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Biden was warned by diplomat about Hunter's doings, and brushed him off: It stunk from the start
American Thinker ^ | 10/18/2019 | Monica Showalter

Posted on 10/18/2019 7:52:57 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

So much for the claim from Joe Biden that his foreign-cash-magnet son Hunter "did nothing wrong."

Turns out the 'wrong' was all over the place as a U.S. career diplomat, Deputy Secretary of State George Kent, tried hard to raise red flags with Biden himself about Hunter's little Ukrainian cash cow and instead of get taken seriously, got told by Biden's men to beat it.

Here's the Washington Post:

A career State Department official overseeing Ukraine policy told congressional investigators this week that he had raised concerns in early 2015 about then-Vice President Joe Biden’s son serving on the board of a Ukrainian energy company but was turned away by a Biden staffer, according to three people familiar with the testimony.

George Kent, a deputy assistant secretary of state, testified Tuesday that he worried that Hunter Biden’s position at the firm Burisma Holdings would complicate efforts by U.S. diplomats to convey to Ukrainian officials the importance of avoiding conflicts of interest, said the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of confidentiality rules surrounding the deposition.

Kent said he had concerns that Ukrainian officials would view Hunter Biden as a conduit for currying influence with his father, said the people. But when Kent raised the issue with Biden’s office, he was told the then-vice president didn’t have the “bandwidth” to deal with the issue involving his son as his other son, Beau, was battling cancer, said the people familiar with his testimony.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: burisma; hunterbiden; joebiden; ukraine

1 posted on 10/18/2019 7:52:57 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Where was a whistleblower when we really needed one?


2 posted on 10/18/2019 7:55:42 AM PDT by cgbg (Vote Trump or you will _be_ Trump)
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To: SeekAndFind

This is how Hillary kept him out of the 2016 race.


3 posted on 10/18/2019 7:56:56 AM PDT by Mercat
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To: SeekAndFind

Being warned by a State Department official about Hunter’s Ukraine activities seems rather inconsistent with Quid Pro Joe’s claim of not knowing about Hunter’s Ukraine activities.

I guess Joe’s defense will have to be “I’m really stupid.”


4 posted on 10/18/2019 8:09:10 AM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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To: Jewbacca
I guess Joe’s defense will have to be “I’m really stupid.”

It's worked well for him so far.

5 posted on 10/18/2019 8:28:04 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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To: SeekAndFind

clearly WaPoo wants Liawatha rather than Uncle Joe ...


6 posted on 10/18/2019 9:03:39 AM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Please. This just keeps the focus on Hunter.

In one universe, Hunter receives several millions into his fund. In a separate universe, over there, completely unrelated to this one, Biden Senior is conducting business and granting favors. Are the millions Hunter receives in anyway related to the favors his father grants? Of course not, they are in two completely separate universes. So when millions are paid, over here in this universe, and criminal charges are dropped, over in that universe, there is no way you can say that those two events are related.

According to the press. Even Fox seems uninterested in connecting those two, completely unrelated, completely disconnected events.


7 posted on 10/18/2019 9:18:54 AM PDT by marron
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To: SeekAndFind

When is this guy scheduled to give testimony at Adam Schiff’s committee?


8 posted on 10/18/2019 9:24:02 AM PDT by seowulf
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To: seowulf
Already did. Yesterday.
9 posted on 10/18/2019 9:53:25 AM PDT by hinckley buzzard (Power is more often surrendered than seized.)
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