House seeks bank records that tie Bidens to Burisma energy firm

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House investigators are seeking Treasury documents related to the Ukrainian-based energy firm Burisma to determine if company executives bribed then-Vice President Joe Biden with a $5 million payment.

The request from the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability follows the release of an FBI record that documented a paid informant’s claim that Mr. Biden solicited and accepted a $5 million bribe sometime between 2015 and 2016 in exchange for helping purge a Ukrainian prosecutor who was investigating Burisma.

Republicans believe the Department of Justice and the FBI intentionally withheld the FBI record documenting the bribery claims from Hunter Biden’s tax fraud probe. Burisma paid an additional $5 million to Hunter Biden, who was serving on Burisma’s board at the time and was receiving a $1 million annual salary at the energy company, the informant said. The bribery scheme was concealed using multiple bank accounts, the Burisma executive told the FBI informant.They are seeking Suspicious Activity Reports related to Mr.

Mr. Comer said House investigators have no evidence the FBI ever pursued the bribery allegation, “and may have intentionally withheld it” from their tax fraud probe.

 

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