From: "Iverson, Dena (PAO)" <(b)(6) >

To: "Jerry Dunleavy" (b)(6)

Subject: RE: [EXTERNAL] Hunter Biden Laptop Emails
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2022 18:23:31 -0000
Importance: Normal

Hi Jerry,

The department declines to comment.

Dena

Dena Iverson
Principal Deputy Director, Office of Public Affairs
U.S. Department of Justice
(b)(6) - Office
(b)(6) - Cell
(b)(6)

From: Jerry Dunleavy (b)(6)

Sent: Friday, March 18, 2022 1:27 PM
To: Iverson, Dena (PAO) <(b)(6) >
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Hunter Biden Laptop Emails

Hey Dena,

White House press secretary Jen Psaki was asked twice yesterday about her previous comments that stories about
Hunter Biden's laptop emails were Russian disinformation, and she twice directed reporters to the Justice Department.

Does the Justice Department have a comment on this?

Does the Justice Department believe the Hunter Biden laptop story and the Hunter Biden laptop emails were Russian
disinformation? What about part of a Russian information operation? Does the Justice Department believe Russia or
any foreign countries were involved at all?

Many thanks!

JD

--
Jerry Dunleavy
Washington Examiner
(b)(6)
 From: "Hornbuckle, Wyn (PAO)" <(b)(6) >
To: "Iverson, Dena (PAO)" <(b)(6) >, "Coley, Anthony D. (PAO)"
<(b)(6) >
Subject: RE: [EXTERNAL] Hunter Biden Laptop Emails
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2022 17:56:20 -0000
Importance: Normal

OK thanks

From: Iverson, Dena (PAO) <(b)(6) >

Sent: Friday, March 18, 2022 1:53 PM
To: Hornbuckle, Wyn (PAO) <(b)(6) Coley, Anthony D. (PAO) <(b)(6)
Subject: FW: [EXTERNAL] Hunter Biden Laptop Emails

FYI I will decline to comment this.

Dena Iverson
Principal Deputy Director, Office of Public Affairs
U.S. Department of Justice
(b)(6) - Office
(b)(6) - Cell
(b)(6)

From: Jerry Dunleavy (b)(6)

Sent: Friday, March 18, 2022 1:27 PM
To: Iverson, Dena (PAO) <(b)(6)
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Hunter Biden Laptop Emails

Duplicative Material
 From: "Flynn-Brown, Josh (Judiciary-Rep)" (b)(6)
To: "Gaeta, Joseph (OLA)" <(b)(6)
Cc: "Downey, Brian (HSGAC)" (b)(6) , "CEG (Judiciary-Rep)"
(b)(6) , "Wittmann, Scott (HSGAC)"
(b)(6) , "Calce, Christina M. (OLA)"
<(b)(6)
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: 2021-11-15 CEG RHJ to DOJ (Biden China Follow Up)
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2022 22:30:41 +0000
Importance: Normal
Attachments: 2022.02.02-OUT-Grassley-Response_final.pdf

Thanks. Yes, I saw that. It’s not an answer, though. DOJ told a fed court FISA info exits on Patrick Ho but didn’t
say the same to Congress.

On Mar 15, 2022, at 6:19 PM, Gaeta, Joseph (OLA) <(b)(6) wrote:

Hi Josh,

The Department answered the Senators’ November 15 letter in the attached letter on page 2. Sorry if that wasn’t
clear.

Joe

From: Flynn-Brown, Josh (Judiciary-Rep) (b)(6)

Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2022 4:56 PM
To: Downey, Brian (HSGAC) (b)(6) ; Gaeta, Joseph (OLA) <(b)(6)
Cc: CEG (Judiciary-Rep) (b)(6) ; Wittmann, Scott (HSGAC)
(b)(6)
Subject: [EXTERNAL] RE: 2021-11-15 CEG RHJ to DOJ (Biden China Follow Up)

Joe, will the Department clarify whether it possesses FISA material relating to Patrick Ho, an associate of Hunter
Biden? DOJ informed a federal court that it does possess that material but has not said the same to Congress. Thank
you.

From: Downey, Brian (HSGAC) (b)(6)

Sent: Friday, February 18, 2022 2:21 PM
To: Flynn-Brown, Josh (Judiciary-Rep) (b)(6) ; Gaeta, Joseph (OLA)
<(b)(6)
Cc: CEG (Judiciary-Rep) (b)(6) ; Wittmann, Scott (HSGAC)
(b)(6)
Subject: RE: 2021-11-15 CEG RHJ to DOJ (Biden China Follow Up)
Importance: High

Hi Joe, another two-months have gone by without any update from the department. Where is DOJ in
responding the Nov. 15, 2021 letter regarding the extensive relationships between and among Hunter Biden
and individuals connected to the communist Chinese regime? Please let us know. Thank you.
From: Downey, Brian (HSGAC)
Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2021 2:10 PM
To: Flynn-Brown, Josh (Judiciary-Rep) (b)(6) ; Gaeta, Joseph (OLA)
<(b)(6)
Cc: CEG (Judiciary-Rep) (b)(6) ; Wittmann, Scott (HSGAC)
(b)(6)
Subject: RE: 2021-11-15 CEG RHJ to DOJ (Biden China Follow Up)
Importance: High

Hi Joe,

Any update on the November 15 letter regarding the extensive relationships between and among Hunter
Biden and individuals connected to the communist Chinese regime? The November 15 letter is a follow-up to
our March 31, 2021, letter, which requested “all intelligence records, including but not limited to, all Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Act-derived information” relating to Patrick Ho and other individuals, including
Gongwen Dong.

Please let us know. Thank you.

