The Senate Finance Committee is investigating whether Hunter Biden, the second son of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, failed to register as a “Foreign Agent” when he facilitated meetings between foreign businessmen and White House officials, including Biden’s father, who was vice president at the time, according to U.S. Department of Justice data.
RealClearInvestigations, a U.S. political news and polling organization, reports that a search of U.S. Department of Justice databases shows that the Senate Finance Committee, chaired by Iowa Republican heavyweight Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), is investigating whether Hunter violated the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).
Grassley’s spokesman, Taylor Foy, said Grassley is reviewing the circumstances surrounding Hunt’s involvement in foreign influence to determine whether any potential violations occurred, and investigators are combing through a trove of e-mails on Hunt’s laptop computer.
Meanwhile, the National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC), a conservative watchdog group based in Washington, is pressing for a Justice Department investigation into the matter. Paul Kamenar, counsel to the NLPC, said, “We are filing a complaint with the Department of Justice to investigate whether Hunter violated the Foreign Agents Registration Act by arranging a meeting between his father, then-Vice President Biden, and a foreign contact.”
The Foreign Agents Registration Act is a U.S. law passed in 1938 that requires agents representing foreign interests in a “political or quasi-political capacity” to disclose their relationships with foreign governments, related activities, and financial information.
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