Chinese energy exec tied to Hunter Biden participated in Patrick Ho bribery scheme, court files say
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CEFC China Energy would eventually funnel millions of dollars to the Bidens, but Zang was never charged, and the Justice Department has yet to explain why.
By Steven Richards
Published: January 1, 2024 11:12pm
Updated: January 2, 2024 10:21am

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Court documents from the New York trial of Patrick Ho continue to shed light on who Hunter Biden was dealing with when he entered into business with CEFC, a Chinese energy conglomerate founded by Ye Jianming that would give millions to Hunter Biden and the Biden family.

Transcripts from Ho’s trial show that Zang Jianjun, the person Ho described as the number two executive at CEFC China Energy was present when the company offered bribes to African officials in pursuit of special oil privileges. Ho was sentenced to three years in federal prison after his conviction, yet, Zang was not charged in the case brought against Ho in the United States.

Just the News previously reported on the criminal activity of Patrick Ho of CEFC, including his bribery scheme to secure special energy privileges for the energy company in Africa and efforts to violate Iran sanctions and secure illicit arms deals. But a deeper look at the court documents from Ho’s trial shows that criminal activity extended to other CEFC officials associated closely with Hunter Biden.

CEFC executive Zang Jianjun is the same official Hunter Biden mentioned in a text message to another CEFC official when he invoked his father’s name in order to secure his business relationship with the Chinese company, according to records obtained by the House Oversight Committee as part of its impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.

During Ho’s trial, Cheikh Gadio, the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Senegal, testified about the meetings that Patrick Ho and the CEFC delegation had with the President of Chad, Idriss Déby during which the bribes from CEFC were paid. Gadio was the connection who Ho exploited in order to meet with the President of Chad in an attempt to secure favorable oil rights in the African country, according to the Department of Justice.

During a meeting with Chadian President Déby the CEFC delegation presented the African leader with $2 million in cash concealed in gift boxes, according to the DOJ. The president rejected the money, but later accepted it as a “charitable donation” to his country.

In transcripts of his testimony at Ho’s trial, Gadio described that meeting and the CEFC delegation that presented the “gift” to the Chadian president.

“In December 2014, I was in Chad with the delegation of CEFC and the president of Chad, and gift -- gift box were given to the president of Chad, were delivered to him. I learned afterwards that they contained $2 million in cash. And -- and I did not walk away,” Gadio testified at Ho's trial.-- excerpt, rest at link above --