President Biden rents Lake Tahoe dwelling from 2020 main foe Tom Steyer
By Jordan Fabian | Bloomberg
President Joe Biden and his household are vacationing at a Lake Tahoe dwelling belonging to billionaire Tom Steyer, whom Biden defeated within the 2020 Democratic presidential race.
The non-public dwelling, owned by Steyer and his spouse Kat Taylor, is situated within the Glenbrook group on the east aspect of the lake, a well-liked vacationer vacation spot straddling California and Nevada. The Bidens are renting the home “for truthful market worth,” the White Home stated in a press release.
Steyer is an investor, environmental activist and Democratic megadonor. He suspended his presidential marketing campaign in February 2020 after putting a distant third within the South Carolina Democratic main gained by Biden.
The Tahoe house is situated in a gated neighborhood. The median itemizing dwelling value in July in Glenbrook was $8.4 million, based on Realtor.com.
The president and first woman Jill Biden plan to spend the week at Lake Tahoe with their household. They arrived late Friday on Air Drive One after President Biden hosted a summit assembly at Camp David with the leaders of Japan and South Korea, and plan to depart subsequent Saturday.
A number of Biden family — together with his daughter Ashley, grandchildren Maisy and Naomi and the latter’s husband, Peter Neal — additionally flew on the presidential jet. Biden’s son Hunter, his spouse Melissa Cohen and their son Beau had been already on the dwelling when the president landed, based on the White Home.
The journey comes one week after Lawyer Common Merrick Garland made David Weiss, the federal prosecutor investigating Hunter Biden, a particular counsel with the intention to proceed the probe after a plea deal collapsed with the president’s son on tax and gun expenses.
The president and first woman will pause their getaway Monday to journey to Maui, the place wildfires killed no less than 114 individuals and destroyed the seaside city of Lahaina. They may meet with federal, state and native officers, tour fire-damaged areas and converse with survivors and first responders, based on the White Home.
Biden vacationed earlier this month in Rehoboth Seaside, Delaware, the place he owns a house. He acquired criticism whereas on the seashore final weekend when he curtly responded “no remark” to reporters who requested in regards to the dying toll in Maui.
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