by Josh Christenson at New York Post
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm spoke with a senior Chinese energy official the same week that the US began tapping its Strategic Petroleum Reserve in November 2021 — later selling some oil to a Beijing-backed firm linked to first son Hunter Biden, newly uncovered documents show.
Granholm called China National Energy Administration Chairman Zhang Jianhua for a half-hour conversation on Nov. 21, government schedules obtained by the watchdog group Americans for Public Trust show.
Granholm’s calendar also shows an earlier phone call had been scheduled with Jianhua for Nov. 19. A rep for the former Michigan governor told The Post Friday that call never took place.
Two days after the Granholm-Zhang call, first reported by Fox News, President Biden announced the release of 50 million barrels of oil from the reserve in an effort to bring down gas prices — “the largest-ever” energy stockpile sale in US history…
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