Hunter Biden acknowledged in a media interview that his lucrative board appointments, including his million dollar perch at corrupt Ukrainian energy company Burisma (obtained solely on the basis of Hunter’s father being a VP)........greatly helped finance his crack cocaine addiction.
VP Joe Biden used his official govt position to assist Burisma and to protect his son Hunter Biden.
BACKSTORY: Then VP Joe Biden led official US and international efforts in 2015 and 2016 to push for the removal of Ukraine’s Prosecutor General, Viktor Shokin.
The Reason centered on the US, the European Union, the International Monetary Fund, and Ukrainian anti-corruption activists all viewed Shokin as corrupt and ineffective for failing to aggressively prosecute corruption.
Caught on video, Biden’s influence peddling scheme began with his “threatening” to withhold a $1 billion U.S. loan guarantee (which Biden was not authorized to do)....... unless Shokin was dismissed.
Far from protecting Burisma, Shokin’s office had actually facilitated dormant or inactive probes into the company.
Anti-corruption officials and Western allies wanted Shokin removed precisely because he was not pursuing corruption investigations effectively, including those related to Burisma’s owner, Mykola Zlochevsky.
Congressional investigations and emails showed that Hunter Biden occasionally introduced corporate associates or executives—including a Burisma representative—to his father during brief, casual drop-ins or events.
This move was very calculated b/c in corrupt countries like the Ukraine handing Busisma bragging rights about meeting with a US VP was enough to precipitate a huge payday.