By: Don Driggers

New York Post reporter Jennifer Gould has the exclusive report of a Manhattan penthouse tied to a bankrupt Mar-a-Lago member and Chinese exile — and is now on the market for $32.5 million.

The self-exiled Chinese businessman, Guo Wengui, was also involved in the Hunter Biden laptop scandal, and is allegedly tied to Steve Bannon.

A lawyer for Hunter Biden has threatened to sue him over his alleged disseminating material reputedly copied from Biden’s laptop. In a letter sent  earlier in February high-powered attorney Abbe Lowell demanded that Guo preserve any evidence that might be relevant to such a suit.

While the beneficial ownership of the property is currently in dispute, self-exiled Guo Wengui — also known as Miles Kwok — received a glowing personal recommendation letter from former British Prime Minister Tony Blair when Guo negotiated the purchase of the home at the Sherry-Netherland, 781 Fifth Ave., for $67.5 million in 2015 reports The New York Post. Guo tried to flip it later that year for $86 million, according to StreetEasy.

The New York Post reports that Blair  wrote online in 2015, “Miles is dependable, sincere and extremely responsible as an individual; conducting himself with dignity and intelligence … Miles is honest, forthright and has impeccable taste. I would highly recommend him to your building.” But since then, Guo’s repeated claims on social media that COVID-19 vaccines are “fake” have embarrassed Blair, according to the Daily Mail.

The apartment is described by The New York Post as a 15-room apartment, which comes with more than $70,000 a month in maintenance fees, has been price-chopped ever since listing for that sum in 2015, StreetEasy records also show. The extravagant residence, with sweeping views of Central Park — as well as three planted terraces and a library with a wet bar — had previously hit the market for $95 million in 2012.

Guo built a real estate empire in China before landing on US shores in 2014 ahead of corruption charges — after a mutually beneficial relationship with a Chinese intelligence official landed him in hot water.

From this perch, according to Mansion Global, Guo also live-streamed about corruption and other so-called top secrets in China, reportedly including a post that alleged the Chinese military spread COVID-19.

Guo claims his children own the penthouse and that profits from the penthouse sale can’t be used to pay off creditors. “The co-op doesn’t care who owns it, since they have money from Guo to pay the maintenance fees until it sells,” a Sherry-Netherland source told Gimme Shelter.

One of Guo’s lawyers declined to comment. Others did not return calls from The New York Post at press time.

The listing broker, Serena Boardman of Sotheby’s International Realty, declined to comment to The New York Post.

Guo, an exiled Chinese billionaire businessman who became a political activist and controls Beijing Zenith Holdings (via proxies Li Lin and Jiang Yuehua), and other assets.

At the peak of his career, he was the 73rd richest person in China. Guo was accused of corruption and other misdeeds by the Chinese authorities and fled to the United States in late 2014, after learning he was going to be arrested under allegations of bribery, kidnapping, money laundering, fraud and rape.

Guo claims the charges are politically motivated and are a product of a campaign of political retribution carried out against him by the Chinese government.