>> FROM THE TAX YEARS OF 2014 TO 2019, MORE THAN $17 MILLION CAME TO HUNTER BIDEN IS AND HIS ASSOCIATES. $8.2, $8.3 MILLION DIRECTLY WENT TO HUNTER BIDEN, AND THEY CAME FROM IF COUNTRIES SUCH AS CHINA, UKRAINE, ROMANIA. SOME OF THE ITEMS AND GIFTS THAT HE RECEIVED WAS, FOR EXAMPLE, AN $80,000 DIAMOND, OVER $4 4 2,00. MARIA: AND THAT WAS HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN JASON SMITH WITH ME FRIDAY ON FOX BUSINESS WITH ON THE AMOUNT OF MONEY HUNTER BIDEN AND HIS FAMILY TOOK IN FROM 2014 TO 20 THE 19 FROM FOREIGN NATIONALS AND THEN EVADED TAXES ON TOP OF THE INFLUENCE PEDDLING. THIS AS SMITH'S COMMITTEE REVEALED ON THURSDAY HUNTER BIDEN THREATENED A CHINESE BUSINESS ASSOCIATION BACK IN 20 TO 17 IN WHATSAPP MESSAGE THAT HE WAS SITTING NEXT TO HIS FATHER, THEN-VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN, AND HE BETTER, QUOTE, KEEP HIS COMMITMENT OR FACE RETALIATORY THE CONSEQUENCESES FROM THE VICE PRESIDENT AND EVERYBODY HE KNOWS. IN THE TEXT HUNTER BIDEN WRITES: I AM SITTING HERE WITH MY FATHER, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND WHY THE COMMITMENT WAS NOT FULFILLED. TELL THE DIRECT OR THAT I WOULD LIKE TO RESOLVE THIS NOW BEFORE IT GETS OUT OF HAND AND NOW MEANS TONIGHT. AND IF I GET A CALL OR TEXT FROM ANYONE INVOLVED IN THIS OTHER THAN THAT, ZHANG, OR THE CHAIRMAN, I WILL MAKE CERTAIN BETWEEN THE MAN SITTING NEXT TO ME AND EVERY PERSON HE KNOWS AND MY ABILITY TO FOREVER HOLD A BRIDGE THAT YOU WILL REGRET NOT FOLLOWING MY DIRECTION. I'M SITTING HERE WAITING FOR THE CALL WITH MY FATHER. JOINING ME NOW WITH REACTION ARE NEW YORK POST COLUMNIST MIRANDA DEVINE AND PETER SCHWEIZER. MIRANDA IS THE AUTHOR OF "THE LAPTOP FROM HELL," PETER IS THE AUTHOR OF "REDHANDED." BOTH ARE BESTSELLERS AND MUST-READS. MIRANDA, I WANT TO GET YOUR TAKE FIRST ON THIS WHATSAPP MESSAGE THAT REALLY SOUNDS MORE LIKE A MOBSTER DOING A SHAKEDOWN THAN THE SON OF A PRESIDENT. >> IT DOES, AND I THINK IT SHOWS YOU JUST HOW IMPORTANT JOE BIDEN WAS IN THE SHAKEDOWN OPERATION THAT THE BIDEN FAMILY HAD GOING AROUND THE WORLD THAT THEY RAKED IN, YOU KNOW, MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FROM PARTICULARLY CHINA. AND JOE BIDEN NEEDS TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, WAS HE IN THE ROOM, AND SO FAR THEY'VE MANAGED TO STONEWALL. I THINK WHAT WHAT WE'VE SEEN FROM THIS NEW WHISTLEBLOWER MATERIAL FROM THE TWO IRS AGENTSES IS MORE EVIDENCE OF BIDEN FAMILY CORRUPTION. ON THE ONE HAND. AND ON THE OTHER HAND, THE SECOND STRING AND PERHAPS MORE IMPORTANT STRING OF THIS STORY IS THE THE, I GUESS, CORRUPTION OF THE FBI AND THE DOJ. YOU SEE THROUGHOUT INVESTIGATION HOW THE DOJ PUT ITS THUMB ON THE SCALE, REFUSED TO ALLOW SEARCH WARRANTS ON THE COTTAGE ON JOE BIDEN'S PROPERTY WHERE HUNTER BIDEN HAD BEEN LIVING, TIPPED OFF HUNTER BIDEN'S LAWYERS TO A SEARCH WARRANT THAT WAS GOING TO BE EXECUTED ON HIS STORAGE FACILITY. THAT IS AGAINST THE LAW. SO I THINK THAT -- AND YOU'RE RIGHT THAT THE GLOVES NEED TO COME OFF WITH THE9 REPUBLICANS. THEY HAVE A LOT OF POWER. CONGRESS HAS A LOT OF POWER TO COMPEL PEOPLE TO TESTIFY. AND IF THEY REFUSE, TO HOLD THEM IN CONTEMPT. MARIA: YEAH. >> AND IF THEY FLOUT THOSE CONTEMPT LAWS, TO FINE THEM EVERY DAY. THEY DON'T NEED TO RELY ON THE DAJ --, THE OJ TO ENFORCE