State Department says it considered Burisma corrupt, but kept dealing with its reps anyways

justthenews ^ | 10/8/2023 | Steven Richards

[bitt]

Despite the concerns about Burisma within the U.S. embassy, the Ambassador and other State Department officials continued to interact with the company’s representatives.

During Donald Trump's first impeachment in 2019, State Department officials insisted they considered the Burisma Holdings energy firm in Ukraine that employed Hunter Biden to be corrupt and wanted nothing to do with it. But evidence that has emerged since shows U.S. embassy officials had extensive interactions with Burisma and its representatives between 2015 and 2018.

The evidence marks the latest evolution of a Democrat-driven narrative on the Bidens and Ukraine that was used to impeach Trump but that has since eroded under scrutiny.

Just the News recently published photos, obtained from the Burisma Holdings website and posts from the U.S.-Ukraine Business Council, that show then-Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch meeting on multiple occasions with Burisma executive Vadim Pozharskyi, one of the colleagues who worked closely with Hunter Biden.

Yovanovitch, a key impeachment witness against Trump in 2019, also attended at least one other event with Joseph Cofer Black, a Burisma board member. These meetings show that on at least three occasions, the embassy participated in official events with Burisma despite its concerns about the company being corrupt and two reports of possible bribes it paid.

During her October 2019 testimony to House impeachment investigators, Yovanovitch suggested she knew little beyond an initial briefing and “press reports” about Burisma Holdings and the investigations into the company.

Yet, communications inside her embassy about Burisma were extensive and her deputy, George Kent, briefed her multiple times on the corruption allegations against the company, according to internal State memos previously reported by Just the News.

[bitt]

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[Widget Jr]

Let me see if I understand this. Biden threatening to cut a billion in aid to Ukraine if the prosecutor investigating Burisma was not fired when Hunter worked there is no big deal. Trump suggesting investigating Burisma got him impeached.

Nope. No double standards. Just corrupt business as usual.

[Liz]

......the latest evolution the Bidens used to impeach Trump (paled under scrutiny)...........
<><>Despite concerns WRT Burisma corruption, the Biden embassy, Biden’s Amb and other Biden State Dept types interacted with them.
<><>Biden State Dept officials insisted they considered Hunter’s employer, Burisma Holdings, to be corrupt and wanted nothing to do with it.
<><>evidence now shows US embassy officials had extensive interactions with Burisma and its reps between 2015 and 2018.
<><>Just the News has photos showing Biden’s then-Amb to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch meeting on multiple occasions with Burisma executive Vadim Pozharskyi, one of the colleagues who worked closely with Hunter Biden.
<><>Amb Yovanovitch, a key impeachment witness against Trump in 2019, also attended at least one other event with Joseph Cofer Black, a Burisma board member.
<><>meetings show that on at least three occasions, the embassy participated in official events with Burisma despite corruption concerns
<><>two reports surfaced of possible bribes it paid.
<><>During her Oct 2019 impeachment testimony, Yovanovitch suggested she knew little beyond an initial briefing and “press reports” about Burisma Holdings and the investigations into the company.
<><>Yet, communications inside her embassy about Burisma were extensive and her deputy, George Kent, briefed her multiple times on the corruption allegations against the company, according to internal State memos previously reported by Just the News.

[mass55th]

You don’t continue to make deals with an entity you know is corrupt, unless you are in on the corruption too.

[arthurus]

State Department can’t be cutting off Biden’s business activities.

[ConservativeInPA]

The State Department needs to be completely cleansed. There isn’t a higher concentration of anti Americans in the country.

[MAGAthon]

had to scroll way down in the article to find mention of Cofer Black’s CIA “background”:

- The attendance list, published in the State Department’s online reading room, includes Joseph Cofer Black, a board member of Burisma and ***ex-CIA and State Department official. Black was appointed to Burisma’s board of directors in February of 2017, according to public reports and emails on Hunter Biden’s laptop. -

ditto to find mention of McCain Institute:

- In October 2017, a representative of the McCain Institute emailed Ambassador Yovanovitch to notify her of a program on which his organization was asked to partner with Burisma -

[Bullish]

No where near as corrupt as our State dept under this WH that funds Palestinian terrorism.

[GOPJ]

The biggest problem with liberals is they believe their own lies...