by Jessica Chasmar and Cameron Cawthorne at Fox News
Hunter Biden arranged a 2012 phone call between his father, then-Vice President Joe Biden, and the family of his business associate James J. Bulger, the late crime boss’ nephew who later served with Hunter on the board of a Chinese government-backed company, emails show.
On the day before Thanksgiving in 2012, Hunter reached out to Bulger, who went by “Jimmy” among his friends, to let him know he had been briefed about a potential business deal with a Kazakh tycoon and Prospect Global Resources, a now-defunct potash mining company in Arizona.
“Jimmy – Wanted to wish you and all the Bulgers a Happy Thanksgiving from me and all the Bidens,” Hunter wrote on Nov. 21, 2012, according to an email from his infamous abandoned laptop, which Fox News Digital has reviewed and verified.
“Devon has been keeping me up to date on PGRX too,” he added, referring to his former business partner Devon Archer. “Look forward to seeing you soon. Best, Hunter.”
President Biden and his son, Hunter Biden, step off Air Force One, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023, at Hancock Field Air National Guard Base in Syracuse, New York. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Bulger, the former chairman and president of Thornton Group LLC in Boston, responded by thanking Hunter for arranging a call between “the Bulgers” and Vice President Biden.
“Thanks for the note,” Bulger wrote, “happy thanksgiving to all the Bidens!”
“Your dads [sic] call was a huge hit here for the Bulgers,” he continued. “[T]hey are still talking about you are [sic] star for putting that together. Have a safe trip to Nantucket!”
“We will have a meeting on the 3rd down in DC and we will bang around the PGRx project and the XCMG deal as well as Bohia [sic] updates,” Bulger added. “Have a god [sic] weekend and please let your dad know that he is a star with the whole Bulger clan!”
