by Frank Holmes, reporter
Joe Biden has gotten nothing but bad news recently.
From the opening of an impeachment inquiry, to falling poll numbers, to horrible coverage from his formerly adoring media, Biden is in rough shape—mentally, physically, and politically.
But the decision to open an impeachment inquiry buried a story that has the Bidens losing sleep: All the documentation of their alleged dirty dealing in Ukraine is about to go public… at the start of a presidential election.
On Tuesday — the same day as the impeachment inquiry gave investigators new subpoena powers — Republicans announced they would demand all records of Joe Biden’s role in having Ukraine fire a prosecutor who was investigating his son’s business, Viktor Shokin.
The House Oversight Committee announced on social media that its chairman “is requesting Secretary of State Antony Blinken to provide information on then-Vice President Biden’s sudden shift on Ukraine policy that just so happens to coincide with Hunter’s business interests.”
The House’s top investigative committee pointed out that, “by his own admission, Joe Biden said he made the removal of Prosecutor General Shokin – the man leading the investigation into Burisma, Hunter’s cash cow – a condition for Ukraine to receive a critical $1 billion loan guarantee.”
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In 2018, Joe Biden publicly boasted about his central role in having Ukrainian prosecutor Viktor Shokin fired.
By his own admission, Joe Biden said he made the removal of Prosecutor General Shokin – the man leading the investigation into Burisma, Hunter’s cash… pic.twitter.com/jDGNtpO5pg
— Oversight Committee (@GOPoversight) September 12, 2023
The demand letter from committee chairman James Comer, R-Ky., is absolutely devastating for how clearly it lays out the evidence.
In March 2014, a French bank reported Burisma Holdings Ltd. for “suspicion of money laundering,” because it tried to move $23 million from Cyprus to the UK using a French bank as an intermediary.
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That caused Burisma and its CEO, Mykola Zlochevsky, a headache they needed help solving.
One month later, the money allegedly started flowing to the Biden family.
In April 2014, Burisma hired the son of the vice president, Hunter Biden, to sit on its board for a whopping $1 million a year, or $83,333 a month… and that may be the tip of the iceberg.
Whistleblowers say Zlochevsky privately complained that he paid the Bidens $10 million — $5 million to Hunter Biden and another $5 million to The Big Guy himself, Vice President Joe Biden — to make the problem go away.
Viktor Shokin turned his eyes on the fishy business dealings of Burisma from the moment he became a prosecutor on February 10, 2015.
Private communications from Hunter to Joe show that Hunter lobbied his dad to make a change…and Joe’s own account show that he listened.
Joe Biden participated in a call about kicking Shokin out of his job as a prosecutor—and solving his son’s client’s problems—on November 5, 2015.
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By late 2015, Biden told the Ukrainian president, who at that time was Petro Poroshenko, that he wouldn’t give him a billion dollars in U.S. taxpayer funds unless Poroshenko fired Shokin.
“Well son of a bitch!” Biden yelled at a Council on Foreign Relations meeting remembering his triumphant moment of cronyism. “He got fired.”
But that set off alarm bells. “The timing of these events is notable to the Committee,” says Comer’s letter to Blinken.
He’s demanding Blinken turn over “all documents and communications—including transcripts and notes (handwritten or otherwise)—made in the course of phone calls between then-Vice President Biden and Ukrainian officials.”
Once that evidence comes in, Comer will share it with the public—just like he has all the other evidence he’s found.
Comer’s investigations are the reason the Speaker of the House agreed to start impeachment inquiries—as the speaker admitted this week.
“There are serious and credible allegations into President Biden’s conduct—none of which would be known if not for current House investigations,” said Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., on Wednesday.
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McCarthy promised, “We will continue to fight for the transparency and accountability the American people demand and deserve.”
There are serious and credible allegations into President Biden’s conduct—none of which would be known if not for current House investigations.
We will continue to fight for the transparency and accountability the American people demand and deserve. pic.twitter.com/MCo08TaJwJ
— Kevin McCarthy (@SpeakerMcCarthy) September 13, 2023
Frank Holmes is a veteran journalist and an outspoken conservative that talks about the news that was in his weekly article, “On The Holmes Front.”