THREAD — America First Legal sued the National Archives to obtain the Burisma records from Biden’s time as VP.
As a result of that litigation, we obtained a trove of new docs from the archives directly linking Joe Biden to Hunter’s profiteering in Ukraine.
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/2 Despite Joe Biden’s assertions that he had no involvement with Hunter’s appointment to Burisma, he signed off on the official statement in response to questions from reporters about whether Hunter’s position undermined the VP’s credibility in pushing anti-corruption measures.
/3 Eric D. Schwerin, Hunter’s associate at Rosemont Seneca Advisors, LLC, corrected typos in Vice President Biden’s official statement.
/4 The VP’s office connected reporters (who were writing about Hunter’s appointment to Burisma) to Amos Hochstein, the “point” person for International Energy Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, to provide a “unique and valuable perspective” on the relationships in Ukraine.
/5 Wall Street Journal journalist Paul Sonne reached out to the office of the Vice President regarding whether Hunter’s involvement with Zlochevsky at Burisma would undermine the Vice President’s message on Ukraine.
/6 Office of the Vice President connected the Wall Street Journal to Amos Hochstein.
Amos Hochstein is, according to Politico, “the most influential Joe Biden adviser that most people don’t know about.” According to Axios, he is “one of President Biden’s closest confidants.”
/7 According to @ChuckGrassley and @RonJohnsonWI committees’ staff report, then-U.S. Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs Amos Hochstein raised concerns with VP Biden and Hunter that Hunter’s position on Burisma’s board enabled Russian disinformation… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
/8 However, Hochstein testified to the committees that he 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.”
/9 Jim Risen, New York Times journalist, was also working on a story related to Vice President Biden’s trip to Ukraine and Hunter Biden’s role with Burisma Holdings and reached out to the Office of the Vice President.
/10 After providing him with the official statement signed off by Joe Biden, the Office of the Vice President recommended he speak with Amos Hochstein, “the State Department point on International Energy Affairs.”
/11 Instead of answering the question from the New York Times regarding whether Hunter had ever traveled with Vice President Biden to Ukraine, the Office of the Vice President urged the New York Times not to publish embarrassing details from Hunter’s record.
/12 The Office of the Vice President also worked hand in glove with Rosemont Seneca in response to press inquiries, including the story about Hunter Biden’s Ashley Madison account.
/13 Eric D. Schwerin, Hunter’s associate at Rosemont Seneca Advisors, LLC, fielded press inquiries on behalf of both Hunter and former President Kwasniewski, who were board members of Burisma, and coordinated with the Office of the Vice President.
/14 Inquiries about an Ashley Madison account registered with Hunter Biden’s email were fielded by official statements from both the Office of the Vice President and Rosemont Seneca Advisors, LLC.
/15 The records include an email from then-U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie L. Yovanovitch to, among others, Victoria Nuland (currently the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs) at the Department of State, Anna Makanju in VP Biden’s Office, and Eric Ciaramella – the… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
/16 In an email prepared by a Ukranian public relations and political intelligence firm called “lbicompany,” Yovanovitch reported the following:
/17 Given the evidence that the VP Biden was signing off on statements concerning his son’s involvement with Burisma and that Obama officials were aware of Burisma’s alleged activities, it appears that former President Trump’s concerns about Biden family corruption were shared.
/18 The apparent failure of federal authorities to open or pursue appropriate criminal inquiries raises troubling concerns about the poisoning of our justice system with political agendas.
/19 These documents also take on heightened significance given escalating military conflict in Ukraine.
America First Legal will continue to release more documents as they are obtained as a result of our litigation.
AFL is investigating whether the Loudoun County School Board and Former FBI Deputy Director Andy McCabe played a role in AG Merrick Garland’s October 4 memo mobilizing federal counter-terrorism resources against concerned parents at school board meetings.
/2 In 2020, parents in Loudoun County, Virginia, began speaking out against a variety of issues, including school closures, Critical Race Theory (CRT) curriculum, transgender bathroom and locker room policies, and the politicization of the Loudoun County School Board.
/3 In March 2021, the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office opened a criminal investigation into a private Facebook group called “The Anti-Racist Parents of Loudoun County.”
Members of the group — which included six school board members, the Commonwealth Attorney, and a member of the Board of Supervisors — discussed targeting parents who spoke out at school board meetings against school closures and CRT in Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS).
Later, the FBI launched a parallel probe into the matter.
/1 🚨✈️ BREAKING: American Airlines to end illegal DEI employment practices
The U.S. Department of Labor has confirmed that American Airlines will end race and sex-based discrimination in hiring and promotions following AFL’s federal civil rights complaint.
/2 AFL filed the complaint against American with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) on January 17, 2024, requesting an investigation into the airline for allegedly violating its federal contracting nondiscrimination obligations.
/3 Despite receiving over $140 million in federal contracts since 2008, American Airlines engaged in illegal race and sex-based discrimination in hiring, recruitment, and promotional processes.
AFL has obtained the academic records of Thomas Matthew Crooks, the shooter in the first assassination attempt against President Trump on July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania.
This thread details the records we uncovered. 🧵
📄 Thomas Matthew Crooks’ SAT scores
Crooks took the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) twice.
➡️ On March 13, 2021, he scored 1390.
➡️ On March 12, 2022, he scored 1530.
📄 Thomas Matthew Crooks’ high school transcript
Crooks’ official transcript from Bethel Park High School, dated June 20, 2022, details his academic performance from 2018 to 2022.
/1 🔎 NEW: INVESTIGATING FEMA FOR ALLEGEDLY DENYING FEDERAL HURRICANE AID TO TRUMP SUPPORTERS
AFL is launching an investigation into the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) over allegations it withheld federal disaster relief from Trump supporters after recent hurricanes.
/2 On November 8, 2024, the Daily Wire reported that a FEMA official instructed government employees to “avoid homes advertising Trump” in the agency’s hurricane relief efforts.
/3 FEMA whistleblowers claim that “at least 20 homes with Trump signs or flags… were skipped from the end of October and into November due to the guidance.”
/1 🧵 AFL has led the fight to hold the Biden-Harris Admin accountable for failing to enforce civil rights laws against pro-Hamas networks in the U.S. Through lawsuits and investigations, we’ve worked to uphold the rule of law and protect Americans. Here’s how and why it matters:
/2 Since Hamas terrorists’ brutal attack on October 7, 2023, there has been a staggering increase in antisemitic incidents across the U.S., with violent attacks, harassment, and intimidation against Jewish Americans reaching unprecedented levels.
/3 “Pro-Palestinian” extremists have targeted Jewish neighborhoods, businesses, houses of worship, and students, committing acts of violence, harassment, and intimidation.
/1🚨BREAKING: MAJOR COURT VICTORY OVER SCHOOL PRONOUN & BATHROOM POLICIES
A court ruled in AFL’s lawsuit against Fairfax County Public Schools that FCPS' pronoun policy punishing “misgendering” & bathroom policy based on “gender identity” violate students’ constitutional rights.
/2 AFL filed a lawsuit on behalf of four students over FCPS’ compelled pronoun policy and bathroom policy, which the school says can change daily.
/3 AFL argued that FCPS’ pronoun policy constitutes compelled speech because it threatens discipline for even an accidental or non-malicious “misgendering” or “deadnaming.”