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Government Corruption

Biden dismisses 'malarkey' FBI tip claiming he played a role in Burisma bribe scheme: 'Where's the money?'

2023-06-09

[NYPOST] Congressional Republicans who read an FBI informant file accusing President Biden of a role in a $5 million bribery scheme said Thursday that it involved the Ukrainian company Burisma — but Biden tauntingly retorted, "Where’s the money?"

"It’s a bunch of malarkey," Biden told a Post news hound when asked about the bribery claim hours after FBI Director Christopher Wray agreed to let rank-and-file House Oversight Committee members read a June 2020 document in a bid to avoid being held in contempt.

Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) gave news hounds an accounting of the file after reading it at the Capitol, saying Burisma owner Mykola Zlochevsky allegedly told the FBI source "that he paid $5 million to one Biden and he paid $5 million to another Biden. And it was all a bribery to get [former Ukrainian prosecutor Viktor] Shokin fired."

Greene, whose account was confirmed by a third Republican member of Congress who read the document Thursday, said the file also described how in 2015 and 2016, Burisma "was looking to buy a US-based oil and gas company, and this came from being advised by [first son] Hunter Biden and his partners."

"Around the time of this meeting was when Joe The Big Guy Biden
Joe <q>The Big Guy</q> Biden

...46th president of the U.S. SOld, boring, a plagiarist, fond of hair sniffing and grabbing the protruding parts of women, and not whatcha call brilliant... or is that an act?...
as vice president had said that the prosecutor Shokin was corrupt. They hired Hunter on the board to make the problems go away," she said. "Hunter advised that they could raise more money if they bought a US company."

Hunter Biden earned up to $1 million per year from 2014 to 2019 to serve on the board of Burisma, despite having no relevant industry experience.

Then-VP Joe Biden met with a Burisma executive at a DC dinner in April 2015 — with the meal forming the basis of The Post’s explosive first report on Hunter’s abandoned laptop.

Greene added the FBI’s informant said he cautioned Burisma against the acquisition and instead suggested hiring a specialized attorney to resolve their legal issues, noting the source had told the firm’s executives it would look bad to "buy another US company while you’re under investigation."

Posted by:Fred

#10 Where's the money, indeed.

Maybe check the safe behind Hunter's painting?

Can't wait to hear the 'a vote for Biden is a vote for President Harris (because Biden won't make it)' people when Kamela isn't selected.

Posted by: swksvolFF 2023-06-09 16:06

#9 Newsom would be like a Howdy Doody version of JFK with bad people controlling his mouth. His styling is more of a Great Value version of Pat Riley but The View things would swoon.

Posted by: Super Hose 2023-06-09 16:06

#8 Newsom as a candidate won't be much better than Biden. His speaking voice is weak and wobbly. He is every bit as loony as Kamala-la-la Ding Dong. If he has to campaign against Trump, he is toast. He won't be able to cheat big enough to win.

Posted by: Abu Uluque 2023-06-09 15:51

#7 ^ The IRS is on the side of corruption of course. It hasn’t ever moved.

Posted by: Super Hose 2023-06-09 15:49

#6 /\ And where is the IRS in all of this? Yes, the same IRS that insisted I pay a $130. penalty for failing to withhold enough Fed taxes each month in 2022

Posted by: Besoeker 2023-06-09 13:48

#5 He says that he left the Senate with a $150k net worth. I would say that his VP and Presidential salary does not account for the delta between $150k and whatever his current net worth is. Certainly, he cannot claim to have been in business with family members as he never talked to them about business.

Posted by: Super Hose 2023-06-09 13:01

#4 Jojo is fading fast, the US-UK presser was revealing, he is almost played out mentally and physically.

The Burisma direct corruption proof is dribbling out without much denial beyond brazen indifference, they have played the "all-in" Trump indictment card, and are now apparently also revealing a huge money windfall for Iran in a "nuke"deal. My guess is the Puppet Show is now untethered and adrift, and the C-list minions left onboard will try every Prog "wet-dream" gimmick as they are going down in flames in the coming months.

In the DNC/Kalorama/Peking/Metaverse/Corporate/Gay-verse ZoomCalls the burning question is how to keep control of the Swamp. If Big Mike isn't suddenly more visible everywhere the MSM pollutes, she just doesn't want the headache, and the default seems to be Gruesome Neusome. Has he taken the deals to get the nod? If not, the under-card is a mystery.

The question still baffling me, is how to finesse the Cackle-Jackle, who has remained utterly invisible. She frightens even the most ardent anarchists in the Prog firmament, and with good cause!

Posted by: NoMoreBS 2023-06-09 12:33

#3 When everyone on your team plays "hide the football," it's not too difficult.

Posted by: JohnQC 2023-06-09 11:56

#2 Where's the money?

Invested in unrecorded bent-pipe payoffs?

Posted by: Skidmark 2023-06-09 11:06

#1 "Where's the money?"

2015, so long ago spent on stuff like vacations, hookers and whatnot.

Posted by: Mullah Richard 2023-06-09 08:36

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