Hunter Biden under fire for ties to overseas business dealings in Romania

FILE – In this Oct. 11, 2012, file photo, Hunter Biden waits for the start of the his father’s, Vice President Joe Biden’s, debate at Centre College in Danville, Ky. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

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UPDATED 7:30 PM PT — Friday, October 25, 2019

Hunter Biden can’t seem to shake off bad press over his foreign business dealings. The crosshairs are now hovering over the former vice president’s son for his consultation of a Romanian businessman who was charged with fraud.
A Thursday NBC report drew attention to a 2016 trip Biden took to advise Gabriel Popoviciu. Popoviciu was caught up in a legal battle over a questionable land deal he made with the rector of a local Romanian university back in 2006. The school official allegedly sold off government land to the businessman for significantly less money than it was worth. The official further claimed the land belonged to the school.
The rector was arrested years later following a government investigation and Popoviciu was charged as an accessory to that deal. He appealed the decision and eventually hired Hunter Biden as a counselor for his legal team.
Sources said it’s unclear how much Hunter Biden actually contributed, but experts believe the businessman may have hired him for his relationship to Joe Biden, the acting vice president at the time. Popoviciu allegedly wanted to use Hunter’s status as the vice president’s son as leverage to win his case.
It is unknown what Hunter discussed with the official or how much he was paid, but pundits have said the optics are not good — considering his shady business deals in Ukraine and China. This comes after Hunter Biden stepped down from his position on the board of a Chinese investment company to avoid the appearance of impropriety.