From: Flynn-Brown, Josh (Judiciary-Rep) (b)(6)

Sent: Monday, November 29, 2021 5:30 PM
To: Gaeta, Joseph (OLA) <(b)(6)
Cc: CEG (Judiciary-Rep) (b)(6) ; Downey, Brian (HSGAC)
(b)(6) ; Wittmann, Scott (HSGAC) (b)(6)
Subject: RE: 2021-11-15 CEG RHJ to DOJ (Biden China Follow Up)

Joe, any update here? Due date was November 22. Thanks.

From: Gaeta, Joseph (OLA) <(b)(6)

Sent: Monday, November 15, 2021 6:05 PM
To: Flynn-Brown, Josh (Judiciary-Rep) (b)(6)
Cc: CEG (Judiciary-Rep) (b)(6) ; Downey, Brian (HSGAC)
(b)(6) ; Wittmann, Scott (HSGAC) (b)(6)
Subject: RE: 2021-11-15 CEG RHJ to DOJ (Biden China Follow Up)

Confirmed.

From: Flynn-Brown, Josh (Judiciary-Rep) (b)(6)

Sent: Monday, November 15, 2021 4:41 PM
To: Gaeta, Joseph (OLA) <(b)(6)
Cc: CEG (Judiciary-Rep) (b)(6) ; Downey, Brian (HSGAC)
(b)(6) ; Wittmann, Scott (HSGAC) (b)(6)
Subject: [EXTERNAL] 2021-11-15 CEG RHJ to DOJ (Biden China Follow Up)

Joe, please see the attached letter from Sens. Grassley and Johnson and confirm receipt. Thank you.

Josh
 U.S. Department of Justice

Office of Legislative Affairs

Office of the Assistant Attorney General Washington, D.C. 20530

The Honorable Charles E. Grassley

Ranking Member
Committee on the Judiciary
United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510

Dear Senator Grassley:

The Department of Justice (Department) is pleased to provide you with an update

regarding the Department’s responsiveness to your requests since January 20, 2021 and to
address five additional letters.

During the Attorney General’s confirmation hearing, you provided a binder containing 22
letters sent between February 15, 2017, and February 3, 2021, and asked that the Department
ensure that each letter had been responded to. By April 30, 2021, the Department had done so.
With respect to written correspondence sent during the current Administration, since January 20,
2021, you have written or joined approximately fifty letters to the Department, representing
about one third of all letters the Department received from Members of the United States Senate.
To date, the Department has responded to at least 35 of these letters, either via a written response
or by providing a briefing or other outreach. More than half of the remaining pending letters
were received since November 2021, and the Department is continuing our efforts to respond to
these inquiries. Overall, during the last year, the Department has provided your staff with more
than 18 briefings on matters ranging from cybersecurity to bankruptcy in response to requests
from your office.

Today, we respond to five of your pending letters, each of which concerns matters about
which you have previously written and to which we have previously responded. Specifically,
this letter responds to letters dated July 28, 2021, regarding the response to COVID-19 in certain
nursing facilities; October 22, 2021, regarding the National Strategy for Countering Domestic
Terrorism; November 10, 2021, regarding the employment of two Department officials;
November 15, 2021, seeking certain FISA-related information; and dated July 14, 2021,
regarding phone records from Special Counsel Mueller’s investigation. As always, our
responses today are intended to ensure that you have the best information available, consistent
with longstanding Department practice and policy.
The Honorable Charles E. Grassley
Page Two

On July 28, 2021, you wrote to the Department regarding the response to COVID-19 in
certain nursing facilities. Your inquiry followed your March 12, 2021 letter on this same issue,
to which the Department responded on July 23, 2021. Longstanding Department policy
precludes us from commenting on prosecutorial decisions or on ongoing investigations. 1

On November 15, 2021, you wrote to the Department inquiring about records concerning
certain foreign nationals. Your letter followed your March 31, 2021 letter on this same matter, to
which the Department responded on July 12, 2021. Your November 15 letter suggests the
Department’s July response is inconsistent with a February 2018 Notice filed by the United
States Attorney for the Southern District of New York in a criminal proceeding. We appreciate
the opportunity to clarify the intent behind our prior response and to address your concern. The
Department’s July 12 letter to you states that “under the circumstances described in your letter,
we are not in a position to confirm the existence of the information that is sought (if it exists in
the Department’s possession).” The letter makes no affirmative representations about any
documents and was intended to make clear that it would be inappropriate for the Department to
confirm or to deny the existence of the information you sought in these circumstances.

On October 22, 2021, you wrote to the Department about the National Strategy for
Countering Domestic Terrorism, the 2016 attack on Dallas police officers, and the relationship
between firearms and violent crime. This letter is substantially similar to a letter you sent on
July 12, 2021, to which the Department responded on October 19, 2021. Countering domestic
terrorism is a top Department priority, and the Department has been pleased to provide testimony
before the Committee on this critically important topic over the last year, including the
appearance of FBI Director Wray on March 2, 2021, the Attorney General’s October oversight
hearing, and, most recently, providing two witnesses to testify before the Committee on January
11, 2022. In addition, the Department and FBI have provided your staff with at least three
briefings on Domestic Terrorism-related matters since January 12, 2021.

On November 10, 2021, you wrote to the Department about your perception of issues
related to the prior employment of two department officials. This letter followed three earlier
letters dated February 3, 2021, March 9, 2021, and June 29, 2021, to which the Department
responded on February 19, 2021, March 22, 2021, and July 13, 2021, respectively. As the
Department noted in each response, Department of Justice appointees receive ethics and
professional responsibility training as appropriate for incoming attorneys, sign a pledge to
maintain public trust in government, and are subject to the Department’s scrupulous ethics and
recusal protocols. While the Department appreciates your inquiries, consistent with its policies,
it will not be able to provide any further information regarding the employment or any specific
recusals of these officials.

