Eric Schwerin, Hunter Biden’s business partner, testified before lawmakers on Capitol Hill that President Joe Biden used an email alias, “Robinware456,” to discuss business deals while serving as Vice President under Obama. Schwerin stated that he was not fully aware of Biden’s exact role in the family business. During a transcribed interview with the House Oversight and Judiciary Committees in January, Schwerin revealed that he handled administrative and bookkeeping tasks for Biden related to household finances from 2009 to 2017.
Additionally, he assisted Biden’s accountants with tax preparation and financial disclosure statements. The committees recently released the transcript of Schwerin’s testimony, where it was disclosed that Biden used email aliases and private addresses to communicate with Hunter, Schwerin, and other business associates between 2010 and 2019.
While Biden held the position of vice president, the majority of email communication occurred. The House Ways & Means Committee, in collaboration with the Oversight and Judiciary Committees, revealed that out of the total emails, 54 were exclusively exchanged between Joe Biden and Schwerin.
Schwerin, as described by the Ways & Means Committee, is known as the mastermind behind the Biden family’s shell companies. In the course of his recorded interview, Schwerin was questioned about the association of the email address “Robinware456” with Joe Biden.
“Yes,” Schwerin said.
“That’s Joe Biden?” a committee investigator asked.
“Correct,” Schwerin testified.
He additionally recognized an email address under the name “Hurricane5155” belonging to Valerie Biden, and “261penn” linked to Beau Biden. Schwerin further mentioned that he believed “Robert.L.Peters” was another email address connected to Joe Biden.
“I believe, when I personally emailed him, it was through that ‘Robinware’ email address,” Schwerin testified.
He clarified that the email address was designated as a “personal Gmail account” and assured that communication would also take place through a personal Gmail account. In the meantime, Schwerin mentioned that he crossed paths with Hunter Biden during his tenure in the Clinton administration at the Commerce Department.
Upon exiting public service, Schwerin teamed up with the former vice president’s son at a legal and lobbying establishment. Schwerin, alongside Hunter Biden and other associates, established Rosemont Seneca Partners.
He described the company as a “consulting and investment firm that offered development and public policy advisory services to a wide range of clients.”
“In the course of performing these duties, I had the ability to view transactions both into and out of Vice President Biden’s bank accounts while he was vice president,” Schwerin said in his opening statement.
“Based on that insight, I am not aware of any financial transactions or compensation that Vice President Biden received related to business conducted by any of his family members or their associates nor any involvement by him in their businesses. None.”
Schwerin also said he “cannot recall any requests for Vice President Biden to take any official action on behalf of any of Hunter’s clients or his business deals – foreign or domestic.”
“In fact, I am not aware of any role that Vice President Biden, as a public official or a private citizen, had in any of Hunter’s business activities. None,” he said.
Schwerin also testified in regard to his dealings with Biden, saying, he “never asked him to take any official actions for the benefit of Hunter’s clients or any other client.”
“Furthermore, I have no recollection of any promises or suggestions made by Hunter or myself to any clients or business associates that his father would take any official actions on their behalf. None,” he said.
“In my discussions with the Vice President concerning his personal finances, he was always crystal clear that he wanted to take the most transparent and ethical approach consistent with both the spirit and the letter of the law.”
Schwerin added: “Given my awareness of his finances and the explicit directions he gave to his financial advisers, the allegation that he would engage in any improper conduct to benefit himself or his family is preposterous to me.”
Schwerin confirmed that he had engaged in “conversations” regarding Joe Biden’s plans post his term as vice president.
“Did you ever have any conversations with Hunter Biden or anyone else about jobs for Joe Biden post-vice presidency?” a congressional investigator asked.
“I don’t know about jobs per se, but we did have discussions as to what — about what his dad might be doing post-vice presidency,” Schwerin said.
He noted that there were “two efforts, I know, going on related to the University of Delaware and the University of Pennsylvania.”
“There was a point in which I and Hunter were a little more involved in the discussions related to the University of Delaware, and there were institutes set up and whether — how it would all be structured and things like that,” he said.
