Joe Biden mulled joining Chinese-connected company after leaving VP role former family associate Jason Galanis claims while being questioned by Republicans from an Alabama prison as part of their impeachment investigation

President Joe Biden is believed to have considered joining a Chinese Communist Party-linked joint venture founded by Hunter Biden and his associates, the first son’s now-jailed ex-partner told congressional investigators on Friday.

Biden’s impeachment investigators have traveled to an Alabama prison to speak with Jason Galanis, who is currently serving a 14-year prison sentence for defrauding a Native American tribe, DailyMail.com has learned.

Galanis told the leaders of the Oversight and Judiciary Committees that he worked with Devon Archer and Hunter Biden on companies involved in insurance and asset management between 2012 and 2015.

He testified that the trio “owned and acquired total controlled assets in excess of $17 billion.”

“Our goal was to build a diversified private equity platform, which would be anchored by a globally known Wall Street brand along with a globally known political name,” Galanis continued, according to testimony obtained by DailyMail.com

“Our goal — meaning Hunter Biden, Devon Archer and I — was to make billions, not millions.”

He told investigators that ‘Hunter Biden’s entire value-add to our company was his family name and his access to his father, Vice President Joe Biden.”

“Because of this access, I agreed to contribute shares to them – Hunter and Devon – at no out-of-pocket expense, in exchange for their ‘relationship capital,’” Galanis continued.

Hunter Biden served as vice chairman of their arrangement, called Burnham Group, “bringing strategic relationships to the company, including from Kazakhstan, Russia and China.”

Galanis testified that he, Devon and Hunter agreed in 2014 to form a partnership with Harvest Fund Management, a $300 billion Chinese financial services company with close ties to the CCP.

Henry Zhao, Harvest’s director, was a contact of Hunter.

Zhao was interested in this partnership because of the groundbreaking value-add of the Biden family, including Joe Biden, who would join the Burnham-Harvest team after his vice presidency and provide political access in the United States and abroad. the world,” Galanis testified.

Galanis quoted a draft email that Hunter wrote that said, “Please also remind Henry (Zhao) of our conversation about a board seat for a certain associate of mine. Devon and I played around with that relationship earlier last week and we discussed this idea again and as always he remains very interested in this opportunity.”

“Since Devon Archer is named as a direct party to the conversation with the vice president on the golf course, his email shows that Devon believed this was an accurate representation of that conversation,” Galanis said in his opening statement.

“I am certain that the phrase ‘a certain relation of mine’ refers to Vice President Biden, and Devon told me about this conversation on the golf course shortly after it occurred,” Galanis testified. “And it was one of several conversations where I understood the vice president had expressed his willingness to join Harvest’s board after his vice presidency.”

An infamous photo shows Joe Biden playing golf with Hunter and Archer in August 2014, just before the email was allegedly written.

Galanis further testified that Zhao “regularly sought assurances on what he called the ‘intangibles’ that Vice President Biden, who served on Harvest’s board, would add to the business plan.”

“He wanted guarantees so that he would not ‘lose face,'” Galanis said. “In my opinion, there was no reason for this huge Chinese corporation to want to do business with Burnham other than the Biden name.”

Zhao also worked with Hunter on his ventures with Chinese energy company CEFC. He is the recipient of a text message exchange in which Hunter invokes his father’s name as a threat for Zhao to pay him $10 million for their joint venture SinoHawk Holdings.

“I am sitting here with my father and we would like to understand why the commitment made has not been fulfilled,” Hunter told Zhao.

“And Z, if I get a call or text from anyone other than you, Zhang or the chairman involved in this, I will make sure that between the man sitting next to me and every person he knows and my ability to forever a grudge that you will regret not following my directions.”

Galanis also testified that during a trip to the Peninsula Bar in New York City with Hunter and Archer, the first son called his father and told him that “Henry and Harvest were doing well and he might need some help getting over it.” to take’. the finish.’

He added that it was “not the only time I heard Hunter calling his father about business matters.”

Biden has long claimed he never discussed his son’s foreign business deals.

The White House did not respond to DailyMail.com’s request for comment on the allegations.

Galanis is part of a notorious crime family in New York. His father, John Galanis, was a target of former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani during his crackdown on crime in the 1980s. Galanis, 76, is also currently in prison for his involvement in his son’s scheme.

Galanis and Archer were both convicted of fraud for convincing a Native American tribe to issue economic development bonds and then use the money for personal use. Hunter Biden was never charged under the scheme.

Galanis’ jailhouse interview comes after a key source in the impeachment inquiry was indicted for a second time for allegedly lying to the FBI — a major blow to Republican efforts to directly link Joe to Hunter and Hunter’s shady business deals. James Biden.

Special Counsel David Weiss first charged and arrested Alexander Smirnov on February 14 in Las Vegas, Nevada, for lying about President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden each taking $5 million in bribes from Ukrainian energy company Burisma.

Galanis is currently pushing for house arrest, claiming he was sexually abused in prison.

‘I have pleaded guilty. “I spent eight years in federal custody reflecting on my actions, and I am deeply sorry for my role,” he said.

Galanis has already been denied house arrest once, alleging he was assaulted by a member of prison staff.

“I believe that based on the events I have described, many of which are in writing, I have been the victim of a pattern of retaliation by the Department of Justice to avoid my house arrest, which would have prevented full and unfettered access to congressional investigators.” ‘, he said.

He also said that based on his experiences within the legal system, he believes he is “at great risk within the (Bureau of Prisons) for providing information on these matters involving the president and his son.”