DOJ con­tends Hunter Biden was hired by Roman­ian oli­garch to ‘influ­ence US pol­i­cy:’ docs

<div>DOJ contends Hunter Biden was hired by Romanian oligarch to 'influence US policy:' docs</div>

Depart­ment of Jus­tice (DOJ) pros­e­cu­tors allege Hunter Biden was paid by a Roman­ian oli­garch to “influ­ence U.S. pol­i­cy and pub­lic opin­ion,” while his father, Joe Biden, was vice pres­i­dent, accord­ing to new doc­u­ments. The doc­u­ments were filed by Spe­cial Coun­sel David Weiss in the Cen­tral Dis­trict of Cal­i­for­nia on Wednes­day. The fil­ings per­tain to Hunter Biden’s tax tri­al in Cal­i­for­nia. The alle­ga­tions are the clos­est pros­e­cu­tors have come to tying Pres­i­dent Biden to his son’s over­seas busi­ness dealings.Romanian busi­ness­man Gabriel Popovi­ciu is expect­ed to tes­ti­fy against Hunter Biden in the tri­al, which begins on Sep­tem­ber 5 in Los Ange­les. In the fil­ings, Weiss notes that Hunter Biden had “entered into an oral agree­ment” in 2015 to help Popovi­ciu con­test b …