ANYTHING. MARIA: GOOD POINT. PETER, YOU BROKE A LOT OF THIS NEWS YEARS AGO ABOUT THE BIDEN FAMILY INFLUENCE PEDDLING, AND YOU'VE GOT NEW INFORMATION THIS MORNING, BREAKING NEWS ON A CELL PHONE THAT JOE BIDEN WAS USING. TELL US ABOUT THAT. >> YEAH. I MEAN, IT'S INTERESTING, WHAT IS THE LINE OF COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN HUNTER BIDEN AND HIS BUSINESS PARTNERS AND JOE BIDEN WHEN HE'S VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES? IT'S NOT THE GOVERNMENT PHONE, IT'S NOT JOE BIDEN'S PERSONAL PHONE. WE KNOW FROM THE LAPTOP THAT HUNTER BIDEN'S BUSINESS PAID FOR A PRIVATE PHONE LINE THAT JOE BIDEN USED WHILE HE WAS VICE PRESIDENT. IT WAS FROM AT&T, IT WAS $300 A MONTH, IT WAS A GLOBAL PHONE WHERE YOU COULD ACCESS SOMEBODY ANYWHERE AROUND THE WORLD. WE SHARED THAT PHONE NUMBER AND THAT ACCOUNT INFORMATION WITH PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. MY HOPE IS THAT THEY IF THEY HAVEN'T ALREADY, THEY WILL SUBPOENA THOSE RECORDS BECAUSE I THINK IT WILL GIVE AN INDICATION ON HOW TIGHT THE COMMUNICATION WAS. AND THAT MAY BE THE PHONE, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT THE UKRAINIAN, THE BURISMA EXECUTIVE THE MIGHT HAVE USED IN THIS ALLEGATION THAT THE HE TALKED TO BIDEN AND RECORDED CONVERSATIONS. I WOULD JUST SAY ONE OTHER THING, MARIA, AS IT RELATES TO THAT SORT OF SHAKEDOWN PHONE CALL WITH HENRY ZHAO THAT WE ALLUDED TO, HENRY ZHAO IN 2015 HAD ALREADY SENT $5 MILLION TO THE BIDENS. HE WAS THE HEAD OF A HARVEST INVESTMENT FIRM. AND WHAT'S INTERESTING IS IN THE CORRESPONDENCE THERE, HUNTER BIDEN AGAIN TALKS TO ZHAO IN THE CONTEXT OF THIS IS A DEAL THAT'S IMPORTANT TO MY FAMILY INVOLVING HIS FATHER. LET'S ALSO KEEP IN MIND WE FIXATE ON THE CRIMINAL ELEMENT OF THIS, WE ALSO HAVE TO FOCUS ON THE ESPIONAGE ELEMENT OF THIS. HENRY ZHAO PAID $5 MILLION TO HUNTER BIDEN FROM AN ACCOUNT THAT WAS PARKING LOT OF A COMPANY THAT HE CO-OWNED WITH THE FAMILY OF THE MINISTER OF STATE SECURITY OF CHINA WHO'S IN CHARGE OF THE ENTIRE SPY APPARATUS. AND YOU SEE THAT IN EVERY DEAL THAT HUNTER BIDEN DID IN CHINA. THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE SENDING HIM MONEY HAVE TIES TO CHINESE INTELLIGENCE. MARIA: UNBELIEVABLE. WE HAVE TO THE TAKE A QUICK BREAK AND THEN TALK MORE ABOUT THAT AND THESE 17 RECORDINGS THAT THE BURISMA EXECUTIVE HAS. STAY WITH US RIGHT THERE. STAY WITH US. ♪ ♪ MARIA: WELCOME BACK WITH MIRANDA DEVINE AND PETER. >> WISER. MIRANDA, WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF A TAKEAWAY ON THIS INVESTIGATION NOW? >> LOOK, I THINK IT'S PRETTY CAREER THAT JOE BIDEN -- CLEAR THAT JOE BIDEN LIED TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHEN HE SAID HE KNEW NOTHING ABOUT HIS SON HUNTER'S BUSINESS DEALINGS. WE HAVE TWO NEW ALLEGATIONS THAT HUNTER BIDEN WAS MEETING WITH THOSE CHINESE EXECUTIVES AT THE FOUR SEASONS HOTEL IN CAN DECEMBER OF 2015 -- MARIA: YEAH. >> -- WITH HIS SON HUNTER. AND WE ALSO TO KNOW THAT HUNTER BIDEN SAYS THAT HIS FATHER WAS IN THE ROOM WHEN THEY WERE SHAKING DOWN THE CHINESE. IF HE MET OVER A DOZEN OF HUNTER'S OVERSEAS BUSINESS PARTNERS. HUNTER PUT HIM ON A SPEAKERPHONE WHEN HE WAS MEETING WITH THESE PARTNERS -- MARIA: THE BULK OF IT THOUGH -- PARDON ME, THE BULK OF IT THOUGH, PETER, ALL THIS MONEY THAT THE BIDEN FAMILY HAS TAKE
