Yesterday, Facts First USA called for Jim Jordan & James Comer to ‘put up or shut up’ as their investigations and hearings have been so disastrous that even FOX News & other Republicans are criticizing them about it.
And now Guo Wengui – who was pictured with Giuliani on the same day he gave the laptop to the NY Post & who Bannon worked with to post non-consensual smut shaming pics – has been arrested in a massive fraud case.
The MAGA extremists in the House are basing their investigations on conspiracy theories of known liars and criminals and it’s time to put up or shut up because this is getting embarrassing.
THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CHARGED GUO WENGUI WITH ORCHESTRATING A $1 BILLION FRAUD HE USED TO LINE HIS OWN POCKETS AND BUY HIMSELF LUXURY ITEMS LIKE A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR YACHT
New York Times: “Exiled Chinese Billionaire Charged In New York With Financial Conspiracy”
Wengui Was Arrested On Charges That He Orchestrated A Conspiracy To Defraud Thousand Of Online Followers Out Of $1 Billion Which He Used To Line His Own Pockets And Buy Himself Luxury Goods Like A $37 Million Yacht. “Guo Wengui, a fugitive Chinese billionaire, was arrested on Wednesday morning in New York on charges that he orchestrated a complex conspiracy to defraud thousands of his online followers out of $1 billion, the authorities said. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan said Mr. Guo, 52, was charged with “lining his pockets with the money he stole,” which they said included buying for himself and his close relatives a 50,000-square-foot mansion, a $3.5 million Ferrari and two $36,000 mattresses, as well as financing a $37 million luxury yacht.” [New York Times, 3/15/23]
BANNON HAS A NUMBER OF TIES TO GUO WENGUI – INCLUDING BEING ARRESTED ON HIS YACHT
Washington Post: “How Former Trump Adviser Steve Bannon Joined Forces With A Chinese Billionaire Who Has Divided The President’s Allies” [Washington Post, 9/13/20]
Bannon And Guo Launched The New Federal State Of China To Replace The Chinese Communist Party – Guo And His Backers Aggressively Supported Trump In 2020 And Promoted False Claims About Chinese Influence Over Hunter Biden. “The New Federal State of China, launched in 2020 by Guo and Bannon, purports to be a government-in-waiting, ready to replace the Chinese Communist Party, which Guo claims is poised to collapse. As Mother Jones has reported, Guo and his backers aggressively supported Trump in 2020, promoting false claims about Chinese influence over Hunter Biden and publishing sexually explicit material from Hunter’s laptop.” [Mother Jones, 6/16/2022]
NBC News: “Who Is Guo Wengui, The Chinese Billionaire Who Owns The Boat Steve Bannon Was Arrested On?” [NBC News, 8/20/20]
STEVE BANNON AND GUO WENGUI COORDINATED WITH A GROUP OF FOLLOWERS TO EDIT IMAGES AND SPREAD MISINFORMATION ABOUT HUNTER BIDEN
Bannon Directed Guo And His Followers To Distribute Explicit Images Of Hunter Biden While Guo Distributed Misinformation About Hunter Biden “As I have previously detailed, the explicit images of Hunter were distributed at Bannon’s behest by Guo and individual members of Guo’s large following in the Chinese diaspora. Guo oversaw minute details of the distribution of the material and also, according to people involved in that effort, directed them to repeat lies about content on the laptop, including the false allegation that it contained images of Hunter Biden raping children.” [Mother Jones, 2/10/23]
WENGUI CELEBRATED ALONGSIDE RUDY GIULIANI AFTER HE BEGAN DISSEMINATING COPIES OF HUNTER BIDEN’S HARD DRIVE
Guo Wengui Celebrated With Rudy Giuliani The Day Giuliani Passed The New York Post A Copy Of Hunter Biden’s Laptop Hard Drive. “Celebration: This was Guo Wengui and Rudy Giuliani in a tweet posted on the day the New York Post said the president’s attorney passed the newspaper a copy of Hunter Biden’s hard drive”
[Daily Mail, 10/16/20]