Joe and Hunter Biden - GUILTY!
What
we know about Hunter Biden's role at Burisma:
- In April 2014, Biden's son Hunter joined the board of
Burisma Holdings. Hunter served on the board until early 2019.
- At the time, a news release from the company said Hunter
would be "in charge of the Holdings' legal unit and will provide
support for the Company among international organizations."
- Hunter told the New York Times that the news
release was not accurate and he was never in charge of the company's legal
affairs.
- He joined the company about a month after Russia
annexed Crimea, a cataclysmic moment that continues to put the US at odds
with Russia and is linked to ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine.
- During his time with Burisma, Hunter reportedly
received compensation up to $50,000 a month.
- From the start, Hunter's role at Burisma was criticized by ethics watchdogs as a conflict
of interest for his father, who was still vice president at the time and
heavily focused on pressuring Ukraine to do a better job rooting out
corruption. But some ethics watchdogs at the time also said that unless
there was clear evidence Hunter got the job to influence US foreign policy
then there was no cause for concern.
- His hiring by Burisma was seen as an attempt by the
company to bolster its image and the perception it had strong ties to the
US as the world vilified Russia for its annexation of Crimea, the Times reported.
- Yoshiko M. Herrera, a professor of political science at
the University of Wisconsin at Madison and an expert on Russia and
Eurasia, told The Washington Post: "I think
there is a conflict of interest even if it doesn't break any laws. It's a
big deal. It's the vice president, who is the point person of the Obama
administration's policy on Ukraine, and his son is suddenly hired to be a
director on the board of Ukraine's largest private gas producer."
- With that said, Hunter has never been accused of
wrongdoing regarding his work with Burisma.
- Hunter also said he only had one brief conversation with his
father about Burisma which did not go into substantive details about the
deal. Joe Biden has said he learned about his
son's role at the company from news reports.
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