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One week before the US elections, the name of Romania is invoked again in the US election campaign. The New York Times publishes documents detailing the connections of Hunter Biden, Joe Biden’s son, to Romania. They were allegedly received from a former Hunter Biden business associate, now in Donald Trump’s camp.
The documents show that Joe Biden’s son was in Romania in 2017 and had a business plan involving a large Chinese energy company, as well as controversial Romanian businessman Puiu Popoviciu. In the end, however, the business did not materialize.
However, there is no evidence that former US Vice President and current candidate Joe Biden was in any way involved in his son’s business or illegally raised money from Romania, as the Trump camp charges.
On the other hand, The New York Times notes that Rudy Giuliani himself, Donald Trump’s attorney and the Biden family’s main accuser, worked for the same law firm as Hunter Biden. The company represented the interests of Puiu Popoviciu, even during the period in which the businessman was being investigated and tried by the Romanian courts.
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The appointment of Hunter Biden to head a state-owned company in Ukraine, while his father was vice president of the United States, has always raised questions and was among the points of vulnerability of Donald Trump’s opponent in the presidential elections. However, the investigation completed in Ukraine did not find anything illegal.
The New York Times He also mentioned Romania’s name last year in connection with Hunter Biden. It was then that American journalists discovered Hunter Biden’s connection to businessman Puiu Popoviciu, who was investigated and later sentenced to prison in a large corruption case. Although he received seven years in prison for a final sentence handed down in 2017, Puiu Popoviciu has not yet served his sentence, being among the great fugitives of Romania.
Editor: Luana Pavaluca
