The center, located in Washington, DC., opened in February 2018.
Penn paid Joe Biden more than $900K between the time he left his VP slot and returned to the White House as President. Joe Biden didn’t teach regular classes or have a defined role at Penn. But the school was likely paying him for the prestige of associating with a former vice president and global figure.
The Ivy League university received a large donation of $14.5 million in May 2018, records show.
Penn denies wrongdoing
A University of Pennsylvania spokesman denied any anonymous Chinese money had gone directly to the Biden center.
“The Penn Biden Center has never solicited or received any gifts from any Chinese or other foreign entity. In fact, the University has never solicited any gifts for the Center,” Stephen McCarthy said.
However, he would not disclose the identity of the Chinese donors. And did not say how the Chinese cash was spent by the University.
