Jamie Ruskin of Maryland, senior member of the House Oversight and Government Accountability Committee, has released parts of a document aimed at debunking allegations that President Joe Biden took bribes. , which contains at least one falsehood.
and letter Ruskin has provided Kentucky Commissioner James Comer with a partial transcript of questions Rudy Giuliani associate Lev Parnas asked of Burisma Energy founder Mykola Zlochevsky. rice field. In a statement, the Ukrainian oligarch claims:[n]o Burisma employees have had contact with the Vice President [Joe] Biden, or the people who worked for Hunter Biden during his engagement,” said the company, where the young Biden served on the board from 2014 to 2019.
In the letter, Mr. Ruskin claimed that these comments were “just a few of many that debunked allegations of corruption against President Biden.”
Zlochevsky’s claims were either false or false. Then-Vice President Joe Biden met with Burisma executive Vadim Pozharsky in 2014, according to emails from Hunter Biden’s discarded laptop. The two met briefly at a US World Food Program charity dinner hosted by Hunter, The New York Times later reported. report.
“Dear Hunter, thank you for inviting me to Washington, D.C., for the opportunity to meet and spend time with your father,” Ms. Pozharski wrote.
Zlochevsky’s claim is false.
As reported here, a senior Burisma official, Vadim Pozharsky, did indeed meet briefly with then-Vice President Joe Biden in 2015. https://t.co/B4Hx60mgXD https://t.co/XvNeRzdzlo pic.twitter.com/NsNc7tkaPZ
— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) June 29, 2023
A Democratic spokeswoman for the House Oversight Committee did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller’s request for comment on the matter. (Related: ‘Direct Bribery’: Republican Rep. Admits FBI Document Refers to ‘Big Guys’)
Republicans on the committee have repeatedly referred to documents alleging that both Joe Biden and Hunter Biden solicited a $5 million bribe from Zlochevsky. Joe Biden denied the allegations and said the question about it was “ridiculous.” The White House has previously claimed that Joe Biden never discussed business with his son. Said Joe Biden said in a statement that he had “no relationship with his son.”
Hunter Biden is expected to plead guilty to two misdemeanor counts stemming from alleged failure to pay taxes on wages earned from trading abroad. He has no intention of serving a prison sentence. Two Internal Revenue Service whistleblowers claimed that Justice Department officials obstructed an expanded investigation into President Joe Biden and his other family members.
