WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, sent a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Wednesday seeking answers to questions regarding the way a consulting firm hired by Burisma Holdings, a Ukrainian energy company, appears to have used Hunter's Biden's role on Burisma's board to possibly influence State Department matters.
Recently obtained State Department emails, made public through a FOIA request, indicate Burisma's consulting firm noted "two high profile U.S. citizens (including Hunter Biden as a board member) affiliated with the company" when requesting a meeting with State Department officials to discuss the validity of the U.S. government's classification that their client, Burisma, was corrupt.
A State Department email from February 2016 said, "Per our conversation, Karen Tramontano of Blue Star Strategies requested a meeting to discuss with [Under Secretary] Novelli [U.S. Government] remarks alleging Burisma (Ukrainian energy company) of corruption. She noted that two high profile U.S. citizens are affiliated with the company (including Hunter Biden as a board member).
Tramontano would like to talk with U/S Novelli about getting a better understanding of how the U.S. came to the determination that the company is corrupt. According to Tramontano, there is no evidence of corruption, has been no hearing or process, and evidence to the contrary has not been considered. Would appreciate any background you may be able to provide on this issue and suggested TPs for U/S Novelli's meeting."
On Wednesday, the senators wrote, "Although it is not clear if Under Secretary Novelli met with Karen Tramontano on March 1, 2016, as planned, later that month Tramontano and other members of Burisma's legal team reportedly met with Ukrainian prosecutors.
According to what appears to be contemporaneous notes by one of those Ukrainian prosecutors, during that meeting, Burisma's legal team apologized about what they alleged to be `false information' promoted by the U.S. Government about the prosecutors' handling of the investigation of Burisma.
"Additionally, other documents obtained and made public through FOIA show other meetings that Burisma board members Hunter Biden and Devon Archer scheduled with high-ranking State Department officials.
In May 2015, Hunter Biden asked to meet then-Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken to `get [his] advice on a couple of things' and again for lunch on July 22, 2015.
On March 2, 2016, just one day after Tramontano was scheduled to meet with Under Secretary Novelli about Burisma, Devon Archer was scheduled to meet with Secretary of State John Kerry."
Full text of the letter is below, and the letter can be viewed here (at FR web site link).
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Just saw the entire Levin interview with Giuliani on Fox last night.
Tough to find on Youtube, but here it is - about 45 minutes overall.
https://youtu.be/ZQy9FVHT_xo?t=585
I started the video at 9:45for you after Levin’s at the
9:45 point (Mark walked through the stuff we already know in the first 9 minutes) when Giuliani is on the tube.
Well worth watching... new information on China, and there are emails that explain stuff about how the Biden Crime Family funds are divided among several family members plus the “Big Guy”.
Giuliani’s personal observations of the trouble he went through and his analysis of the campaign are not to be missed at the end.