Special Counsel Robert Hur's team has discovered that Joe Biden held classified information about the Obama administration's Ukraine policy, which he spearheaded as vice president.

Hoar, who investigated Joe Biden's possession of classified documents while he was a civilian, released a report on Thursday in which Biden said:Deliberately held and disclosed classified However, he refused to press charges.

According to Herr's report, the recovered documents include a recording of a Dec. 11, 2015 phone call between then-Vice President Biden and then-Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk. It is said that it was (Related article: Special counsel calls Biden a 'well-meaning old man with a poor memory')

Biden's lawyers and the Justice Department made the discovery between November 2022 and January 2023 at his Delaware mansion and his former office at the Penn Biden Center in Washington, D.C.

Read the report:

At the time of the call with Yatsenyuk, Biden's son Hunter was making $80,000 a month as a director of Ukrainian energy company Burisma Holdings. bank records show. He joined the company in spring 2014, despite having no experience in Ukraine or in the energy sector. He left the company in 2019 when his father was a civilian and was in possession of classified documents.

Prior to his appointment to Burisma, Hunter Biden provided detailed information about Ukraine's political situation and energy sector to his business partner at the time, Devon Archer, who served on Burisma's board alongside Biden. (Related article: Former Burisma lawyer John Bretta files for retroactive FARA disclosure as Biden impeachment inquiry progresses)

In December 2015, Joe Biden visited Ukraine and called for stronger anti-corruption measures in the country's parliament, according to archived documents. transcript of his speech.

A few months later, Ukraine fired its chief prosecutor, Viktor Shokin, a man Burisma considered a “threat” to its business, Devon Archer told Daily Caller co-founder Tucker Carlson in August. Told. (Related: Biggest questions from Devon Archer's testimony about Biden family remain unanswered)

A few days after Carlson interviewed Archer, testimony Before the House Oversight Committee. Archer told lawmakers that the Biden family's “brand” shielded Burisma from scrutiny, referring to a spring 2015 dinner attended by then-Vice President Biden and Burisma executive Vadim Pozharskiy. I remembered.

.@TuckerCarlson“Why would Western countries even get involved in who Ukraine’s chief prosecutor is?”

Archer: “That's a question I don't understand either.''

Tucker: “Was Shokin considered a threat to your business within Burisma?”

Archer: “Shokin was considered a threat.” pic.twitter.com/jBPSkIryk1

— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) August 4, 2023

Joe Biden has since boasted multiple times about using $1 billion in U.S. aid to pressure Ukraine into removing Shokin. Yuri Lutsenko, who replaced Shokin as prosecutor general, liquidated the assets of Burisma and its founder Mykola Zlochevsky. reportedly Shortly before his firing, Mr. Shokin was raided on all sorts of charges.

Blue Star Strategies, a lobbying firm hired by Burisma in late 2015, sent Joe Biden's talking points to the firm just before his trip to Ukraine. When Zlochevsky was fired the following year, lobbyists took a “victory lap” with Hunter Biden's then-business associate Eric Schwerin. mail show.

Schwerin exchanged more than 50 private emails with one of Joe Biden's email aliases, many of them around the time of the current vice president's visit to Ukraine in June 2014. House investigators revealed in December that the email was sent by a House investigator. Schwerin testified in January that he performed financial services for Joe Biden for free, people familiar with the matter told the Caller.

Joe Biden denied speaking with his son's business associates on Dec. 6, despite evidence to the contrary.

Burisma significantly reduced Hunter Biden's salary after his father left office, according to his federal taxes. indictment In California. Hunter Biden pleaded not guilty to the tax charges at his January 11 arraignment.

According to Herr's report, federal investigators found additional documents related to Ukraine in Biden's possession, including documents prepared by Biden's staff that contained information about U.S. energy aid to Ukraine. Confidential memos from September 2014 are also included. Joe Biden kept notes in a binder that were apparently used to prepare for an interview with former CBS anchor Charlie Rose.

The Biden family's overseas business dealings are the focus of House Republicans' impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, one of the leaders of the investigation, said: statement On Thursday, it announced it would continue its investigation into classified documents in Joe Biden's possession. (Related: Chinese companies paid Hunter and James Biden millions of dollars to try to secure US energy deals, testimony shows)

🚨 Chairman Comer's Statement on Special Counsel Ho's Report

“Americans expect equal justice under the law and are disappointed that the Department of Justice continues to allow Joe Biden to remain above the law. It was deliberately kept in an unsafe location for years…

— Oversight Committee (@GOPoversight) February 8, 2024

“The House Oversight Committee is investigating Joe Biden's mishandling of classified documents and has uncovered important facts that shed light on the history of the incident by the White House and President Biden's personal attorney,” Comer said. Stated. (Related: Former Joe Biden aide recommended by Hunter Biden handled classified documents, House oversight reveals)

“Furthermore, important questions remain about the extent to which Joe Biden possesses classified materials related to specific countries involved in a family influence-spreading scheme that has brought the Joe Biden family millions of dollars. ” he continued. “While the Department of Justice has concluded its investigation, the Oversight Committee's investigation continues. We will continue to be transparent and accountable to the American people.”

The special counsel declined to file criminal charges against the sitting president despite concluding that he knowingly kept classified documents. The report also details the president's memory problems, noting that during his interviews he appeared to forget when he was vice president and when his late son Beau died.

“I cooperated fully and did not erect any obstacles or seek any delays. In fact, I had such a strong determination to give the special counsel what they needed that in October of last year I “We had five hours of in-person interviews over two days, on the 8th and 9th,” President Biden said. statement. “I just believed it was an obligation to the American people to let them know that no charges were filed and the matter was resolved.”