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When Where (Venue) Who (Accomplice) What
01/21/2015 D.D.C. Jeff Cooper 18 USC § 2 & 22 USC § 612
Hunter was likely perturbed that MAGNANI’s821822 assistant actually copied him and Cooper on her
email to Secretary Foxx’s aide. As evidence on the Biden Laptop made clear, Hunter preferred to
orchestrate these FARA violations in a less-than-direct manner to maintain plausible deniability.823
ALEMÁN MAGNANI, VELASCO & Foxx
Foxx & Joe (07/11/2013)
Luke Rosiak, “Mexico Pursuing Charges Against Hunter Biden Associate and Son of Mexican Political Royalty, In
821
Contrast to DOJ Treatment of Hunter,” The Daily Wire, September 2022, archive.ph/FyCRB
822 “Alemán and subsequent political figures benefited from an arrangement known as the prestanombre (literally
translated as ‘borrowed name,’ but perhaps best understood as a front-man), which allowed them to make investments
that, to this day, remain virtually untraceable. The existence of this practice has made difficult the prospect of following
many of the investments made by Alemán and his colleagues. Nevertheless, the arrangement, which resulted in the
enrichment not only of Alemán, but also of numerous public figures during and after his term, became one of the defining
characteristics of this group and represented a major incentive for these individuals to pursue careers in public life.”
See Ryan Alexander, “Fortunate Sons of the Mexican Revolution: Miguel Alemán and his Generation, 1920-1952,”
University of Arizona, November 2011, tinyurl.com/2p8dr828
823 “[I]t is an example of the entire Biden clan cashing in on its name with a U.S. rival.”
See Kimberly Strassel, “The Biden Family ‘Legacy,’” Wall Street Journal, October 2020, archive.ph/Nsugg
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Joe, Jimmy Biden & 18 USC §§ 2, 219 &
05/07/2015—11/19/2015 D.D.C.
Kathy Chung 22 USC § 612
Hunter worked with Joe’s assistant, Kathy Chung, to arrange a private powwow between SLIM and
the V.P. for 10/30/2015.824 Just months before the meeting, Joe’s brother, Jimmy, sent Hunter a
characteristically frantic825 and error-ridden email about SLIM: “Have a very real deal with Pemex826
( Carlos slim)827 need financing literally for a few days to a week. Have the seller (refinery /slims) and
buyer major being [sic] delivered from pipeline in ( h/ USA) Nothing is simple but this comes very
close. As always the devil is in the detail! Any interest on the long skirts part? Need to know if there
is any interest asap. Love you, u[ncle] Jim. I know you are buried and if this is just too much I
completely understand. A [sic] really do. Hang in there hunt !! You can and will hold it together. I’m
very proud of you and have the greatest respect, you are a great, sweet and incredibly strong man. I
know you pal!!!” Chung’s violations apparently did not create any risks for Joe, as Chung served828 on
his presidential transition team and is currently the deputy director of the protocol office at the DOD.
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824 “I just corresponded with Kathy Chung, his [Joe’s] assistant. Does not sound good. Huma, I think you should reach out
to her and let her know HRC wants to pass on her thoughts and prayers.”
See “Re: Beau Biden,” WikiLeaks, May 2015, archive.ph/TCwBe
825 “‘People called [Jimmy] ‘the Hammer,’ explained one future associate of his. ‘He would hammer the table until people
agreed to give money to Joe’s campaign.’”
See Ben Schreckinger, “The Biden family’s strange business history,” Politico, August 2019, archive.ph/Kxukh
826 Cas BIEKMANN, “US Oil Group Pursues US$100 Million Claim Against Mexico,” Mexico Business News, May 2021,
archive.ph/0bdJK
827 Miranda DEVINE, “Hunter Biden used Joe’s VP perks to pursue deal with Carlos Slim,” New York Post, July 2021,
archive.ph/iMwD3
828 “Biden will become president tomorrow … a number of senior aides will stay … including … Kathy Chung[.]”
See “The Transition Continues,” Politico, Janaury 2021, archive.ph/4lRMw
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When Where (Venue) Who (Accomplices) What
06/07/2015 D.D.C. Joe & Kathy Chung 5 CFR § 2635.703 & 44 USC § 2207
Another crime—unrelated to Mexico, but relevant considering the accomplices—involved Chung829
again advancing Hunter’s business interests by leveraging Joe’s position. Chung sent to Joe via his
secret alias email address (
[email protected]) and Hunter—with his business email address
ccd—a list of the personal830 cell phone numbers of the most powerful people in the U.S. government.
