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Hunter Biden, Burisma, and Corruption:
The Impact on U.S. Government Policy and Related Concerns

U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

U.S. Senate Committee on Finance
Majority Staff Report
drive.google.com/file/d/1hWM99d…

Key findings ⬇️

The direct involvement of Hunter Biden and Heinz in the acquisition of Henniges by the Chinese government creates a potential conflict of interest. Both are directly related to high- ranking Obama administration officials.

THE VICE PRESIDENT’S OFFICE AND STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS
WERE AWARE OF BUT IGNORED CONCERNS RELATING TO HUNTER
BIDEN’S ROLE ON BURISMA’S BOARD.

Hunter Biden’s association with Burisma continued to be an “awkward” conflict of
interest State Department officials had to manage.

Kent raised Hunter Biden’s connection to Burisma during multiple discussions over emails involving the Municipal Energy Reform Program (MERP)

More than one year after Kent reported his concerns about Hunter Biden to the vice president’s office, he once again raised the issue — this time to his superiors at the
State Department

Hochstein spoke to Vice President Biden about concerns relating to Hunter Biden’s role on Burisma’s board because, according to Hochstein, Russians were using it to
advance disinformation.

According to testimony and public reports, Hochstein, then-U.S. Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs, raised concerns about Hunter Biden’s role on, Burisma’s board directly to Vice President Biden. Nuland told the Committees:

During the November 2015 conversation with Hunter Biden, Hochstein did not
recommend that Hunter leave Burisma’s board because he did not “believe that was my place to have that discussion, one way or the other.”

Hunter Biden’s role on Burisma’s board hindered the efforts of dedicated career-service
individuals who were fighting for anticorruption measures in Ukraine.

Because the vice president’s son had a direct link to a corrupt company and its owner, State Department officials
were required to maintain situational awareness of Hunter Biden’s association with Burisma.

SECRETARY OF STATE JOHN KERRY FALSELY CLAIMED HE HAD NO
KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HUNTER BIDEN’S ROLE ON BURISMA’S BOARD.

In May 2014, Wade, Secretary Kerry’s chief of staff, briefed him about press inquiries relating to Heinz, Hunter Biden, and Burisma.

In May 2014, State Department staff sent news articles to Secretary Kerry relating to Hunter Biden and Burisma.

Kerry’s Dec 2019 denial of having any knowledge about Hunter or Burisma is inconsistent with the evidence uncovered by the Committees.
This appears to be yet another example of high-ranking Obama administration officials blatantly ignoring Hunter Biden’s association with Burisma

STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS VIEWED ZLOCHEVSKY AS A
CORRUPT, “ODIOUS OLIGARCH,” BUT VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN WAS
ADVISED NOT TO ACCUSE ZLOCHEVSKY OF CORRUPTION.

State Department officials viewed Zlochevsky and Burisma as corrupt.

Biden’s son joins Ukrainian gas producer board
Published: May 14, 2014

Thank u @mykidzmomma for getting this 😊
marketwatch.com/amp/story/bide…

Vice President Biden’s staff recommended he not link Zlochevsky with corruption.

Witnesses highlighted efforts by certain U.S. officials to enable a successful investigation of Zlochevsky, and the U.S. decision to condition a $1bn loan guarantee was made in part because of the then-Ukrainian prosecutor general’s failure to pursue a case against Zlochevsky

WHILE HUNTER BIDEN SERVED ON BURISMA’S BOARD, BURISMA’S
OWNER, ZLOCHEVSKY, ALLEGEDLY PAID A $7 MILLION BRIBE TO
UKRAINE’S PROSECUTOR GENERAL’S OFFICE TO CLOSE THE CASE.

Kent asked a Department of Justice (DOJ) official posted at U.S. Embassy Kyiv to set up
a high-level meeting with the PGO. According to Kent, the goal of this meeting was for U.S.officials to raise the money-laundering case against Burisma’s owner, Zlochevsky

Kent secured a Feb. 3, 2015,110 appointment with the First Deputy Prosecutor General, who was the
“number two prosecutor in the country at the time, Anatoliy Danylenko

Based on Kent’s testimony, the alleged $7 million bribe from Zlochevsky to Ukraine’s
PGO likely occurred while Hunter Biden was on Burisma’s board.
The Committees requested information from the FBI about what, if any, actions it took in regard to this allegation

HUNTER BIDEN: A U.S. SECRET SERVICE PROTECTEE WHILE ON
BURISMA’S BOARD

During his December 2013 trip to China, during which Hunter Biden flew on Air Force Two,
Hunter Biden admitted he met with a Chinese banker

According to news reports, Hunter
Biden appeared to be conducting his own private business during this specific trip and was working to secure a deal in the hopes of creating a Chinese equity fund

Hunter Biden scheduled hundreds of trips while he was a protectee. He was a Burisma board member while a protectee. Whether Hunter Biden conducted additional private business, dealings while a protectee is unknown.

Further, the Committees do not know why Hunter Biden
declined USSS protection, and whether or not media scrutiny was a factor for Hunter to decline
protection in July 2014.

OBAMA ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS AND A DEMOCRAT LOBBYING FIRM HAD CONSISTENT AND SIGNIFICANT CONTACT WITH FORMER UKRAINIAN OFFICIAL ANDRII TELIZHENKO.

Interactions between Obama NSC official Elisabeth Zentos and Andrii Telizhenko.

Blue Star Strategies’ relationship with Andrii Telizhenko.

Blue Star takes Telizhenko’s recommendation to remove Burisma’s name to secure
a June 2016 meeting with the PGO.

Messages exchanged between Sally Painter (white background) and
Andrii Telizhenko (green background)

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