James Biden Told FBI He Tried to Help Chinese Official Buy US Facility: Memo

The president’s brother courted the Chinese energy firm in a ‘life-changing’ deal to sell them a gas facility.

(L–R) Mark Gitenstein, former U.S. ambassador to Romania; Finnegan James Biden, granddaughter of former Vice President Joe Biden; Joe Biden; and Libby Gitenstein, wife of Mark Gitenstein arrive at the Henry Coanda International Airport in Bucharest on Oct. 21, 2009. Daniel Mihailescu/AFP via Getty Images

James Biden told the FBI he had presented Chinese investors with a deal to develop a port in Louisiana and when he was interviewed as part of an investigation last year. The Chinese ultimately did not go through with the deal.

The report of the interview was made available after the Republican-led House Ways and Means Committee voted on Wednesday to release a new batch of documents obtained through two IRS whistleblowers.