Finally, your July 14, 2021 letter asks about certain phone records and devices relating to
Special Counsel Mueller’s investigation. This letter followed September 11, 2020 letters from
you to then-Attorney General Barr and from Senator Johnson to the Justice Department Office of
the Inspector General (OIG) on this matter. On May 11, 2021, the OIG responded to Senator

1
See Letter from Assistant Attorney General Robert Raben, Office of Legislative Affairs, U.S. Department of
Justice, to the Honorable John Linder, Chairman, Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the House,
Committee on Rules, U.S. House of Representatives (Jan. 27, 2000).
The Honorable Charles E. Grassley
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Johnson’s inquiry detailing their efforts to collect information about the devices about which you
inquired and describing the results of their review. The Department provided you with a copy of
this response on May 18, 2021. Your July 14, 2021 letter asks about the Inventory and Property
Transfer documentation, among other questions. Today we are enclosing documents that we
understand to be responsive to this request. The Department respectfully refers you to the OIG
for any remaining questions about its investigation.

We appreciate your continued support of the Department, and we hope this information is
helpful. While we are unable to provide anything further on the topics discussed above, please
do not hesitate to contact us on other matters where we may be able to be of assistance.

Sincerely,

PETER
HYUN
y Digitally signed
by PETER HYUN
Date: 2022.02.02
17:22:42 -05'00'
Peter S. Hyun
Acting Assistant Attorney General

cc: The Honorable Richard J. Durbin

Chairman
Committee on the Judiciary
 From: "Calce, Christina M. (OLA)" <(b)(6) >
To: "Gaeta, Joseph (OLA)" <(b)(6)
Subject: RE: 2021-11-15 CEG RHJ to DOJ (Biden China Follow Up)
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2022 21:32:06 +0000
Importance: Normal
Attachments: 2022.02.02-OUT-Grassley-Response_final.pdf

Sorry, I thought this was the Brian Downey email, not one from JFB.

(b)(5)
And you should feel free to re-send this letter. (It went to Josh in the first instance, but never hurts to remind him that
he already has his answer here.)

From: Gaeta, Joseph (OLA) <(b)(6)

Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2022 5:27 PM
To: Calce, Christina M. (OLA) <(b)(6)
Subject: RE: 2021-11-15 CEG RHJ to DOJ (Biden China Follow Up)

But (b)(5) ?

From: Calce, Christina M. (OLA) <(b)(6)

Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2022 5:26 PM
To: Gaeta, Joseph (OLA) <(b)(6)
Subject: RE: 2021-11-15 CEG RHJ to DOJ (Biden China Follow Up)

I might say (b)(5)

From: Gaeta, Joseph (OLA) <(b)(6)

Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2022 5:22 PM
To: Calce, Christina M. (OLA) <(b)(6)
Subject: FW: 2021-11-15 CEG RHJ to DOJ (Biden China Follow Up)

Le sigh. (b)(5) ? Shall I just respond saying we (b)(5)

From: Flynn-Brown, Josh (Judiciary-Rep) (b)(6)

Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2022 4:56 PM
To: Downey, Brian (HSGAC) (b)(6) ; Gaeta, Joseph (OLA) <(b)(6)
Cc: CEG (Judiciary-Rep) (b)(6) ; Wittmann, Scott (HSGAC)
(b)(6)
Subject: [EXTERNAL] RE: 2021-11-15 CEG RHJ to DOJ (Biden China Follow Up)

Duplicative Material
 nittd ~tatts ~matt
WASHINGTON, DC 20510

March 31, 2021

VIA ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION
The Honorable Avril Haines
Director of National Intelligence

The Honorable Merrick Garland

Attorney General
Department of Justice

Dear Director Haines and Attorney General Garland:

As you know, we have been reviewing financial transactions and connections between
and among members of the Biden family and foreign nationals connected to the communist
Chinese government, including its military and intelligence services. 1 In particular, Hunter
Biden had a close and personal relationship with Ye Jianming, who reportedly had links to the
communist regime’s People’s Liberation Army. 2 According to an October 2017 text message,
Hunter Biden spoke to Ye on a “regular basis,” was the “first guest in his new apartment,” “[Ye]
cooked [Hunter Biden] lunch himself and [they] ate in the kitchen together,” they had a
“standing once a week call,” and he helped Ye “on a number of his personal issues (staff visas
and some more sensitive things).” 3 In addition, Hunter Biden had a close association with
Gongwen Dong and Chi Ping “Patrick” Ho, who were also business associates of Ye’s.

In December 2017, Patrick Ho was charged and in December 2018 was convicted of
international bribery and money laundering offenses stemming from his work for Ye’s China
Energy Fund Committee, a subsidiary of Ye’s CEFC China Energy, a company with extensive
links to the communist regime. 4 After his arrest, his first call was reportedly to James Biden,

1 S. Rep., Hunter Biden, Burisma, and Corruption: The Impact on U.S. Government Policy and Related Concerns, S. Comm. on
Homeland Sec. and Governmental Aff. and S. Comm. on Fin. (2020).
2 Ye Jianming is a Chinese national, chairman of CEFC China Energy, a company linked to the communist regime, and a

frequent figure in Hunter Biden’s financial dealings in China. Based on public reports that were available in 2015, when his
contact with Hunter Biden began to ramp up, Ye was a founder of CEFC and chairman of the board for its subsidiary, the China
Energy Fund Committee. Although CEFC reportedly remained a private company until state-owned enterprises assumed control
of it in 2018, reporting in 2017 indicated that it received financing from the China Development Bank, “hired a number of former
top officials from state-owned energy companies,” and had “layers of Communist Party committees across its subsidiaries —
more than at many private Chinese companies.” Our recent report also showed that Ye had connections not just to the
communist party in China, but also China’s People’s Liberation Army, the armed forces of the Chinese communist party. S. Rep.,
Hunter Biden, Burisma, and Corruption: The Impact on U.S. Government Policy and Related Concerns, S. Comm. on Homeland
Sec. and Governmental Aff. and S. Comm. on Fin. (2020).
3 S. Supplemental Rep., Hunter Biden, Burisma, and Corruption: The Impact on U.S. Government Policy and Related Concerns,

