Appeals Court Upholds Bribery Conviction of Chinese Businessman Linked to Hunter Biden
A federal appeals court in New York has upheld the bribery conviction of Patrick Ho, a Chinese businessman and the former head of a think tank funded by a Chinese energy conglomerate with links to Hunter Biden, son of former Vice President Joe Biden.
A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan, New York, found Ho was properly convicted by a federal jury in December 2018 of paying bribes to the presidents of Chad and Uganda in a United Nations-linked conspiracy, according to a court filing (pdf).
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For all of his populist bluster,
Donald Trump has done little during his four years in office to stem the power
of big business.
He criticizes corporations only when he feels personally
slighted or when it fits into one of his many outlandish conspiracy theories.
Fortunately, career officials at
regulatory agencies and career prosecutors at the Justice Department, as well
as those at the state level, have continued doing their jobs.
The following is
a selection of significant cases resolved during 2020.
Opioid market abuses: The Justice Department announced an $8 billion global
resolution of its criminal and civil investigations into abuses by Purdue
Brian Rabbitt
The
Wall Street Journalreported Rabbitt made his impending departure known to colleagues Tuesday. A DOJ spokeswoman confirmed that account to the newspaper.
David Burns, principal deputy assistant attorney general at the Department’s National Security Division, will succeed Rabbitt as acting assistant attorney general of the Criminal Division, the spokeswoman told the
WSJ. Rabbitt had taken over as acting chief from Brian Benczkowski, who led the division for two years before his departure in July.
Rabbitt’s decision, which was not unexpected, is part of a wave of departures by Trump administration-appointed regulators and prosecutors who are making way for new leadership to be chosen by President-elect Joe Biden. The list includes Attorney General William Barr, whose last day is Wednesday; Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Jay Clayton; and Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chair Heath Tarbert, who intends to remain at the agency temporarily as a