A U.S. diplomat told congressional investigators this week that he raised concer...
WASHINGTON - A U.S. diplomat told congressional investigators this week that he raised concerns about Hunter Biden’s position with a Ukrainian natural gas company in 2015, only to be turned away by an aide to then-Vice President Joe Biden, a person familiar with the testimony said on Friday.
The inquiry is focused on whether Trump may have withheld U.S. aid to Ukraine earlier this year until that country’s newly elected president launched an investigation into the Bidens and into a debunked theory that Ukraine may have meddled in the 2016 U.S. elections. Hunter Biden’s role in Burisma coincided with a U.S. anti-corruption drive in Ukraine that emphasized the importance of avoiding conflicts of interest, the source said.
The House investigation into Trump’s activities involving Ukraine will continue next week, when State Department diplomats, administration national security officials and a Defense Department Ukraine policy expert are due to testify. On Thursday, Mulvaney sent shock waves through Washington when he told reporters that Trump’s decision to withhold $391 million in aid to Ukraine was linked to the president’s desire for Kiev to investigate a theory — debunked long ago — that a Democratic National Committee computer server was held in Ukraine.
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