S. Comm. on Homeland Sec. and Governmental Aff. and S. Comm. on Fin. at 24 (2020).
https://www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2020-11-18%20HSGAC%20-
%20Finance%20Joint%20Report%20Supplemental.pdf
4 Andrew C. McCarthy, A Collusion Tale: China and the Bidens, National Review (Oct. 31, 2020),

https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/10/a-collusion-tale-the-bidens-and-china/; Press Release, U.S. Attn’y Geoffrey S. Berman,

Patrick Ho, Former Head Of Organization Backed By Chinese Energy Conglomerate, Convicted Of International Bribery, Money
Laundering Offenses, (Dec. 5, 2018), https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/patrick-ho-former-head-organization-backed-
chinese-energy-conglomerate-convicted.
 March 31, 2021
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President Biden’s brother. 5 Hunter Biden reportedly represented Patrick Ho for a period of time
and received at least $1 million in payment. 6 According to recent reporting and a federal
government filing, the federal government obtained at least one Foreign Intelligence Surveillance
Act (FISA) warrant relating to Patrick Ho, indicating his potential counterintelligence threat to
the United States. 7 Indeed, Hunter Biden was well aware of Patrick Ho’s links to the communist
Chinese government, specifically its intelligence services. According to records reportedly
released from Hunter Biden’s laptop, Hunter Biden allegedly said the following:

I have another New York Times reporter calling about my

representation of Patrick Ho – the f***ing spy chief of China who
started the company that my partner, who is worth $323 billion,
founded and is now missing. 8
Moreover, news reports made publicly available a September 21, 2017, email from Hunter Biden
to an office manager that asked for keys to be made available to then-former Vice President
Biden, James Biden, and “Gongwen Dong (Chairman Ye CEFC emissary)” and referred to them
as “office mates.” 9 Hunter Biden also requested that the office sign reflect “The Biden
Foundation” and “Hudson West (CEFC US).” 10 If accurate, the sharing of office space with
Chinese nationals and entities linked to the communist regime and its military demands
additional explanation.

It’s imperative that Congress better understand the relationship Ye Jianming, Gongwen
Dong, and Patrick Ho had between and among themselves, with the communist Chinese
government, CEFC China Energy, and their activities in the United States, including those
relating to the Biden family. Accordingly, please produce all intelligence records, including but
not limited to, all FISA-derived information relating to these three individuals no later than April
14, 2021.

Please send all unclassified material directly to the Committees. In keeping with the
requirements of Executive Order 13526, if any of the responsive documents do contain classified
information, please segregate all unclassified material within the classified documents, provide
all unclassified information directly to the Committees, and provide a classified addendum to the
Office of Senate Security. Although the Committees comply with all laws and regulations
governing the handling of classified information, they are not bound, absent their prior
agreement, by any handling restrictions.

5 Alexandra Stevenson, David Barboza, Matthew Goldstein, and Paul Mozur, A Chinese Tycoon Sought Power and Influence.

Washington Responded., The New York Times (Dec. 12, 2018), https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/12/business/cefc-biden-
china-washington-ye-jianming.html.
6 S. Rep., Hunter Biden, Burisma, and Corruption: The Impact on U.S. Government Policy and Related Concerns, S. Comm. on

Homeland Sec. and Governmental Aff. and S. Comm. on Fin., 116th Cong., Hunter Biden, Burisma, and Corruption: The Impact
on U.S. Government Policy and Related Concerns at 79 (2020).
7 Chuck Ross, Feds Obtained FISA Warrant Against Hunter Biden’s Chinese Business Associate, Documents Show, Daily Caller

(Oct. 27, 2020), https://dailycaller.com/2020/10/27/hunter-biden-patrick-ho-cefc-fara/;

https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.485530/gov.uscourts.nysd.485530.45.0.pdf.
8 Id.
9 Brooke Singman and Adam Shaw, Hunter Biden request keys for new ‘office mates’ Joe Biden, Chinese ‘emissary’ to CEFC

chairman, emails show, FoxNews (Dec. 12, 2020), https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hunter-biden-requested-keys-new-office-

mates-joe-biden-chinese-emissary-cefc-chairman.
10 Id.
 March 31, 2021
Page 3 of 3

Should you have questions, please contact Joshua Flynn-Brown of Senator Grassley’s
Committee staff at 202-224-5225 and Brian Downey and Scott Wittmann of Senator Johnson’s
Subcommittee staff at 202-224-3721. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Sincerely,

Charles E. Grassley Ron Johnson

Ranking Member Ranking Member
Committee on the Judiciary Permanent Subcommittee
on Investigations
 WASHINGTON, DC 20510

November 15, 2021

VIA ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION

The Honorable Merrick Garland

Attorney General
Department of Justice

Dear Attorney General Garland:

Today, we write to you about a potentially false statement that your Department provided
to us on July 12, 2021. By way of background, on March 31, 2021, we wrote to you with respect
to financial transactions and connections between and among members of the Biden family and
foreign nationals connected to the communist Chinese government, including its military and
intelligence services. 1 In particular, our letter noted that Hunter Biden had a close association
with Chi-Ping “Patrick” Ho, who is associated with the communist Chinese government and its
intelligence services. 2 As you are aware, in December 2017, Patrick Ho was charged and in
December 2018 was convicted of international bribery and money laundering offenses stemming
from his work for China Energy Fund Committee (CEFC), a subsidiary of CEFC China Energy
and a company with extensive links to the communist regime. 3 After his arrest, Ho’s first call
was reportedly to James Biden, President Biden’s brother. 4 Hunter Biden reportedly represented
Patrick Ho for a period of time and received at least $1 million in payment. 5

