John Solomon: What Democrats are really trying to hide about Ukraine 

John Solomon: What Democrats are really trying to hide about Ukraine

Hunter Biden flagged for being beneficiary of 'suspect funds'

By WND Staff
Published December 17, 2019 at 12:35pm

Former Vice President Joe Biden

Republican lawmakers have spotlighted Hunter Biden's receipt of more than $3 million for serving on the board of the Ukrainian natural gas company Burisma while his father was in charge of U.S. policy for Ukraine.
But they weren't the first to point to the apparent conflict of interest. Investigative reporter John Solomon reports that in 2016, the Latvian government "flagged" the "suspicious" financial transactions.

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According to documents and interviews, authorities in Latvia wanted help from Ukraine to investigate.
"The Feb. 18, 2016 alert to Ukraine came from the Latvian prosecutorial agency responsible for investigating money laundering, and it specifically questioned whether Vice President Joe Biden's younger son and three other officials at Burisma Holdings were the potential beneficiaries of suspect funds," Solomon reported.

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The Latvian agency said, "The Office for Prevention of Laundering of Proceeds Derived from Criminal Activity ... is currently investigating suspicious activity of Burisma Holdings Limited."
Latvian officials told Solomon they did not obtain any incriminating information and did not take additional action.

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"But the memo adds to the mounting evidence that there was ongoing investigative activity surrounding Burisma Holdings and Hunter Biden's compensation as a board member in the weeks just before Joe Biden forced the firing of the Ukraine prosecutor overseeing the Burisma investigation in spring 2016," Solomon wrote.
Latvia had raised questions about more than $16 million in payments that went through Belize and the United Kingdom to Burisma and Ukraine.
The payments were partially transferred to Hunter Biden, the report said.
Arturs Saburovs, the third secretary at the Latvian embassy in Washington, confirmed to Solomon that Latvia flagged the transactions in February 2016 after seeing public reports that Burisma was under investigation in Ukraine and that Hunter Biden was on the company board.
A lawyer for Hunter Biden and Joe Biden's campaign did not respond to Solomon's requests for comment.

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The report said it's just more evidence "that questions and investigations of Burisma were swirling in early 2016 just before Joe Biden used his authority as vice president to force the firing of Ukraine Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin in March 2016 by threatening to withhold $1 billion in U.S. aid."
Shokin was fired while supervising an investigation of Burisma and apparently was planning to interview Hunter Biden.
Shokin said he was dismissed because he wouldn't end the Burisma investigation.
Hunter Biden and his family have insisted he did nothing wrong.

Twitter news aggregator Twitchy contended the Democrats have been trying to hide what went on with the Bidens and Ukraine.
"So Trump really did have reason to be concerned about what had happened with the Bidens and Ukraine. Funny how Democrats are trying to impeach him over the very things it appears Joe Biden was actually doing."