D.C. to the rescue in Burisma corruption probe; Biden kept name out of dealings

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Former Biden family business associate Devon Archer told House investigators that executives at the Ukrainian energy firm Burisma were desperate for President Biden’s help in tamping down a state-run corruption probe into their company and asked Hunter Biden to call his father, then the vice president.

“as a lobbyist and an expert and, obviously, he carried a very powerful name,” Archer said.Archer told investigators that Burisma “would have gone out of business if ‘the brand’ had not been attached to it.

”had hired the lobbying firm Blue Star Strategies to help shake off Ukrainian prosecutor Viktor Shokin, who was leading the probe into corruption allegations swirling around the company.later bragged that he was responsible for pushing out Mr. Shokin by threatening to withhold $1 billion in U.S. loans from Ukraine unless the prosecutor was removed.Sen. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican, said Mr.

 

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