1
Press Release, Grassley, Johnson Seek Intel Records Related to Hunter Biden’s Foreign Financial Activities,
(March 31, 2021) https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/grassley-johnson-seek-intel-records-related-
to-hunter-bidens-foreign-financial-activities; see also, S. Rep., Hunter Biden, Burisma, and Corruption: The Impact
on U.S. Government Policy and Related Concerns, S. Comm. on Homeland Sec. and Governmental Aff. and S.
Comm. on Fin. (2020).
2
Chuck Ross, Feds Obtained FISA Warrant Against Hunter Biden’s Chinese Business Associate, Documents Show,
Daily Caller (Oct. 27, 2020), https://dailycaller.com/2020/10/27/hunter-biden-patrick-ho-cefc-fara/;
https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.485530/gov.uscourts.nysd.485530.45.0.pdf.
3
Andrew C. McCarthy, A Collusion Tale: China and the Bidens, National Review (Oct. 31, 2020),
https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/10/a-collusion-tale-the-bidens-and-china/; Press Release, U.S. Attn’y
Geoffrey S. Berman, Patrick Ho, Former Head Of Organization Backed By Chinese Energy Conglomerate,
Convicted Of International Bribery, Money Laundering Offenses, (Dec. 5, 2018), https://www.justice.gov/usao-
sdny/pr/patrick-ho-former-head-organization-backed-chinese-energy-conglomerate-convicted.
4
Alexandra Stevenson, David Barboza, Matthew Goldstein, and Paul Mozur, A Chinese Tycoon Sought Power and
Influence. Washington Responded., The New York Times (Dec. 12, 2018),
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/12/business/cefc-biden-china-washington-ye-jianming.html.
5
S. Rep., Hunter Biden, Burisma, and Corruption: The Impact on U.S. Government Policy and Related Concerns, S.
Comm. on Homeland Sec. and Governmental Aff. and S. Comm. on Fin., 116th Cong., Hunter Biden, Burisma, and
Corruption: The Impact on U.S. Government Policy and Related Concerns at 79 (2020).
 Page 2 of 4

Our March 31, 2021, letter also mentioned an individual named Gongwen Dong, who is
connected to the communist Chinese government. 6 Hunter Biden had a close business and
financial relationship with him. As one example of their relationship, we’ve attached a
document which shows the direct financial and business relationship between Hunter Biden and
Gongwen Dong. This document illustrates an assignment and assumption of business interests
with respect to Hunter Biden’s companies, Hudson West III and Owasco, and Gongwen Dong’s
company, Hudson West V, which was memorialized in writing:

COMPANY:
HUDSON WEST DILLC

ASSIGNOR:

Dl.JDSON WESTV I.LC

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Nam~ Dong Gcmgwen
Title-: lts auth.omed fCPIICScn'latiVC

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COLDRAR.BOUR CAPITAL LLC

OWSACO:

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6
S. Rep., Hunter Biden, Burisma, and Corruption: The Impact on U.S. Government Policy and Related Concerns, S.
Comm. on Homeland Sec. and Governmental Aff. and S. Comm. on Fin. (2020).
 Page 3 of 4

Based on the extensive relationships between and among Hunter Biden and individuals
connected to the communist Chinese regime, our letter requested “all intelligence records,
including but not limited to, all Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act-derived information”
relating to Patrick Ho and other individuals, including Gongwen Dong. 7 Our request was based,
in part, on reporting and a federal court filing by the Department that said it had obtained at least
one Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrant relating to Patrick Ho, indicating his
potential counterintelligence threat to the United States. That February 2018 federal court filing
was titled, “Notice Of Intent To Use Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Information.” The
filing by the Department stated, in part:

[T]he United States intends to offer into evidence, or otherwise use

or disclose in any proceedings in the above-captioned matter,
information obtained or derived from electronic surveillance and
physical search conducted pursuant to the Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Act of 1978. 8

Despite this sworn acknowledgement by the Department you oversee, your July 12, 2021,
response to our letter denied knowing whether the Department even possessed the information
stating, in part:

Unfortunately, under the circumstances described in your letter, we

are not in a position to confirm the existence of the information that
is sought (if it exists in the Department’s possession). 9

Both statements cannot be true. Either the statement in your July 12, 2021, letter is true – that
the Department is unaware of whether it possesses the relevant material – or the Department’s
February 8, 2018, statement to federal court that the Department is aware of the fact that it
possesses the relevant material is true. Therefore, one statement is false.

7
According to records reportedly released from Hunter Biden’s laptop, Hunter Biden allegedly said the following: I
have another New York Times reporter calling about my representation of Patrick Ho – the f***ing spy chief of
China who started the company that my partner, who is worth $323 billion, founded and is now missing. Chuck
Ross, Feds Obtained FISA Warrant Against Hunter Biden’s Chinese Business Associate, Documents Show, Daily
Caller (Oct. 27, 2020), https://dailycaller.com/2020/10/27/hunter-biden-patrick-ho-cefc-fara/; Notice of Intent to Use
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, Feb. 8, 2018 (dkt. no. 45).
https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.485530/gov.uscourts.nysd.485530.45.0.pdf.
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Notice of Intent to Use Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, Feb. 8, 2018 (dkt. no. 45).
https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.485530/gov.uscourts.nysd.485530.45.0.pdf.
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Letter from Joe Gaeta, Deputy Assistance Attorney General, U.S. Dep’t of Justice to Sen. Charles E. Grassley,
Ranking Member, S. Comm. on the Judiciary, & Sen. Ron Johnson, Ranking Member, Permanent Subcomm. on
Investigations (Jul. 12, 2021). Emphasis added.
 Page 4 of 4

Accordingly, no later than November 22, 2021, we request that you either amend your
July 12, 2021, letter to correct the inaccurate statement or confirm in writing that the
Department’s February 8, 2018, court filing stating that the Department possesses FISA-related
information on Patrick Ho was an inaccurate statement to federal court.

