"One of Hunter Biden’s former business partners referred to Joe Biden
as “the Big Guy” in a panicked message the same day The Post broke news
of the infamous laptop from hell left behind by the president’s son, The
Post has learned.
James Gilliar, a former British Special Forces officer with ties to UK intelligence services, discussed The Post’s exclusive report
with an unnamed person on Oct. 14, 2020, according to the message
provided by a whistleblower to GOP congressional investigators probing
the laptop.
In the message, Gilliar, 58, reassured the person that the
revelations about Biden’s apparent involvement in his son’s foreign
deals would not be damaging — regardless of the outcome of the 2020
presidential election.
Gilliar was asked if “Hunter and/or Joe or Joe’s campaign [would] try
to make it ‘Oh, we were never involved’ … and try to basically make us
collateral damage?”
“I don’t see how that would work for them…” Gilliar responded in the 6.07 p.m. message reviewed by The Post.
“I think in the scenario that he wins they would just leave sleeping dogs lie,” Gilliar added.
Gilliar had referenced the “big guy”
as he acted as the driving force behind Hunter and his uncle Jim
Biden’s planned multimillion dollar deal with Chinese energy
conglomerate CEFC.
In an email to Hunter, Jim and other partners on May 13, 2017, Gilliar
outlined an equity breakdown in which 10% of the lucrative CEFC joint
venture would be held by Hunter “for the big guy”. Another former associate of the first son, US Navy veteran Tony
Bobulinski, publicly declared in October 2020 that “big guy” was a
reference to President Biden – and alleged Biden was aware of, and
involved in, the planned CEFC deal.
Bobulinski, who gave the FBI all his messages and documents related
to the Biden family that same month, told the feds he met with Biden on
May 2, 2017 in the lobby bar of the Beverly Hilton with Hunter and Jim.
He said the purpose of the meeting was to be vetted for a trusted role as CEO of the joint venture with CEFC. At the end of the meeting, Bobulinski said Biden told him: ““Thank you
for helping my son… My son and my brother trust you emphatically, so I
trust you.”
Bobulinski claimed he had a second meeting the following morning with
Biden backstage at the Milken Institute Global Conference where the
then-former VP was speaking about cancer.
“Keep an eye on my son and brother and look out for my family,” Biden told him, according to Bobulinski.
Two weeks after the meeting, Gilliar sent Bobulinski an urgent
message on the encrypted WhatsApp messaging service on May 20, 2017,
warning him not to mention Biden’s involvement in the CEFC deal.
“Don’t mention Joe being involved, it’s only when u are face to face,
I know u know that but they are paranoid,” Gilliar told Bobulinksi in
the message.
The identity of the “big guy” was raised again recently when it was
brought up as part of the grand jury probe into Hunter’s business
dealings.
At least one witness who testified before the secret panel was asked
about the identity of the moniker mentioned in Gilliar’s email.
In the voicemail, Biden called his son to discuss
a New York Times article detailing Hunter’s dealings with a Chinese oil
tycoon accused of economic crimes — telling him, “I think you’re
clear.”
NYP
