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...In "Profiles in Corruption: Abuse of Power by America's Progressive Elite," one particular politician - Joe Biden - emerges as the king of the sweetheart deal, with no less than five family members benefiting from his largesse, favorable access and powerful position for commercial gain.
...The Biden family's apparent self-enrichment involves no less than five family members: Joe's son Hunter, son-in-law Howard, brothers James and Frank, and sister Valerie.
...Period." As we will see, this is far from the case... Joe Biden's younger brother, James, has been an integral part of the family political machine from the earliest days when he served as finance chair of Joe's 1972 Senate campaign, and the two have remained quite close.
...Senate, he would bring his brother James along on congressional delegation trips to places like Ireland, Rome and Africa.
...When Joe became vice president, James was a welcomed guest at the White House, securing invitations to such important functions as a state dinner in 2011 and the visit of Pope Francis in 2015.
...The president of HillStone International was Kevin Justice, who grew up in Delaware and was a longtime Biden family friend.
...His bio on the company's website noted his "40 years of experience dealing with principals in business, political, legal and financial circles across the nation and internationally..." James Biden was joining HillStone just as the firm was starting negotiations to win a massive contract in war-torn Iraq.
...federal government contract to manage a construction project for the State Department.
...The scheme was explicitly designed to target pension funds that had "socially responsible investing" clauses, including pension funds of labor union organizations that had publicly supported Joe Biden's political campaigns in the past.
...Joe Biden has "a long-standing alliance with labor." He closely identifies with organized labor.
...StartUp Health is an investment consultancy based out of New York City, and in June 2011 the company barely had a website.
...They met with President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden.
...Joe Biden's trip to Costa Rica came at a fortuitous time for his brother Frank, who was busy working deals in the country.
...Just months after Vice President Biden's visit, in August, Costa Rica News announced a new multilateral partnership "to reform Real Estate in Latin America" between Frank Biden, a developer named Craig Williamson, and the Guanacaste Country Club, a newly planned resort.
...The project involved allowing a company called GoSolar to operate solar power facilities in Costa Rica.
...In June 2014, Vice President Joe Biden announced the launch of the Caribbean Energy Security Initiative (CESI).
...After Joe Biden brought together leaders for CESI, brother Frank's firm Sun Fund Americas announced that it was "engaged in projects and is in negotiations with governments of other countries in the [Caribbean] region for both its Solar and Waste to Energy development services." As if to push the idea along, the Obama administration's OPIC provided a $47.5 million loan to support the construction of a 20-megawatt solar facility in Clarendon, Jamaica.
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