Since the Biden Institute was established in 2017, the University of Delaware has received $6,704,250 in funding from China, $23,610,996 from Saudi Arabia, $2,513,646 from Oman and $1,673,847 from Turkey, according to data from the U.S. Department of Education. …

The University of Delaware has declined to disclose the Biden Institute’s donors and told the Free Beacon in 2020 that these records are not subject to public information laws because the Biden Institute is privately funded.

Government watchdogs said the University of Delaware’s secrecy over the Biden Institute’s funding raises questions about whether any foreign funds have gone to the think tank, which is chaired by Biden’s sister, Valerie Biden Owens, and has employed some of his top aides and political allies.

[Reminds one of the Clinton Foundation, does it not? It provided a disclosure-free arrangement that allowed the Clintons to get tons of cash and keep the main part of their political machine employed before Hillary ran for president — twice (2008 for the nomination). Is that illegal? No, but it raised foreign-influence questions then and does now. — Ed]