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In early 2019 Ukraine prosecutors wanted to present evidence to [[Attorney General]] [[William Barr]] regarding [[Joe Biden]]'s interference and threats in a [[corruption]] probe involving his son, Hunter Biden.
In early 2019 Ukraine prosecutors wanted to present evidence to [[Attorney General]] [[William Barr]] regarding [[Joe Biden]]'s interference and threats in a [[corruption]] probe involving his son, Hunter Biden.
Vice President Biden bragged to the [[Council on Foreign Relations]] to have caused the firing of a [[Ukraine]] prosecutor who was leading a wide-ranging corruption probe into Burisma, a natural gas firm that employed Biden's younger son, [[Hunter Biden]], as a board member.<ref>https://burisma-group.com/eng/director/hunter-biden/</ref> In April 2014 Hunter Biden joined the board of Burisma in April 2014 despite having no experience in the oil and gas industry.<ref>http://www.dw.com/en/who-are-hunter-bidens-ukrainian-bosses/a-17642254</ref> In December 2015 ''[[The New York Times]]'' reported on ''Joe Biden, His Son and the Case Against a Ukrainian Oligarch.'' The story focused on Hunter Biden, Burisma Holdings, and its owner, Mykola Zlochevsky, who was Ukraine's ecology minister under former President [[Victor Yanukovych]].<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/09/world/europe/corruption-ukraine-joe-biden-son-hunter-biden-ties.html</ref>
Vice President Biden bragged to the [[Council on Foreign Relations]] to have caused the firing of a [[Ukraine]] prosecutor who was leading a wide-ranging corruption probe into Burisma, a natural gas firm that employed Biden's younger son, [[Hunter Biden]], as a board member.<ref>https://burisma-group.com/eng/director/hunter-biden/</ref> In April 2014 Hunter Biden joined the board of Burisma in April 2014 despite having no experience in the oil and gas industry.<ref>http://www.dw.com/en/who-are-hunter-bidens-ukrainian-bosses/a-17642254</ref> In December 2015 ''[[The New York Times]]'' reported on ''Joe Biden, His Son and the Case Against a Ukrainian Oligarch.'' The story focused on Hunter Biden, Burisma Holdings, and its owner, [[Mykola Zlochevsky]], who was Ukraine's ecology minister under former President [[Victor Yanukovych]].<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/09/world/europe/corruption-ukraine-joe-biden-son-hunter-biden-ties.html</ref>
Hunter Biden received one payment of $3 million which was laundered through Latvia and Cyprus to the U.S.. When the prosecutor, [[Viktor Shokin]], asked Cyprus for the amount going to Biden's son, he was told the U.S. embassy instructed them not to provide the amount. Hunter's boss, Mykola Zlochevsky, had stolen $5 Billion from Ukraine and was a fugitive at the time.<ref>https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tanyakozyreva/ukraines-ousted-regime-made-40-billion-disappear-and-no</ref> The prosecutor was tracking the money. Hunter continued to received monthly kickbacks.
Hunter Biden received one payment of $3 million which was laundered through Latvia and Cyprus to the U.S.. When the prosecutor, [[Viktor Shokin]], asked Cyprus for the amount going to Biden's son, he was told the U.S. embassy instructed them not to provide the amount. Hunter's boss, Mykola Zlochevsky, had stolen $5 Billion from Ukraine and was a fugitive at the time.<ref>https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tanyakozyreva/ukraines-ousted-regime-made-40-billion-disappear-and-no</ref> The prosecutor was tracking the money. Hunter continued to received monthly kickbacks.