Hunter’s attorney also falsely claimed the first son never responded to an email from associate Tony Bobulinski — who according to Lowell coined the phrase “10 held by H for the big guy,” — that dealt compensation from a 2017 joint venture with Chinese energy company CEFC.
Lowell also took issue with testimony that claimed Hunter used his father as leverage in a text message days before the CEFC deal went through, pointing to places in Shapley’s testimony that named a businessman who did not work for the Chinese energy company. Lowell also took issue with testimony that claimed Hunter used his father as leverage in a text message days before a CEFC China Energy deal went through.“I am sitting here with my father and we would like to understand why the commitment made has not been fulfilled,” Hunter wrote, threatening that he would “make certain … that you will regret not following my direction.”
Lowell said the WhatsApp messages posted by Smith were “fakes,” without acknowledging the images were based on Shapley’s testimony about communications obtained from Hunter’s iCloud via a search warrant in August 2020, and were not meant to be actual screenshots.into Hunter Biden’s potential tax crimes, allowing the first son to plead guilty to misdemeanors and evade $2.2 million in missed payments.