Even before the debate last night, Wall Street Journal editorial page writer Kimberley Strassel was on Twitter handing out teases of an upcoming column that would “relay a disturbing story of Hunter, Joe and the Chinese.” The column that appeared a few hours later is based on emails and interviews with investor Tony Bobulinski.
Bobulinski was Donald Trump’s guest at the debate on Thursday night, an honor that he earned by claiming that he had been in a meeting in which Joe and Hunter Biden talked about the “the Biden family business plans with the Chinese.” Over on the editorial page, this is described as “Sinohawk Holdings, a venture between the Bidens and CEFC China Energy.” Which leaves out the fact that Sinohawk Holdings was actually Bobulinski’s company. He was both the CEO and majority owner, with other partners dividing up what was left. It also leaves out the fact that after years of scheming, Bobulinski’s plan was an absolute failure.
However, anyone flipping to The Wall Street Journal’s own reporting on the subject gets a slightly fuller take on the story. Because what the actual journalists concluded when they looked into Bobulinski’s claims was simple: The deal was set up after Biden’s time in office, it never collected a penny from any Chinese company, and there was “no role for Joe Biden.”
In fact, the whole plan never completed any deals at all.