Sincerely,

Charles E. Grassley Ron Johnson

Ranking Member Ranking Member
Committee on the Judiciary Permanent Subcommittee
on Investigations
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ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION OF MEMBERSHIP INTEREST

This As~igmncnt and Assumptlon of Mcmht:rship lnterest t··As.fill:lliJJ.1.}X1Lf!~_As•;14mgtkm

Am\:l'rQfilil"), dated as ofthe 3±:. day or J):r::,:,'!.,~'\ 2018, is made by and among Hudson West tll
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the ''Compan. i'}, Hudson West V LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company (''.t\il)ignm"), Coldharbour Capital LLC, a New York limited liability
comptmy (",1,~signee"), and OWASCO PC, a District of Columbin professional corporation
(''Own!isg" and collectively with the Company, Assignor and Assignee, the "ParliL:s" and each
individually, a HPurty"). •'

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, Assignor and Owasco are the sole members of the Company, which is governed by
that certain Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement, dated August 2, 2017
(the "I.LC Al!rccnwnt"); capitalized terms used but not defined in this Assignment and
Assumption Agreement shall have the meanings ascribed lo such terms in the LLC Agreement;
and

WHEREAS, Assignor desires to assign to Assignee Assignor's entire fifty percent (50%)
membership interest in the Company (the "Mcn_1bcrshir 11111:rcst"), Assignee desires lll ucquire
the Membership Tnterest, and Owasco desires to provide its consent to such assignment.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration thereof, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follo-.ys: •

I. Assignor hereby unconditionally assigns, sells, transfers, conveys and sets r;iverJo
Assignee a!I of Assignor's right, title and interest in and to the Membership
Interest, including without !imitation, all of Assignor's interest in the capil<1I and
profits and losses of the Compnny and all of Assignor's rights to receive
distributions of money, profits and other assets from the Company. Assignor
hereby represents and warrants to the other Parties that: (i) Assignor owns the
Membership InterestJree and clear'ofany and all liens, claims and encumbran~s;
(ii) Assignor hE1s the full right to convey the Membership Interest without the
consent or approval of any party other than Owasco; (iii) this Assignment and
Assumption Agreement is the valid and binding obligation of Assignor; and (iv)
the individual executing this Assignment and Assumption Agreement on behalf of
Assignor has full authority to execute such an agreement on behalf of Assignor.
Assignor hereby indemnifies, defends and holds each other Party harmless from
and against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs and expenses, including
reasonable attorneys' fees suffered by such Party as n result of the foregoing
representations and warranties not being true nnd correct.

2. Assignee hereby represents and warrants to the other Parties that (i) this
Assignment and Assumption Agreement is the valid and binding obligation of
Assignee; (ii) the individual executing this Assignment and Assumption
Agreement on behalf of Assignee has full authority to execute such agreement on
behalf of Assignee and neither such individual nor the Assignee has any

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riffiliation with CEFC China Energy Company Limited; (iii) Assignee Is acquiring
the securlties represented by the Membership Interest for its own account, solely
for investment purposes, and not with a view to resale of said securities; (iv)
Assignee has such knowledge and experience in business and financial matters
which enables it to be capable of evaluating the risks and merits of this
investment; (v) Assignee is able to bear the economic risks of this investment; (vi)
Assignee has been provided with access to n!I infonnation which it deems
material to formulating an investment decision and that such infonnatlon has ber.n
sufficient to make an infonned decision. Assignee hereby indemnifies, defends
and holds each other Party harmless from and against all losses, claims, damages,
liabilities, costs cmd expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees suffered by
such Party as a result of the foregoing representations and warranties not being
true and correct,

3, Each of Owasco and Assignor (each a "l~elcnsing Pmiy") for and on behalf of
themselves and their current, former and future officers, directors, shareholders,
owners, creditors, agents, representatives, contractors, subcontractors, employees,
parents, partners, members, managers, subsidiaries, affiliates, agents, employees,
representatives, predecessors, heirs, executors, administrators, successors, assigns
nnd principals, hereby (i) fully and irrevocably releases and forever discharges the
other Releasing Party and, in the case of Assignor as the Releasing Party, the
other Releasing Party and the Company {the "Rclc11:-;cd Pnrtic:;"}, and the
Released Partiest current and/or fonner agents, representatives, parents, partners,
hcfrs, executors, employees, affiliates, administrators, successors and assignees,
from any and all claims, counterclaims, causes of actions, suits, debis,
controversies, danrnges,judgments, executions, claims, demands and liabilities, of
whatever kind nnd nature, fixed or contingent, known or unknown, arising at law
or in equity, which they ever had, now have or hereafter can, shall or may have
for, upon or by reason of any matters, cause or thing whatsoever from the
beginning of time to and including the date hel'eof re!ating to the Company, and
(ii) covenants and agrees not to sue, prosecute or cause to be commenced or
prosecuted any suit, activity, claim or other procedure based on the foregoing.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing contained herein shalt be deemed to
release the Parties from any claim relating to the representations, \Varranties and
indemnities set forth in this Assignment and Assumption Agreement.

4. Assignee hereby accepts the assignment of the Membership lnterest and hereby
expressly assumes all of Assignor's obligations under the LLC Agreement
relative to the Membership Interest arising on or ·aner the date hereof.

5. The Parties acknowledge that the assignment of the Membership Interest is

contemplated by Section 9.1 of the LLC Agreement, and Owasco hereby
approves such assignment as the other member of the Company, such that no
further action will be required to effect Jhis assignment after its execution by the
Parties.

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6. The closing of the transactions contemplated by this Assignment and Assumption
Agreement are conditioned upon (i) the simultaneous execution by the Company,
Owasco and Assignee of a Second Amended and Restated Lin1ited Liability
Company Agreement of the Company; (ii) the simultaneous delivery of $259,845
via wire transfer from the Company to the Assignor in accordance with wire
instructions provided by Assignor lo the Company; (iii) the simultaneous delivery
to the Company of all banking records of the Company in the possession or
control of Assignor; and (iv) the prompt provision of all necessary ban.king
authorizations to Owasco and R. Hunter Bidcn as contemplated in th.is
Assignment nnd Assumption Agreement and the Second Amended and Restated
Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company.

