Hunter Biden was once tied up in an eyebrow-raising proposal to sell off land around the US Embassy in Romania to a group that included a Chinese company — as part of an effort to help a Romanian real estate tycoon beat corruption charges.

The scandal-scarred former first son — whose ties to Romania date back to when his father, Joe Biden, was vice-president — became involved in the proposal after he agreed in 2015 to help Romanian developer, Gabriel Popoviciu, fight criminal charges, the New York Times reported.

The deal, which came about after Biden had already left office, was floated in an apparent attempt to convince Romanian prosecutors to drop the real estate fraud case against Popoviciu . 5

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It centered on Popoviciu potentially handing over a significant portion o

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