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In case you missed it: A Ukrainian businessman admitted to the Times yesterday that he was asked to lie about Hunter Biden’s business dealings in order to damage Joe Biden’s reputation.
Here’s why it matters (1) https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/i-was-asked-to-lie-about-hunter-biden-admits-ukrainian-businessman-853krxgtz?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1605026165
Here’s why it matters (1) https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/i-was-asked-to-lie-about-hunter-biden-admits-ukrainian-businessman-853krxgtz?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1605026165
Joe Biden’s last surviving son, Hunter, previously sat on the board of Ukraine’s largest private gas company, Burisma in 2014.
At the same time his father, the then vice-president, was leading American policy in the region. (2)
At the same time his father, the then vice-president, was leading American policy in the region. (2)
In December 2015 Joe Biden warned then-Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko that the Obama administration would withhold $1 billion in loan guarantees if he did not fire Vikor Shokin, the country’s prosecutor general, who was widely considered corrupt. (3)
Prior to this, Burisma had been investigated for money laundering and tax evasion during the period between 2010 and 2012. (3)
When it became clear that Joe Biden would become the Democratic nominee for president, the Trump campaign began to accuse Joe Biden of strong-arming Poroshenko into sacking Shokin in order to protect Hunter, rather than root out corruption (4)
Throughout this period the President’s attorney, Rudy Giuliani, alongside two associates Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, attempted to locate compromising material on Hunter Biden whilst operating a client protection service called Fraud Guarantee. (5)
Both Parnas and Fruman have since been charged with wire fraud and attempting to use Fraud Guarantee as a conduit to direct money from a foreign government to U.S. politicians in relation to Ukraine. (6)
