Joe Biden himself has bragged, on video, that by threatening to withhold $1 billion in aid money (loan guarantees), he got the Ukrainian government to fire the prosecutor who was investigating the company that had hired his son Hunter Biden for $50K per month. Said Biden in 2018,
Ukraine buckled under that threat and fired the prosecutor. If that's not quid pro quo, what is?
Hunter Biden had no apparent skills that would justify sitting on the board of Burisma, much less any skills that would justify a salary of $50K per month. It is revealing that Burisma hired Hunter Biden after the prosecutor, Viktor Shokin, began to investigate the company, which of course suggests that Hunter Biden was hired in the hope that his hiring would persuade Joe Biden to demand that the prosecutor be fired and/or that Hunter would persuade his dad to do so.
Biden's claim that he and his son never discussed his involvement with Burisma at the time is contradicted by his son's own statements:
According To Hunter Biden, Joe Biden Lied About Ukraine
And, of course, now we know that in 2015 even Obama's State Department raised concerns about Hunter Biden's Ukraine dealings, but a Biden staffer shut down the objections:
A state official reportedly raised concerns about Hunter Biden's Ukraine work in 2015. A Biden staffer shut him down.
https://nypost.com/2019/10/18/state-department-official-raised-concerns-about-hunter-biden/
Gee, what do you call that?
And Democrats are mad because Trump asked Ukraine to investigate their end of this clearly corrupt affair?
I said, I’m telling you, you’re not getting the billion dollars. I said, you’re not getting the billion. I’m going to be leaving here in, I think it was about six hours. I looked at them and said: I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money. (FLASHBACK, 2018: Joe Biden Brags At CFR Meeting About Withholding Aid To Ukraine To Force Firing Of Prosecutor)
Ukraine buckled under that threat and fired the prosecutor. If that's not quid pro quo, what is?
Hunter Biden had no apparent skills that would justify sitting on the board of Burisma, much less any skills that would justify a salary of $50K per month. It is revealing that Burisma hired Hunter Biden after the prosecutor, Viktor Shokin, began to investigate the company, which of course suggests that Hunter Biden was hired in the hope that his hiring would persuade Joe Biden to demand that the prosecutor be fired and/or that Hunter would persuade his dad to do so.
. . . the allegation that has been . . . that Zlochevsky [of Burisma] hired Hunter Biden after the allegations surfaced in order to evade charges in the hopes that Hunter might use his influence to persuade his dad to push for the firing of the prosecutor, Viktor Shokin (Burisma Timeline Just Leads To More Questions About Hunter Biden).
Biden's claim that he and his son never discussed his involvement with Burisma at the time is contradicted by his son's own statements:
According To Hunter Biden, Joe Biden Lied About Ukraine
And, of course, now we know that in 2015 even Obama's State Department raised concerns about Hunter Biden's Ukraine dealings, but a Biden staffer shut down the objections:
A state official reportedly raised concerns about Hunter Biden's Ukraine work in 2015. A Biden staffer shut him down.
https://nypost.com/2019/10/18/state-department-official-raised-concerns-about-hunter-biden/
Gee, what do you call that?
And Democrats are mad because Trump asked Ukraine to investigate their end of this clearly corrupt affair?