With a subject line of “See below. These are all cell numbers.,” we can presume that Joe was working
the phones after Beau’s funeral and Hunter was expected to help. Based on subsequent emails, we
deduced that these numbers were provided by the White House Situation Room directly to Chung,
and then laundered to Hunter, a clear violation of federal regulations concerning the use of nonpublic
information. The list from Chung831 included former president Bill Clinton, a dozen incumbent and
former U.S. senators and congressmen, along with multiple current and former cabinet secretaries.
829 “Executive Branch - Office of the Vice President,” Government Printing Office, February 2016, tinyurl.com/yfj53eaj
830 Caroline Graham and Ian GALLAGHER, “National security nightmare of Hunter Biden’s abandoned laptop containing
phone numbers for the Clintons, Secret Service officers and most of the Obama cabinet plus his sex and drug addictions
[],” Daily Mail, October 2020, archive.ph/TSreR
831 “Kathy Chung (aka Kathy Sang-Ok Chung, Kathy S. Geraghty) was an assistant to then Vice President Joe Biden …
it’s easy to imagine that a foreign intelligence service would be interested in having all those cell phone numbers[.]”
See “Who is Kathy Chung?,” November 2020, archive.ph/1U1lP
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Chung’s loyalty832 to Hunter and Joe has paid significant professional dividends. Chung followed Joe
after he left the White House in 2017 to the “Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement” at
the University of Pennsylvania. It is certainly a national embarrassment and severe OPSEC833 threat
for someone with Chung’s judgment to occupy these sensitive positions834 interacting with foreigners.
Office of the U.S. Secretary of Defense Badge
832 “During Joe’s vice presidency, Kathy Chung’s small tidy office, which I visited on a few occasions, positioned her
literally as the gate keeper for Joe Biden’s West Wing office. No one entered or exited without passing her desk.”
See Mike McCormick, “Laptop Emails Confirm Staffers Assisted Hunter & Joe’s Secretive Burisma Biz,” April 2022,
archive.ph/yvoyh
833 “Operational security (OPSEC) is a security and risk management process that prevents sensitive information from
getting into the wrong hands.”
See “What is Operational Security?,” Fortinet, archive.ph/Q2fOf
834 “Kathy Chung, Deputy Director of Protocol, Office of the Secretary of Defense[.]”
See “New Officials Sworn-in at the Department of Defense,” U.S. Department of Defense, May 2021, archive.ph/VRUtl
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When Where (Venue) Who (Accomplice) What
02/24/2016 D.D.C. Jeff Cooper 18 USC § 2 & 22 USC § 612
The most clear-cut example of Hunter’s (unregistered) representation of his foreign principal,
MAGNANI, was a bizarre afternoon email he sent while aboard Air Force Two: “Jeff [Cooper] is with
me [Hunter] on [the] [p]lane835836 and [h]e will be with us all day [in Mexico City].” Hunter lamented
about how, even though he had “delivered on every single thing [MAGNANI] ever asked,” his favors
were not being fully reciprocated. In fact, although Hunter “appreciate[d] you [MAGNANI] letting me
stay at your resort villa,” Hunter had done more for MAGNANI by bringing “every single person you
have ever asked me to bring to the F’ing WHite House and the Vice President’s house and the
inauguration[.]”837 Like a spurned girlfriend, Hunter was mad at MAGNANI’s lack of communication: “I
haven’t heard from you since I got you a mtg [with Joe] for Carlos [SLIM] and your Dad [VELASCO].”
Miguel ALEMÁN MAGNANI
Joe, VELASCO, ALEMÁN MAGNANI & Hunter (02/26/2014)
835 “When the younger Mr. Biden’s business relationships first surfaced—e.g., his highly paid position on the Burisma
corporate board, despite no background in Ukraine or energy—it should have provoked serious reporting. Instead, the
people who spent years claiming Donald Trump was a Russian agent ignored much stronger evidence that the younger
Mr. Biden had been getting rich on his father’s name. He sometimes traveled to business meetings as a tag-along with his
Vice President dad on Air Force II.”
See “The Hunter Biden Business,” Wall Street Journal, December 2020, archive.ph/OrCpx
836 “The Secret Service did not indicate, as was requested, whether Biden’s travel was on Air Force One, Air Force Two or
other government aircraft, or whether additional family members were present.”
See “Judicial Watch Obtains Secret Service Records Showing Hunter Biden Took 411 Flights, Visited 29 Countries,”
Judicial Watch, June 2020, archive.ph/ZXM4G & tinyurl.com/4cvuyphm
837 Natalie Winters, “Hunter Biden ‘Brought Every Single Person to White House, VP’s House’ that Foreign Business
Partner Wanted, Received Resort Villa Stays, Artwork in Exchange,” The National Pulse, October 2020, archive.ph/ddK8u
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