ROAD
INITIATIVE A DIRECT NATIONAL
SECURITY THREAT TO THE UNITED
STATES.
IT WASN’T JUST HUNTER.
EVEN JOE’S OWN BROTHER JIM GOT
INVOLVED.
THE TWO OF THEM RAKED IN ALMOST
$5 MILLION FROM THESE CHINESE,
MOST FROM CONSULTING FEES.
IT DIDN’T TAKE A GENIUS TO
REALIZE THESE GUYS REEKED OF
CORRUPTION.
ONE OF THE COMPANY’S TOP DOGS,
PATRICK HO, WAS PUT UNDER FISA
SURVEILLANCE BY THE UNITED
STATES INTELLIGENCE ARM FOR
BRIBING AFRICAN LEADERS AND
HELPING IRAN EVADE U.S.
SANCTIONS.
SERIOUSLY.
BUT HUNTER ACTUALLY SAW MORE
DOLLAR SIGNS OUT OF IT.
HE FLAUNTED HIS YALE LAW DEGREE
AND SOMEHOW GOT THE CHINESE TO
PAY $1 MILLION FOR HIS LEGAL
SERVICES.
THEY EVEN GAVE HIM A 3KARAT
DIAMOND.
BIG ROCK.
THE GUY ENDED UP IN JAIL BECAUSE
HUNTER’S NO CRIMINAL ATTORNEY.
THEY DIDN’T KNOW THAT BUT HUNTER
GOT A QUICK MILLION.
THAT’S WHAT BIDENS DO.
THE BIDEN FAMILY BUSINESS WAS
BOOMING IN CHINA AND JOE
COULDN’T HELP BUT GET DIRECTLY
INVOLVED.
WHEN SCHEMING UP A JOINT CHINESE
COMPANY, E-MAILS SHOW THEY WERE
OPENLY TALKING ABOUT CUTTING 10%
OF THE DEAL FOR THE BIG GUY.
IF THERE WAS EVER ANY DOUBT AS
TO WHO THE BIG GUY IS, HUNTER’S
FORMER BUSINESS PARTNER MADE IT
CLEAR FOR US.
>> IT HAS 10% FOR THE BIG GUY
HELD BY H.
1,000% KNOW THE BIG GUY IS
REFERENCING JOE BIDEN.
THAT’S CHRIS CALL CLEAR TO ME
BECAUSE I LIVED IT.
I MET WITH THE FORMER VICE
PRESIDENT IN PERSON MULTIPLE
TIMES.
>> Jesse: JOE TOLD US HE NEVER
ONCE TALKED TO HIS SON ABOUT HIS
DEALS.
WELL, I GUESS HE’S JUST A LYING
DOG FACED PONY SOLDIER THEN.
HE WAS BANK ROLLING CASH FROM
CHINA, ALL WHILE HE WAS VP.
GUESS IT PAID OFF.
THE BIDENS EARNED AT LEAST $31
MILLION IN CHINESE MONEY.
SOON ENOUGH THE BIDEN FAMILY
BUSINESS EXPANDED ALL OVER THE
GLOBE.
HUNTER WAS REELING IN CLIENTS
AND JOE WAS CLOSING DEALS WITH
ONE ON ONE MEETINGS.
OBVIOUSLY, HUNTER DIDN’T READ
THE ART OF THE DEAL, BUT HE DID
KNOW THAT MEETING THE VICE
PRESIDENT WENT A LONG WAY FOR
THESE GUYS.
SO HE WAS SETTING UP MEETINGS
BETWEEN HIS DAD AND SKETCHY
FOREIGNERS RIGHT IN WASHINGTON
AT THE GLORIOUS CAFE MILANO.
LIKE MEETING SKETCHY BUSINESS
MEN FROM KHAZISTAN OR MEETING
WITH A RUSSIAN’S WIFE RIGHT
BEFORE SHE HANDED THEM A $3
MILLION PAY CHECK.
THE BEST DEAL OF THEM ALL WHEN
JOE MET SOMEONE FROM AN
UKRAINIAN ENERGY COMPANY.
WE KNOW THIS BECAUSE HE WROTE
HUNTER AN E-MAIL SAYING THANK
YOU FOR INVITING ME TO D. C. TO
MEET AND SPEND SOMETIME WITH
YOUR FATHER.
AT THE TIME, BARISMA WAS PAYING
HUNTER UP TO $83,000 A MONTH
JUST TO SIT ON THE BOARD.
WHEN THE OWNER GOT WRAPPED UP IN
A FEDERAL INVESTIGATION IN
UKRAINE, THE CASE WAS QUIETLY
DROPPED AROUND THE SAME TIME JOE
WAS DEMANDING IT BE DISMISSED.
WHAT DID BIDEN HAVE TO DO WITH
THE UKRAINIAN ENERGY CORRUPTION
CASE?
NOW WE KNOW.
YOU SEE CORRUPTION IN WASHINGTON
GOES A LONG WAY.
A LOT OF MONEY FLOWS IN IF YOU
JUST MEET THE SHADEIEST PEOPLE
YOU CAN FIND.
AROUND THE GLOBE THERE’S ALWAYS
A SKETCHY BILLIONAIRE WHO WANTS
TO BLOW MONEY ON THE MOST
POWERFUL FAMILY IN WASHINGTON.
AND IF YOU’RE A BIDEN, YOU DO
WHAT BIDENS DO BEST.
YOU TAKE THE BAIT AND RAKE IN
THAT PRETTY PENNY.