7. Effective as of the date hereof, (i) Assignor shall, and does hereby withdraw es a
member of the Company; (ii) the Hudson Managers are hereby removed from the
Company's Board of Managers; aud the Company's CEO and CFO are removed
ns of[icers of the Company.

8. Assignor shall promptly execute and deliver to the Pruiies any additional
instnnnent or other document which a Party reasonably requests to evidence. or
better effect the assignment contained herein.

9. This Assignment and Assumption Agreement shall be interpreted, construed and

enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware.

10. This Assignment and Assumption Agreement shall be binding upon and shall
inure to the benefit of the respective parties hereto and their respective legal
representatives, successors und assigns.

11. This Assigmnent and Assumption Agreement may be executed in counterparts,

each of which shall constitl1te an original and all ofwhich together shall constitute
one and the same inslrument.

[Signature Page Follows]

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 fN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Assign
Assumption Agreement as of the date first above written. ment and

COMPANY:

HUDSON WEST IlILLC

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ASSIGNOR:

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 From: Katie Benner (b)(6)
To: "Coley, Anthony D. (PAO)" <(b)(6)
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Hunter Biden story questions
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2022 15:23:13 -0400
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Hi Anthony,

I'm working on a story on the Hunter BIden investigation, essentially a status update on the case. I wanted to run
the following fact checks and queries by you. I'm aiming to pub tomorrow, but the deadline is not firm, given
that we have some final reporting threads to wrap up.

Thank you so much,

Katie

1. We understand that Hunter Biden has told people that he paid the US govt about $2 million to
resolve his outstanding federal income tax liability. Is that correct? Does this settle his
outstanding civil tax matter?
2. We understand that Hunter is still being investigated for three possible criminal charges: a
criminal tax offense, a FARA offense, and money laundering.
• The criminal tax case would be greatly weakened if he paid off his tax bill, given that juries
rarely criminally convict tax cheats who have paid their bills.
• If prosecutors can’t show intent, the FARA piece of the investigation could be treated as a
civil, rather than a criminal matter.
• A money laundering offense cannot be charged without a predicate crime, like criminal
FARA. The prosecutors’ inability to prove criminal FARA could impede a money
laundering charge.
3. Federal prosecutors are looking at whether Blue Star, a consulting company that Hunter
introduced to Burisma, violated the law by repping the Ukrainian energy company without
registering under FARA.
• Prosecutors are inspecting whether Hunter was also involved in Blue Star’s lobbying
work.
4. History of the case in short: The Tax Division and the IRS began inspecting his tax issues under
AG Lynch. Based on evidence in that inquiry, a criminal money laundering case was opened in
the US Attorney’s office in Delaware under AG Sessions. Given that there was little thought at
the time that Joe Biden would run for president, the case did not involve Public Integrity. But the
FARA and money laundering issues meant that NSD and the Criminal Division’s Money
Laundering and Asset Recovery Section have been involved in the case.
5. When is the last time prosecutors have reached out to Hunter’s team?

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>> Sen. Josh Hawley sent a letter to Attorney General Garland asking him to have any Justice Department
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activity committed by the Clinton campaign and its associates related to the collection of internet data pertaining
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 10, 2022

Prepared Statement by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa)

Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary Committee
Executive Business Meeting
Thursday, February 10, 2022
VIDEO

We have four judicial nominees up today: Andre Mathis, Jessica Clarke, Hector
Gonzalez and Fred Slaughter. We’ll also be voting on Andrew Fois to be the chairman of
the Administrative Conference of the United States. We can voice vote on two U.S.
Attorney nominees and two U.S. Marshal nominees.

I plan to support Judge Slaughter’s nomination.

I’d like to say a few words about why I’ll be opposing Mr. Mathis’s nomination to the
Sixth Circuit. The Tennessee senators worked to find a nominee who they could support.
They put forward Judge Camille McMullen, a state court appellate judge, who had been
appointed by a Democratic governor.

Unfortunately, the Biden administration refused to work with them. Voting to move Mr.
Mathis’s nomination would condone the Biden administration’s process here.

That process caused the White House to miss out on valuable feedback from the
Tennessee senators who know the legal community in their state.

When I was chairman, I made sure the White House had meaningful consultations with
members before moving forward.

The senators have valid concerns about Mr. Mathis’s lack of federal appellate experience
and his lack of attention to detail.

He made an unusually high number of mistakes in failing to follow the Sixth Circuit’s
rules. Some of those mistakes might be small. But the people of Tennessee aren’t going
to see it as a little thing if details get missed in deciding their cases.

Some have also suggested Mr. Mathis may be a moderate on the bench. But he is a fairly
junior attorney with a short record. He hasn’t worked on cases involving major
constitutional issues. Unlike the candidate proposed by the Tennessee senators, he has no
body of judicial opinions to review.

One thing we can look at as evidence of his judicial philosophy is the article he wrote in
law school. In it, he advocated for federal courts to adopt a new standard for habeas
cases.

As Senator Hawley explained at his hearing, that theory of habeas review is radically
outside of the mainstream. So his scholarship doesn’t support the claim that he would be
a moderate.

Because of these concerns, I’ll be voting no.

Turning to the bills that are on the agenda today: I’m a proud cosponsor of the EARN It
Act. This bill takes an important step in holding online service providers accountable for
the horrific spread of child sexual abuse materials.

I’ve long been a supporter of victims’ rights and have fought for efforts that stop the
spread of child sexual abuse material. In 2018, I cosponsored the Stop Enabling Sex
Traffickers Act, commonly known as “SESTA,” which is designed to hold website
operators accountable when they knowingly facilitate sex trafficking.

