The Department of Justice on Monday revealed charges against a whistleblower who has said he is on the run because of the information he knows about the Biden family.
He’s an arms trafficker, according to the DOJ. He’s been a middleman for banned Iranian oil deals, the DOJ claims. And, according to the DOJ, he’s an operative for the Chinese Communist government.
Last week, energy security analyst Gal Luft released a video in which he said he met with Justice Department officials in Brussels in March 2019 and shared “insider knowledge about the group and the individuals that enriched the Biden family.”
The Department of Justice on Monday revealed charges against a whistleblower who has said he is on the run because of the information he knows about the Biden family.
He’s an arms trafficker, according to the DOJ. He’s been a middleman for banned Iranian oil deals, the DOJ claims. And, according to the DOJ, he’s an operative for the Chinese Communist government.
Last week, energy security analyst Gal Luft released a video in which he said he met with Justice Department officials in Brussels in March 2019 and shared “insider knowledge about the group and the individuals that enriched the Biden family.”
On Monday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York unsealed the indictment against Luft that had led to his arrest.
Luft, who holds American and Israeli citizenship, has been charged with willfully failing to register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act, arms trafficking, Iranian sanctions violations, and making false statements to federal agents, according to a Department of Justice release.
In the DOJ news release, U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said Luft “subverted foreign agent registration laws in the United States to seek to promote Chinese policies by acting through a former high-ranking U.S. Government official; he acted as a broker in deals for dangerous weapons and Iranian oil; and he told multiple lies about his crimes to law enforcement.”
The indictment claims that Luft and a “Chinese national” who “worked for a Chinese nongovernmental organization affiliated with a Chinese energy company,” worked with a former high-ranking U.S. official to publicly support policies favorable to China without registering as required.
The indictment said that after the election, Luft met with the former U.S. official to discuss possible roles in the incoming Trump administration and the potential for a quiet visit to China by the unnamed official.
The indictment claims Luft brokered arms deals that helped Chinese companies sell arms to Libya and Kenya and helped secure arms for the United Arab Emirates.
The indictment said that during a meeting with U.S. officials, Luft denied making money from the arms deals.
The indictment said Luft also sought to help Iran sell its oil and was a middleman connecting Iranian and Chinese officials who discussed energy deals.
The charges against Luft are: Conspiracy to violate the Foreign Agents Registration Act; conspiracy to violate the Arms Export Control Act; violation of the Arms Export Control Act (relating to Libya); violation of the Arms Export Control Act (relating to the United Arab Emirates); violation of the Arms Export Control Act (relating to Kenya); conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act; and two counts of making false statements.
If Luft is convicted, the charges carry a collective maximum of 100 years in prison.
In his video, Luft said he told the investigators he met with that “Hunter was closely associated with a very senior retired FBI official” and described his appearance.