; Honest Services Fraud relating to use of official position, 18 U.S.C. 1346 . (1) According to reports released by the U.S. House of Representatives Oversight and Accountability Committee (Oversight Committee) James Biden promised access to a future Biden Administration and “the highest levels of government” and that his brother Joe Biden had been made aware of his business dealings, which would be made profitable when it could become part of the Biden platform. James Biden would often explain over the phone that Joe Biden was in the room with him, and James Biden had been explaining the deal to him. (2) Also, according to reports released by the Oversight Committee, Hunter Biden, James Biden, Hallie Biden, and an unknown “Biden” and their companies collectively received $1.3 million in payments from accounts related to Rob Walker, a Biden family associate. On March 1, 2017, less than two months after Vice President Joe Biden left public office, State Energy HK Limited, a Chinese company, wired $3 million to Rob Walker’s company. The next day, the company wired $1,065,000 to a company associated with James Gilliar, another Biden family associate. Afterwards, the Biden family received approximately $1,065,000 in payments over a 3-month period in different bank accounts. From the bank records, it appears that the Biden family received approximately one-third of the money obtained from wires from China. (3) Previously, in a 2011 email, Hunter Biden described his value to Chinese investors as “everything to do with my last name”. In another correspondence with Chinese investors, Hunter said “we should be able to achieve a great deal. Just give me my marching orders”. (4) In 2014 Russian oligarch Elena Baturina paid a company connected to Hunter Biden over $3 million. Also in 2014, Elena Baturina attended a dinner with Hunter Biden and Joe Biden in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, DC. Notably, Elana Baturina, one of Russia’s wealthiest individuals, has not been included in the Treasury Department sanctions