After news reports emerged of sexual abuse of young amateur athletes in 2017, the
Senate Judiciary Committee, during my chairmanship, convened a hearing on this
subject. I later worked with my colleagues on bipartisan legislation that would make it
mandatory for instructors, coaches and others who work with young athletes to report
cases of child sexual abuse to the authorities.

I led our committee in reporting this bill, known as the Protecting Young Victims from
Sexual Abuse Act, to the full Senate, and it was later enacted. It’s important to find ways
to stop the spread of exploitative and sexual material, and this legislation does just that.

This commonsense bill received unanimous bipartisan support in the Judiciary

Committee last Congress, and it’s time we get it on the books to prevent future child
exploitation online.

The Eliminating Limits to Justice for Child Sex Abuse Victims Act of 2021 will also be
considered today.

This bill would enable survivors who were victims of over a dozen federal child sex
abuse offenses to seek civil damages in federal court – no matter how long it has taken
the survivor to process and disclose the abuse he or she suffered.

Delayed disclosure has historically impacted survivor’s path to justice. We can’t deter
children in any way from speaking out against their abusers.

We know from the Larry Nassar case and many other tragic examples that it can take
years for survivors to muster up the courage to come forward. This bill sends a clear
message to the victims of these horrendous crimes: We see you, we hear you, and we
support you.

I’d also like to discuss another example of the Justice Department’s failure to respond to
this committee’s oversight requests.

On February 3 last week, the Justice Department purported to respond to five of my

oversight letters in a single letter.

The department also noted that since January 20, 2021, I have “written or joined
approximately 50 letters to the department, representing about one third of all letters the
department received from Members of the United States Senate.”

I’m not sure Attorney General Garland said that as a compliment.

In that letter, the department noted that I provided a binder of unanswered letters to
Attorney General Garland during his confirmation.

The department noted that it responded to those letters.

The department is dead wrong.

My staff made clear to the department last year that its so-called responses include:

1. Non-responsive letters that I’ve had for years. The department essentially
reissued the same letters.
2. New response letters that failed to fully answer the questions posed. You can put
words on a piece of paper. That doesn’t mean it’s responsive.
3. The department failed to provide a single page of responsive records.
As to the five letters the department said it responded to, they failed there as well.

As part of my and Senator Johnson’s ongoing investigation into the Biden family’s
foreign business deals, we asked for FISA information on Patrick Ho.

Patrick Ho was connected to the Chinese government’s intelligence services. Hunter

Biden reportedly represented him for one million dollars.

The department confirmed in federal court that it has FISA information on Patrick Ho.
But the department wrote a letter to me and Senator Johnson saying that it couldn’t
confirm the same.

The department again refused to explain why the Attorney General won’t say whether
Nicholas McQuaid is recused from the Hunter Biden criminal case. Yet the department
has publicly confirmed that other employees are not involved in other criminal cases.

The department again refused to fully answer my and Senator Johnson’s letters about the
Mueller team wiping their government phones of data. However, after pulling teeth to
get documents from the department, it provided records to me.

Unfortunately, those records were filled with improper FOIA redactions. And they didn’t
include the necessary spreadsheets.

I also want to know if career employees were consulted when the Biden administration
set its weak crime policy. Because if they weren’t, then it would indicate political
considerations infected the process. No answer.

As to my letter on COVID-19 and nursing home investigations, the department is hiding

behind its policy that it doesn’t comment on ongoing investigations.

As we all know, the department can speak to ongoing investigations if they’re in the
public interest.

So, the Biden Justice Department has essentially taken the position that COVID-19 and
nursing home deaths aren’t in the public interest.
 Simply put, the department’s conduct is a complete embarrassment.

Their conduct is a slap in the face to this committee.

Chairman Durbin, I’ll say it again: This committee must assert its constitutional
oversight authority on the Justice Department.

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Media Outlet: Fox News

Deadline: 11:15 AM EST

Inquiry:
Regarding GOP lawmakers' calls for investigation into Hunter Biden's business dealings in China and calls for
the appointment of a special counsel.

We're publishing a story regarding GOP calls to investigate Hunter Biden's business dealings in China through
his private equity fund. Senator Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee called for Attorney General Merrick Garland to
appoint a special counsel to investigate.

Does AG Garland support appointing a special counsel to investigate Hunter Biden's business dealings in China?
If not, why? Does he support an investigation in general?

My deadline is this morning, so I'd need a quote back by 11 AM EST.

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Date Thursday, February 3, 2022 - 9:33am EST

Name: Mark Tapscott

Email Address: (b)(6)

Topic: Chief Information Officer

Media Outlet: The Epoch Times

Deadline: 3 pm today

Inquiry:
Is there a response from the Attorney General or a department spokesman to Sen. Grassley's floor speech
yesterday concerning:
1. Does DOJ possess FISA information regarding Patrick Ho and why hasn't it been provided to the senator as he
requested sometime ago?
2. Is Nicholas McQuaide recused from the Hunter Biden investigation?
3. Is Susan Hennessey recused from the Durham investigation?
 From: Callie Patteson (b)(6)
To: (b)(6) Anthony Coley [email protected]
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Inquiry - Hunter Biden 2019 subpoena
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2022 08:52:02 -0500
Importance: Normal

Good morning Anthony,

I wanted to reach out regarding this report we published last night regarding Hunter Biden.

https://nypost.com/2022/01/30/hunter-biden-and-associates-received-2019-subpoena-over-business-deals-in-
china/

Per the report a grand jury subpoena was issued in May 2019 for his bank transactions involving the Bank of
China.

Can the Department confirm the subpoena was issued in May 2019 by US Attorney David Weiss?

Is the subpoena related to the ongoing investigation into Hunter Biden?

Does the Department have any further comment on the report?

My deadline for comment is within the next couple of hours -- around 11am.

Hope to hear from you soon.

Thanks!
Callie

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