Hunter Biden revealed longtime business partner was VP Biden's 'close confidant and counsel' in 2014 email

FIRST ON FOX: Hunter Biden admitted successful 2014 that his longtime business partner was a "close confidant and counsel" to then-Vice President Joe Biden, according to an email from his infamous abandoned laptop that was verified by Fox News Digital. 

In February 2014, Eric Schwerin, nan president of since-dissolved finance money Rosemont Seneca Partners, emailed Hunter Biden asking him to reappraisal a missive of proposal that he wrote connected behalf of then-Vice President Biden and was readying to nonstop to his agency to beryllium reviewed.

"Can you return a speedy look astatine nan attached? I americium going to nonstop it to your Dad (via Kathy) tomorrow and wanted to make judge you deliberation this isn’t excessively complete nan apical and that you deliberation your Dad would beryllium comfortable sending it," Schwerin wrote successful a Feb. 18 email, referring to Kathy Chung, nan vice president’s executive assistant. "I americium not bully astatine penning these things."

One email referenced nan missive of proposal was for "CFR," which could mention to nan Council connected Foreign Relations, but Fox News Digital could not corroborate this is what nan acronym was referring to.

Longtime Hunter Biden business partner Eric Schwerin asked Hunter if he had reviewed a proposal missive that he had written connected behalf of then-Vice President Joe Biden, according to a 2014 email. (Fox News Digital)

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On Feb. 19, a time later, Schwerin followed up pinch Hunter Biden successful a abstracted email concatenation astir whether he had reviewed nan missive of proposal connected behalf of his dad, prompting nan younger Biden to say, "Haven't looked yet." On Feb. 22, Hunter Biden responded to Schwerin’s first email, saying that nan proposal missive was "good," but suggested that he should "tone down nan ‘he and my son’ parts" pinch "he" referring to Schwerin.

Hunter Biden admitted successful a 2014 email that his longtime business partner Eric Schwerin was a "close confidant and counsel" to then-Vice President Joe Biden. (Fox News Digital)

"I deliberation it's amended to conscionable attraction connected nan truth that you person been a adjacent confidant and counsel to him and conscionable opportunity location thing for illustration ‘as a business partner pinch my boy astatine Rosemont Seneca…,’" Hunter responded.

Schwerin responded a fewer hours later thanking Hunter and saying his proposal was nan portion he was "unsure" astir and "was trying to make judge nan scholar understood location was a existent narration [and] that it wasn't conscionable a missive he was penning for a friend of a friend aliases something." It is unclear whether Schwerin was successful pinch nan proposal letter.

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Schwerin has been named successful dozens of news reports complete nan past mates of years for his adjacent ties to nan Biden family and his engagement successful overseas business dealings pinch Hunter, who has been nether national investigation since 2018. However, he has not been accused of committing a crime.

President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden, measurement disconnected Air Force One, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023, astatine Hancock Field Air National Guard Base successful Syracuse, New York.  (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Last week, a spokesperson for nan House Oversight Committee told Fox News Digital that they were "in interaction pinch Eric Schwerin’s lawyer and expect him to commencement producing documents to nan Oversight Committee soon."

The committee this period asked Hunter Biden and Schwerin to move complete accusation and records related to Hunter’s overseas business dealings arsenic Republicans probe whether members of nan Biden family leveraged Joe Biden's position arsenic vice president to ''sell entree astir nan world."

President Biden has many times said he had nary knowledge of his son’s business dealings, contempt Fox News Digital antecedently reporting that he met pinch astatine slightest 14 of Hunter’s business associates while vice president, including Schwerin, who visited nan White House at slightest 27 times betwixt 2009 and 2016.

One of Schwerin's visits – connected Nov.17, 2010 – was a sit-down pinch Vice President Biden successful nan West Wing and aggregate different meetings included those pinch apical Biden aides. On May 14, 2016, Vice President Biden attended a meal statement hosted by Schwerin astatine an Italian edifice successful nan Chinatown vicinity of Washington, D.C.

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Schwerin has besides been instrumental successful managing nan finances of Hunter and nan Biden family. Kathleen Buhle, who was joined to Hunter Biden from 1993 to 2017, released her memoir past summer, wherever she revealed Schwerin "managed almost each facet of our financial life," including Joe Biden.

President Biden speaks astatine nan University of Tampa connected Feb. 9, 2023. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

In summation to managing nan finances for nan Bidens, Schwerin was besides instrumental successful nan readying process for Biden's life aft nan Obama administration, including nan Biden Institute and room astatine nan University of Delaware. Schwerin was successful connection pinch Biden's sister and longtime run manager, Valerie Biden Owens, successful July 2016, telling Hunter, Owens, longtime Biden confidante Ted Kaufman, and Delaware’s now-chief lawman lawyer wide Alexander Mackler that he and Hunter had a gathering pinch aggregate University of Delaware officials.

"We suggested that location would beryllium 3-4 group that we would want to bring connected committee starting successful nan Fall to get nan Center up and running.  Because these positions would person to beryllium advertised, location was immoderate talk of having UD motion a consulting statement pinch a abstracted LLC that would salary for nan first 3-4 unit connected a short word (4-6 month) basis," Schwerin wrote successful nan email. "UD is looking into whether that is feasible but they liked nan idea.  The 3-4 group could see Valerie, a interim Director, a Program Director and an Administrative Assistant."

Hunter Biden's longtime business partner Eric Schwerin sent an email successful July 2016 detailing a gathering he and Hunter Biden had pinch University of Delaware officials regarding then-Vice President Biden's plans aft his tenure arsenic vice president. (Fox News Digital)

In April 2022, Republicans connected nan House Committee connected Oversight and Reform sent a missive to Schwerin demanding accusation regarding an alleged 2010 transportation of then-Vice President Biden’s taxation refund cheque to his son, arsenic elaborate successful a 2010 email.

"Your Dad's Delaware taxation refund cheque came today," Schwerin wrote successful an email to Hunter connected June 10, 2010. "I americium depositing it successful his relationship and penning a cheque successful that magnitude backmost to you since he owes it to you.  Don't deliberation I request to tally it by him, but if you want to spell ahead.  If not, I will deposit tomorrow."

Republicans said nan email raised questions astir what domiciled Hunter played successful his father’s finances.

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"If President Biden and Hunter are sharing costs aliases if President Biden is successful indebtedness to his son—the American group merit to cognize it particularly successful ray of nan millions of dollars Hunter’s businesses person received from countries adversarial to U.S. interests," they wrote astatine nan time.

The White House, Schwerin and Hunter Biden’s lawyer did not respond to Fox News Digital’s requests for comment.

Fox News' Kelly Laco, Brianna Herlihy and Haley Chi-Sing contributed reporting.