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The report adds little news to a discussion first raised by President Donald Trump’s defense team at his Senate impeachment earlier this year, when the president was acquitted of charges of abuse of power in attempting to pressure Ukraine to investigate the Bidens.
The report is based on vague assessments already publicly disclosed, namely by senior State Department official George Kent, who said Hunter Biden’s role on the board of a Ukrainian energy company was “very uncomfortable” for US officials. .
Republican senators have been investigating allegations that a Democratic public relations firm, Blue Star Strategies, tried to influence the Obama-era State Department by taking advantage of Hunter Biden’s role on Burisma’s board of directors.
The investigation found that two officials, including Kent, raised concerns about conflicts of interest with Biden when he served as vice president.
Trump’s allies allege that Biden, who led anti-corruption efforts for the Obama administration in Ukraine, forced the removal of a Ukrainian prosecutor who was investigating Burisma while Hunter Biden was sitting on the board. But high-level State Department witnesses repeatedly debunked this claim, emphasizing that the removal of the prosecutor by Biden, who was widely viewed as corrupt, was official U.S. policy and in fact made Burisma more likely to face a serious challenge. corruption investigation.
