S8 Ep176: Hunter Biden, Chinese Spies, and the Monetization of Political Connections: Colleague Kenneth P. Vogel reports that following his father's departure from the vice presidency, Hunter Biden faced financial pressure and sought lucrative foreign clients, lead
The John Batchelor Show
John Batchelor
4.5 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 9 December 2025
⏱️ 15 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
- Hunter Biden, Chinese Spies, and the Monetization of Political Connections: Colleague Kenneth P. Vogel reports that following his father's departure from the vice presidency, Hunter Biden faced financial pressure and sought lucrative foreign clients, leading to risky entanglements; one venture involved a corrupt Romanian real estate magnate who hired Hunter along with former FBI Director Louis Freeh and Rudy Giuliani to resolve his legal troubles, with the proposed solution involving selling land including the site of the U.S. Embassy in Romania to a Chinese state-linked fund, and Hunter Biden was aware of the nature of his associates, referring to one as the "spy chief of China."
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | This is CBSI on the world. I'm John Batchler. |
| 0:08.2 | Ken Vogel and I are discussing his new book, Devil's Advocates, the hidden story of Rudy |
| 0:12.8 | Giuliani, Hunter Biden, and the Washington insiders of the payrolls of corrupt foreign |
| 0:17.1 | interests, including Robert Strick, my version of Barry Linden. |
| 0:21.8 | You can't take your eyes off of him, but momentarily we must because there's another |
| 0:25.5 | fascinating Barry Linden-like character in this story in a parallel universe. |
| 0:31.0 | His name is Hunter Biden. |
| 0:32.8 | And just as Robert Strick is getting some credibility with the accident of New Zealand, and it will take him to other countries that want favors or want to meet the Trump administration. |
| 0:45.1 | Hunter Biden has a problem. |
| 0:47.4 | He's been spending lavishly on the basis of many of his connections, one most in particular, Ukraine, |
| 0:59.4 | and the board of a energy company where he has paid a million dollars a year until he learns that because his father is no longer vice president, |
| 1:05.1 | but former vice president, his salary or his stipend will be cut in half from $1 million to $500,000. |
| 1:12.7 | And for reasons to do with Hunter Biden's universe, |
| 1:16.8 | $500,000 is not enough to feed all of the demands that he's making on his body and his family. |
| 1:23.2 | He's got a problem. |
| 1:24.7 | And the problem will get worse and worse as we go forward is he's more |
| 1:29.0 | and more desperate for money. And can you make the argument that this happens routinely when |
| 1:34.0 | administrations change? And one way to react is to cut down on your lifestyle. The other way is to take |
| 1:40.1 | risks. What kind of risk does Mr. Biden take? And how does it lead him to Rudy Giuliani? Thank you. |
| 1:46.8 | Well, yeah, I mean, Hunter Biden had a number of problems that were sort of compounding. |
| 1:52.9 | You know, you mentioned the sort of personal difficulties in the lavish lifestyle, which were fueled |
| 1:57.5 | by an addiction problem to both drugs and alcohol, |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from John Batchelor, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of John Batchelor and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.