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POPOVICIU’s payments to Hunter and his colleagues807 for their illegal services came up again in
Hunter’s divorce proceedings. Kathleen’s attorney explained: “Hunter’s office confirmed to Kathleen a
deposit of more than $120,000 into Hunter’s TD account, as funds from the ‘Romania deal.’” The
following month, Hunter’s lawyer spoke about another lump sum payment from the exiled tycoon:
“Hunter believes a $60,000 ‘Romania’ payment may come in before the end of the [sic] January.”

POPOVICIU

Joe & Kathleen (05/14/2015)

807“The man has overseen a bureau that has bungled investigations of high-profile criminal cases and repeatedly misled
probers and judges in legal proceedings[.]”
See Howard Gleckman, “The Case against Louis Freeh,” BusinessWeek, September 2000, archive.is/eKY5u

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The proceeds from the illegal representation808 were repeatedly discussed by Hunter and his
colleagues,809 who were “technically under contract [with POPOVICIU] [un[til] Sept[ember] [2017].”
The proceeds from this contract were then used, in part, to pay Hunter’s liabilities to the IRS. As was
done with Manafort’s conviction, the U.S. government is entitled to these funds (as they were illegally
acquired) and any assets Hunter purchased with them.810 Remember, Hunter was free to represent
foreign principals—he merely needed to disclose that representation to the DOJ and he never did.

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808 “I am deeply disappointed in the recent decision of Romania’s High Court of Cassation and Justice to affirm the
criminal conviction of Romanian businessman, Gabriel Popoviciu, and sentence him to seven years in prison. … I am
hopeful that courts and reviewing authorities will review this case and … demand another result.”
See “Statement of Former Federal Judge and Former FBI Director Louis J. Freeh regarding the conviction of Romanian
businessman, Gabriel Popoviciu,” Freeh Group International Solutions, LLC, August 2017, archive.ph/wZfdH
809 “It’s no secret the FBI suffered a series of embarrassments during Freeh’s tenure, some of them deadly. They include

the botched handling of the investigations into Waco and Ruby Ridge; the bombing at the Atlanta Olympic Village and the
heavy-handed tactics used against Richard Jewell; the breakdown of the FBI crime labs; the inept pursuit of suspected
atomic spy Wen Ho Lee; the belated discovery of turncoat agent Richard Hanssen; and the failure to deliver thousands of
documents to defense attorneys during the trial of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh. The FBI fiascoes seemed to
come like clockwork under Freeh, and they continue to roll out to this day. A recently uncovered March 2000 memo
reveals that agents mistakenly destroyed evidence gathered in an investigation involving Osama bin Laden.”
See Eric Boehlert, “Judging Louis Freeh,” Salon, June 2002, archive.ph/4rMFg
810 “The e-mail is a prosecutor’s dream. FARA violations, like tax violations, can be viewed as cut-and-dried charges for

jurors … the potential defendant not only incriminated himself under the law, but his associates and family, as well.”
See Jonathan Turley, “By the standard the DOJ set for Trump associates, Hunter Biden should be charged,” New York
Post, April 2022, archive.ph/UpTzm

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Astonishingly, Hunter and his partners in the CEFC Energy grift also wanted to strike a deal with
POPOVICIU over the same real estate tract in Bucharest that POPOVICIU was convicted of bribery
over—Baneasa. Dubbed “Project Tiger” by Bobulinski and GILLIAR, the deal called for CEFC Energy
and SinoHawk to co-own a company with Bladon Enterprises Limited, which was managed by
POPOVICIU and owned by his mother, Ligia.811 You will recall the aforementioned subpoena that JP
Morgan received on 05/15/2019 from the Delaware U.S. Attorney’s office listed Bladon Enterprises
Limited (the prosecutor misspelled the name of the firm as “Bladen”) as one of the fifteen companies
that the U.S. government was supposedly investigating. Gab’s businesses—which implicated both
Giuliani812 and the Bidens—were mired in so many crimes that even the New York Times sued the
U.S. State Department over the latter’s refusal to respond in a timely manner to its FOIA request.813

811 “The deal between Chinese group China Energy Company Limited (CEFC) and Kazakhstan’s state oil company
KazMunayGas, which targeted a majority stake in KMG International, the former Rompetrol group, fell through, KMG
International announced on Tuesday, July 3. KMG International controls the biggest oil refinery in Romania – Petromidia
and has the second-biggest fuel distribution network in the country. CEFC reached an agreement with KazMunayGas to
take over 51% of KMG International in December 2016. … However, the deal was never completed as the Chinese group
was confronted with big financial problems at the beginning of this year. In February, the Chinese authorities started an
investigation targeting suspected economic crimes committed by CEFC chairman Ye Jianming[.]”
See “Chinese group fails to take over Romania’s biggest oil refinery,” Romania Insider, July 2018, archive.ph/wYuyD
812 “In effect, Mr. Giuliani and Hunter Biden were on the same team, if not at the same time. And their work to help the

business executive, along with that of Mr. Freeh, stood in contrast to efforts by the United States … The dynamic in
Romania underscores how Mr. Giuliani has done a brisk international business with clients who sometimes seem to be
seeking to capitalize on his connections to Mr. Trump even as he has accused Hunter Biden of seeking to capitalize on his
father’s name while doing business in other countries.”
See Kenneth Vogel, “Giuliani Is Drawing Attention to Hunter Biden’s Work in Romania. But There’s a Problem.,” New York
Times, October 2019, archive.ph/FsXSs
813 “In a new lawsuit on Monday, the newspaper sued the State Department to obtain emails from Romanian embassy

officials sent between 2015 and 2019 mentioning a number of international business people, including the president’s son
and his former business associate[.]”
See Max Tani et al., “Gray Lady ain’t done with Hunter yet,” Politico, February 2020, archive.fo/4LDtY

