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President Joe Biden’s administration sold 950,000 barrels of oil from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve to a Chinese state-owned gas company that has financial ties to a private equity firm cofounded by Hunter Biden.

Disgraced lawyer Michael Avenatti entered a guilty plea on Thursday in a California federal court on wire fraud and tax-related charges. 

Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday led protests against what he described as a politically-motivated corruption probe.

Rahul Gandhi, a senior leader of the opposition All India Congress Committee (AICC), on Monday protested against a corruption probe launched by the majority BJP Party that accused Gandhi and his mother of money laundering. The AICC denounced the probe as a “well-planned conspiracy” to destroy BJP’s leading opponents with false charges.

The Chinese Communist Party on Wednesday announced the expulsion of Zhang Jinghua, former deputy party chief of Jiangsu province, on the unusual charge of having “faked economic figures for personal promotion and meddled in market activities in violation of relevant rules.”

Police in New Delhi questioned an Indian lawmaker on Thursday for allegedly taking bribes in exchange for the illegal issuance of visas for nearly 300 Chinese nationals in 2011 as part of a Chinese-funded power project in India’s Punjab state, the Times of India reported on Thursday.

Anaheim Mayor Harry Sidhu announced he has resigned from office in the midst of being accused of trying to shake down Angel Stadium officials

President Biden’s DHS disinformation chief Nina Jankowicz defended Hunter Biden’s corrupt dealings with Burisma Energy during a July 2020 interview, calling the Biden scion, known for crack addiction and selling influence, a “foreign expert.”

Tower Hamlets, London, has voted for Mohammad Lutfur Rahman — removed from office for “corrupt and illegal practices” in a 2014 election — as Mayor.

Former GOP Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich called the Bidens “corrupt” and compared them to a Mafia-style family in a radio interview.

Republican Joe Pinion, a former political news commentator who is challenging Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) for U.S. Senate, discussed the burning issues facing New Yorkers and Americans today as well as his run for Senate in a race to “change the trajectory of our politics.”

President Joe Biden or his communications team have denied outright, and deflected questions about, involvement in Hunter’s corrupt family business at least seven times.

A majority of voters believe President Joe Biden has been involved in the corrupt Biden family business that has raked in millions of dollars, a Monday Harris poll revealed.

Indonesian police recently arrested Dirjen Daglu, the director-general of foreign trade at the Indonesian Trade Ministry, for his alleged involvement in a corruption scheme that saw crude palm oil meant for cooking illegally exported out of Indonesia during the nation’s ongoing cooking oil shortage, Indonesian news website Coconuts Jakarta reported on Tuesday.

House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) has reportedly given multiple family members over $200,000 in campaign cash over the recent years.

Democrat New York Lieutenant Governor Brian Benjamin was arrested on Tuesday on a federal bribery conspiracy indictment, according to ABC News 7.

A witness who testified before a grand jury as part of a federal investigation into President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, was asked to identify the “big guy,” according to a New York Post report.

Protesters in Los Angeles, California, and Staten Island, New York, joined hundreds at home in Sri Lanka this week to demand that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his brother, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, resign amid catastrophic shortages of most basic goods.

Maternity care in England’s socialised National Health Service (NHS) has been deemed unsafe and ineffective following a damning official report that found mothers and babies died or were severely harmed due to “repeated failures” over decades.

The oversight committee of the Congress of Ecuador revealed in a 200-page report published on Wednesday the country lost about $3,60 per barrel of oil in a deal with China, resulting in total losses of nearly $5 billion.

Spain has not fully implemented any of the 19 anti-corruption measures recommended by Europe’s anti-corruption body GRECO, a report claims.

House Republican conference chairwoman Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) told Breitbart News exclusively that she expects not just Democrat President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, to face subpoenas in a GOP-controlled U.S. Congress next year, but potentially several other Biden family members.

Peru’s opposition-led Congress voted 76-41 on Monday to begin an impeachment trial against communist President Pedro Castillo over corruption charges.

Michael Madigan (D), the former speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives who held unchallenged power in the state for decades, was indicted Wednesday on federal racketeering charges, alleging that he participated in several bribery schemes.

Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg’s donors were rewarded with over $33 million in city contracts during his eight years as mayor of South Bend, Indiana, according to a Daily Mail report. 

A consortium of international journalists began reporting this weekend on the contents of a massive data leak from Credit Suisse that exposed 18,000 formerly secret bank accounts valued at over $100 billion in total.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on Wednesday placed a condition on banning congressional lawmakers from trading stocks.

Democrat Rep. Jahana Hayes (D-CT) used campaign funds to pay her family to manage “personal passwords and calendars.”

The fundraising group called “Friends of Jahana Hayes,” which works on behalf of vulnerable Democrat Rep. Jahana Hayes (CT), has reportedly paid her family members tens of thousands of dollars since she entered Congress.

Revelations made by Peter Schweizer in his bestseller “Red-Handed: How American Elites Get Rich Helping China Win” detailing how elites have enriched themselves by striking deals with communist China and, in the case of the Biden family, striking deals with individuals tied to the highest levels of Chinese intelligence, suggest “crimes against the United States of America,” and individuals involved must be “investigated and prosecuted,” House Freedom Caucus Chair Scott Perry (R-PA) told Breitbart News Saturday.

Sen. Marsha Blackburn said, “Democrats are being connected to Russian oligarchs and the CCP,” in light of revelations from Peter Schweizer’s new book.

Peter Schweizer’s Red-Handed  is “bulletproof” and “unbelievable,” Mark Levin said on Tuesday, praising the author as a “superhero.”

Sean Hannity said Peter Schweizer “has done it again” with his latest book, Red-Handed, praising it as a “must-read” and “phenomenal.”

Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn (TN) slammed President Joe Biden, stating he is loved by “Communist China” in light of shocking revelations from Peter Schweizer’s new book Red-Handed: How American Elites Get Rich Helping China Win.

Kazakhstan’s fuel riots escalated dramatically on Wednesday, as dozens of police and protesters were killed in street battles across western Kazakhstan and Almaty, the nation’s largest city. Russian state media claimed one of the 12 law enforcement officers killed was beheaded. In response, Russian President Vladimir Putin sent paratroopers into Kazakhstan on Thursday to restore order.