A famous former crime boss says Hunter Biden could face 20 life sentences for his alleged financial crimes if he weren't the president's son.
Salvatore “Sammy the Bull” Gravano, a convicted former head of the Brooklyn-based Gambino family, told Fox news The charges the first son faces are “beyond theft, it's treason.”
His comments came after a bank investigator was alarmed by “unusual” and “erratic” activity in Hunter Biden's financial dealings with a Chinese company in 2018.
The former underworld gangster told Jesse Watters: 'It's stunning. I don't understand how the country sits back and listens to these things and no action is taken.
Salvatore 'Sammy the Bull' Gravano, the convicted former underboss of the Gambino family's Brooklyn faction, said Hunter Biden's crimes 'go beyond theft, it's treason'
His comments come after a bank investigator was alarmed by “unusual” and “erratic” activity in Hunter Biden's financial dealings with a Chinese company in 2018.
“There are so many guys I know who would demand 20 to life sentences for this kind of thing, and when it comes from the president, the vice president and people like that, it's more than theft; it is a betrayal of a country.
“I remember when I was younger and in the military, treason was something that was punishable by death because you were robbing every man, woman and child. Every race, black, white, Hispanic and Asian.
“You can't get a more disgusting crime than this. I've heard it time and time again and I don't understand why no action is being taken.”
The gangster, who has two new Netflix docuseries based on his life, also said he knows many people in the media and the federal government who are not speaking out against the Biden family for fear of losing their jobs.
As a veteran, he said he felt sorry for those who served in the military and returned to see the government allegedly operating this way.
“Everything they gave for us, and we sit back and do nothing. I don't care how much power they have on their side. We have the people. The people are the power. “If we don't talk, if we don't say anything, then we are part of it,” he said.”
After a while, the gangster bristled at his criticism of the Biden family and went on to explain how migrants were causing riots in the country, especially in New York, instead of spreading love and respect.
“There are so many guys I know who would demand 20 to life sentences for this kind of thing, and when it comes from the president, the vice president and people like that, it's more than theft; it is a betrayal of a country,” the former gangster said.
After a while, the gangster backed away from his criticism of the Biden family and went on to explain how migrants were causing riots in the country, especially in New York, instead of spreading love and respect.
He said: 'I fight for many things. The open borders, the poor people pouring in, invading our country with millions of people… and we don't do anything.
'We [the mob] things done. I don't even want to compare. Compared to these people, we were like choir boys.
'We always had an interest in protecting the public. I have friends in New York and family and they turn around and say, “Sammy, we were so much better when the mafia was in New York.”
'I see them lighting up the tree. These things are so important to me, not for religion, not for anything like that, but it's so festive and it brings love and respect.
“There used to be hundreds and thousands of people lighting up the trees and looking into the Macy's windows; it brought love into your heart no matter how bad you are.
'Now I see riots. I see things happening. How do you have the nerve to come to this country and do this?
“And the fact that you can get away with this is astonishing.”
A money trail that started in July 2017 trickled from Chinese oil giant CEFC — one of Hunter Biden's joint ventures — into Joe's account in the form of a $40,000 check, Republicans say
Recently, Republicans pushing for Joe Biden's impeachment published an email from a bank investigator who was alarmed by “unusual” and “erratic” activity in Hunter Biden's financial dealings with a Chinese company.
Money from the flagged transactions then trickled down to Joe Biden in the form of a $40,000 “loan repayment” check from James and Sara Biden in 2017, Republicans say.
According to banking records obtained by Republicans, a money trail began with a $5 million payment from Chinese oil giant CEFC, a Hunter company, through several Biden-linked entities, resulting in the deposit of $40,000 into Joe's account.
The The Bank Secrecy Act manager wrote in a June 2018 email released Wednesday that Hunter's financial transactions raised concerns about their “unusual” nature.
In particular, it appeared that the money transferred through the CEFC payment to Hunter's entities Hudson West and Owasco “did not provide any service” and that it “serves no current business purpose,” the email continues .
In addition, the researcher raised the issue of China's targeting of “politicians' children,” “buying” political influence through “sweetheart deals.”
Based on these concerns, the bank investigator ultimately recommended requiring a “re-evaluation” of the bank's relationship with “high-risk” customer Hunter.
Chairman James Comer told DailyMail.com in a statement that the bank investigator was “so concerned about Hunter Biden's financial dealings with the Chinese company that he wanted to reevaluate the bank's relationship with the customer.”
“Worse, we know that the sitting President of the United States knew about, participated in, and profited from his family's shady China dealings,” Comer continued.
He blasted the White House for trying to “cover up” what he called “egregious corruption.”
Comer's Oversight Committee is leading the investigation into the Biden family's “influence peddling” operation as part of the larger impeachment inquiry into the president. They say Joe Biden has been at the center of a highly lucrative “racketeering scheme” between members of his family and foreign actors – including China.
The $40,000 check is at the heart of their allegations. Both Hunter and Joe Biden deny all allegations of criminality.
In WhatsApp messages from August 2017, previously published by DailyMail.com, Hunter demanded $10 million from CEFC and claimed his father was sitting “right here” next to him during the exchange.
Joe Biden has previously stated that Hunter never made money from China, and the White House has insisted that the president never profited from his family's business ventures.
The Brooklyn-born gangster played a major role in the prosecution of Gambino crime family boss John Gotti (right) by agreeing to testify as a government witness against him and others in a deal. He also confessed to being involved in 19 murders
Hunter faces separate charges of tax crimes and firearms after a plea deal fell through earlier this year. He now faces a full trial and could spend up to 25 years in prison on these charges. In addition, he could be liable for a fine of $750,000.
The Brooklyn-born gangster played a major role in the prosecution of Gambino crime family boss John Gotti by agreeing to testify as a government witness against him and others in a deal. He also confessed to being involved in 19 murders.
Gravano was one of the first high-ranking members of New York's iconic Italian-American mafia gangs called the Five Families to break his blood oath and cooperate with the government on an investigation.
It was because of his testimony that Gotti and Frank Locascio were sentenced in 1992 to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for the murder of ex-Gambino boss Paul Castellano.
In addition to having two Netflix docuseries about his life, he was consulted many times for the 1997 biographical book about his life by Peter Maas entitled 'Underboss'.