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Martin Pengelly in Washington

‘Missing witness’ who accuses Biden of China corruption charged with being China agent

President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden.
President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden. Photograph: Andrew Harnik/AP

A US thinktank chief who accuses Joe Biden of China-linked corruption involving his son, Hunter Biden, and who has been presented by Republicans as a “missing” witness against the president, was charged with China-linked offenses including failing to register as a foreign agent, arms trafficking and violations of sanctions on Iran.

Gal Luft, 57 and a dual US-Israeli citizen, is co-director of the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security (IAGS), based in Maryland, near Washington.

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