All articles tagged with #financial dealings
FBI agents are investigating financial dealings related to OneTeam Partners, a multibillion-dollar licensing firm owned in part by MLBPA and NFLPA, with calls made to union players. The investigation focuses on potential misconduct involving union leadership and the company's valuation and relationships, amid prior scrutiny and audits of union governance and finances.
President Biden announced a new round of sanctions on numerous Vladimir Putin-connected figures, but two Russian billionaire associates of Hunter Biden, Yelena Baturina and Vladimir Yevtushenkov, were once again spared from being hit by financial sanctions. The omissions have drawn attention from House Republicans leading an impeachment inquiry into the president’s links to his relatives’ foreign business dealings. Baturina and Yevtushenkov have been linked to financial transactions with Hunter Biden and his associate, raising questions about their exclusion from the sanctions list.
Justice Clarence Thomas defends his failure to disclose free trips and financial dealings with conservative billionaires, stating that the omissions were inadvertent mistakes or based on legal guidance at the time. His lawyer suggests that the scrutiny and allegations against Thomas are driven by a hatred for his judicial philosophy.
Noam Chomsky and Bard College president Leon Botstein had financial dealings with Jeffrey Epstein, who helped move $270,000 for Chomsky and paid $150,000 to Botstein. Both academics confirmed they had met with Epstein multiple times. Epstein also gave Bard College $75,000 in unsolicited donations in 2011. Botstein said Epstein had designated him as a consultant on the payments and made them appear as if they were fees for consulting work, which Botstein said he did not do for Epstein.
House Republicans have released a report on the Biden family's financial interests with foreign entities, revealing a complex web of shell companies operated for the benefit of several family members, including Hunter Biden. The report focuses on the Bidens' lucrative dealings with Beijing firm CEFC China Energy, which was known to be a front for Chinese espionage. The report raises questions about what the Bidens gave in exchange for the large sums of money received from CEFC, and why the intelligence community did not act on the information they had about the shady financial dealings.