An-Najah News - A tranche of emails, text messages and photos, allegedly taken from a hard drive that belonged to the former vice president’s son and , have been dismissed by many media outlets as “unverified” and potentially even “Russian disinformation.”

A man claimed to be a recipient of one of the leaked emails, concerning a business partnership with a Chinese firm, has confirmed the authenticity of the message, dated May 13, 2017. 

A former associate of Hunter Biden’s said that an email addressed to him concerning potentially shady deals with a Chinese firm is genuine and that Hunter’s father was also involved in the scheme, and got a 10 percent cut.

Tony Bobulinski, the CEO of Sinohawk Holdings, released a statement  he called the email  it is part of a foreign-sponsored smear campaign is “false and offensive.” 

By that time Joe Biden was no longer serving as vice president, but it’s unclear when negotiations with the Chinese firm first began. 

Bobulinski said that “the big guy” is “in fact a reference to Joe Biden,” and noted that Hunter often consulted with his father about his business dealings.