Penn Biden Center Where Classified Documents Were Found Is a ‘Dark Money Nightmare’

When Joe Biden rode off into the sunset at the end of his two terms as vice president, he needed something to occupy his time when he wasn’t playing on the Delaware beach. So he backed the formation of the Joe Biden Center at the University of Pennsylvania. Known now as the Penn Biden Center, it’s not exactly clear what the center does or is supposed to do.

The Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement hired Biden as an “honorary professor” from 2017-2019. He taught no classes, but his connection to the think tank certainly opened the spigot of donations to the university from one interested party: China.

The National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC) claims the college received $54.6 million in donations from China between 2014 through June 2019, including $23.1 million in 2016. “The Penn Biden Center is a dark money, revolving door nightmare where foreign competitors like China donated millions of dollars to the university so that they could have access to future high-ranking officials,” said Tom Anderson, director of the Government Integrity Project at the Virginia-based National Legal and Policy Center.

“The Penn Biden Center has never solicited or received any gifts from any Chinese or other foreign entity,” a spokesman for the University of Pennsylvania, Stephen MacCarthy, told the New York Post. “In fact, the University has never solicited any gifts for the Center. Since its inception in 2017, there have been three unsolicited gifts (from two donors) which combined total [sic] $1,100. Both donors are Americans. One hundred percent of the budget for the Penn Biden Center comes from university funds.” – READ MORE