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MEXICO

Hunter and Cooper relied on Joe to make inroads with the Mexican elite; Joe directly negotiated deals
with the world’s then-richest man, Carlos SLIM, and met with SLIM on multiple occasions.814 Like
Hunter, Miguel ALEMÁN VELASCO was the son of a president and used that public office to enrich
his family. VELASCO’s son, Miguel ALEMÁN MAGNANI, used those riches to spoil Hunter and the
Bidens, hosting them at his villa in Acapulco. However, like Hunter, MAGNANI has tax815 and other
legal issues; MAGNANI fled816 to France—where his Miss Universe mother hails from—in July 2021.

Miguel ALEMÁN MAGNANI Miguel ALEMÁN VELASCO Carlos SLIM HELÚ

DOB: 04/25/1966 DOB: 03/18/1932 DOB: 01/28/1940
archive.ph/nfUBG

814 “In country after country, the oligarchs Hunter was wooing had the good fortune to meet with the vice president,
meetings that Hunter apparently arranged. Some were held in the host countries, some on the White House grounds.”
See Charles Lipson, “Biden Inc.: Hunter, Joe, and the Mexican Oligarchs,” RealClear Politics, July 2021, archive.fo/OUgof
815 “A federal control judge in Mexico City issued an arrest warrant against businessman Miguel Alemán Magnani for the

crime of tax fraud, judicial sources said. The order was at the request of the Attorney General’s Office (FGR), who
prosecuted the investigation file against the businessman. Last February, the Ministry of Finance, through the Federal Tax
Prosecutor’s Office, filed a complaint about possible tax fraud against ABC Aerolíneas – Interjet’s controller – and Miguel
Alemán Velasco and Miguel Alemán Magnani, president and vice president of the company, respectively[.]”
See “Arrest warrant issued against Mexican businessman Miguel Alemán Magnani,” The Yucatan Times, July 2021,
archive.ph/8LhRa
816 “Miguel Aleman Magnani is residing in France and fighting an arrest warrant in his native country on charges of tax

fraud, his lawyer said Tuesday. Aleman Magnani is accused by Mexican authorities of not paying 65 million pesos ($3.2
million) in taxes dating back to 2018 that the airline he co-founded, Interjet, collected from customers and employees but
failed to forward to the government. Aleman Magnani has no intention to travel to Mexico for the time being.”
See Andrea NAVARRO, “Tycoon Takes Refuge in France as Mexico Seeks Arrest in Tax Case,” Bloomberg Business, July
2021, archive.ph/ycOTS

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When Where (Venue) Who (Accomplice) What

02/11/2014ff D.D.C. Jeff Cooper 18 USC §§ 2, 371 & 22 USC § 612

Along with conspiring to violate lobbying laws, Cooper organized meetings for his foreign principals,
the founders817 of a Mexican airline, with Joe. These businessmen, Hunter’s “buddies,” had a keen
interest in meeting with the U.S. Secretary of Transportation, Anthony Foxx,818 and Hunter made it
happen. Hunter also organized meetings at the White House for them: “JRB [Joe] could do lunch on
26th or breakfast on 27th with Allemans. We could meet all day 26th and morning of 27th. I leave for
AZ with Beau and dad [Joe] afternoon of 27th.” For Cooper, the meeting details aligned with Obama’s
travels: “[A]ny movement on his819 [MAGNANI’s] stuff for O[bama]’s visit820 to Mexico next week?”

Joe & VELASCO (02/26/2014)

SLIM, Joe & VELASCO (11/19/2015)

817 “Interjet, founded in 2005 by the heirs of a Mexican president, debuted as a low-cost carrier in a market dominated by
larger airlines. One of the founders, Miguel Aleman Magnani, fled to France in July as Mexico sought to arrest him in
connection to a tax fraud case.”
See Andrea NAVARRO and Cyntia Aurora BARRERA DIAZ, “Mexico’s Interjet Sees Return to Skies in 2022[],”
Bloomberg, December 2021, archive.ph/lV7gF
818 “Foxx, a former mayor of Charlotte, was sworn in as the 17th U.S. Secretary of Transportation … developed the

Obama Administration’s first surface transportation bill[.]”

See “Anthony Foxx,” LinkedIn, archive.ph/MPm2u
819 “@MiguelAlemanM,” Twitter, archive.ph/vzrd8

820 “President Obama Travels to Mexico for the North American Leaders’ Summit,” The White House, February 2014,

archive.ph/TMfXW

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