Trump’s Story of Hunter Biden’s Chinese Venture Is Full of Holes

Biden’s stake in the company is worth nowhere near ‘billions’
Trump’s call for Chinese probe echoes Ukraine controversy

Trump says Xi Jinping should start investigating Biden and his family.(Source: Bloomberg)

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By Gregory Korte and Zachary R Mider

October 3, 2019 at 10:18 PM UTC

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President Donald Trump’s tale of how Hunter Biden flew into Beijing aboard Air Force Two and left a billionaire -- an episode he now wants China to investigate -- isn’t supported by known details about the episode.

Trump’s account isn’t even a faithful retelling of the original allegation first outlined in a 2018 book by a conservative author -- an accusation whose details are in dispute.