FILE PHOTO: Then-U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden attend an NCAA basketball game between Georgetown University and Duke University in Washington, U.S., January 30, 2010. Picture taken January 30, 2010. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
NBC: Sen. Johnson releases findings of Hunter Biden probe alleging conflict of interest
The GOP-led probe found Hunter Biden's position on an energy company to be "awkward" for U.S. officials but found no evidence that it affected policy.
WASHINGTON — Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Ron Johnson on Wednesday released the findings of a GOP-led probe into Hunter Biden's role with a Ukrainian energy company while his father, Joe Biden, was vice president — an effort Johnson, a Wisconsin Republican, has repeatedly said hopes will affect the November election.
The “conflicts of interest” report concludes that U.S. officials found Hunter Biden’s role on the board of a Ukrainian energy company, Burisma, to be “very awkward” for those in the Obama administration who were at the time pushing an anti-corruption agenda in Ukraine and that Hunter Biden received millions of dollars from sitting on the board of the company.
The report, though, provides no evidence that Hunter Biden’s position affected U.S. policy.
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WNU Editor: The media is circling the wagons to protect the Bidens, saying that it is either old news or unsubstantiated. Here is an example from the AP ....
.... it offered no evidence to support one of President Donald Trump’s more incendiary allegations — that Joe Biden pressured Ukraine to fire its top prosecutor as a way to protect his son.
But the problem for the Biden campaign is that there is a lot of evidence out there that shows Hunter Biden profiting from his father's ties to these foreign governments, and I would think it would justify an independent investigation and/or special prosecutor to investigate it more thoroughly. The Daily Wire lists some of the more disturbing discoveries from this Senate investigation .... BREAKING: Hunter Biden Received Millions From Wife Of Ex-Moscow Mayor, Paid Suspects Allegedly Tied To Trafficking, Had Contacts With Individuals Linked To Chinese Military, Senate Report Alleges (Daily Wire).
The US Senate report is here .... Hunter Biden, Burisma, and Corruption: The Impacton U.S.Government Policy and Related Concerns
More News On The U.S. Senate Releasing Its Explosive Report On Numerous Conflicts Of Interests Involving Joe Biden's Son
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Hunter Biden’s Ukraine Work Raised Concerns With Obama Officials, GOP-Led Probe Confirms -- WSJ
Senate Report Details Hunter Biden’s Extensive Foreign Business Dealings — and Obama Officials’ Efforts to Ignore Them -- National Review
Senate GOP report attacks Bidens with previously aired allegations of conflicts of interest -- CNN
GOP senators' anti-Biden report repackages old claims -- Politico
Senate Republicans release explosive report on Hunter Biden, Burisma -- NYPost
Senate Report Says Joe Biden Allowed Family to Enrich Themselves Abroad While He Was VP -- Breitbart
