Thursday, Iowa Republican Senator Chuck Grassley released a previously classified FBI document alleging a multimillion-dollar bribery conspiracy involving President Joe Biden, his son Hunter Biden, and the Ukrainian energy company Burisma Holdings.
According to a partially redacted FD-1023 form Grassley published online, a wealthy Ukrainian oligarch said he was “coerced” into paying the Biden family.
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The FD-1023 form alleging then-Vice President JOE BIDEN was involved in a $5,000,000 bribery scheme with a Burisma executive has been released by @ChuckGrassley.
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— Oversight Committee (@GOPoversight) July 20, 2023
The form, dated June 30, 2020, cited a “confidential human source” who allegedly described how the Bidens used their influence to change up the company.
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Hunter Biden joined the board of directors of Burisma in 2014 despite having no prior experience in the energy and gas industry.
According to an FBI source, he was considered “stupid” but remained on the board because his father was vice president and the Obama administration’s point man on Ukraine at the time.
According to the FD-1023 form, Burisma proprietor Mykola Zlochevsky allegedly informed an FBI informant in Austria in 2016 that “it cost $5 million to pay one Biden and $5 million to pay another Biden.”
According to the confidential source, the remarks were made in relation to Burisma’s then-planned acquisition of an American energy company.
“Zlochevsky made some comment that although Hunter Biden ‘was stupid, and his (Zlochevsky’s) dog was smarter,’ Zlochevsky needed to keep Hunter Biden (on Burisma’s board) ‘so everything will be okay,’” the document said.
During a conversation, the FBI source reportedly inquired whether Hunter Biden or Joe Biden advised Zlochevsky to “retain” Hunter Biden as a board member of his company.
“They both did,” Zlochevsky allegedly said in a response.
The document said that in 2017, “Zlochevsky said he ‘was not happy Trump won the election’ and that he was ‘concerned about Burisma’s involvement with the Bidens.’”
It further quoted the Burisma owner as saying he “didn’t want to pay the Bidens and he was ‘pushed to pay’ them.’”
The source stated that when Zlochevsky was queried about allegedly paying money to the family, he used Russian vernacular that translates to “forced or coerced to pay.”
The document also mentioned the dismissal of former Ukrainian prosecutor Viktor Shokin, who was investigating Burisma for alleged malfeasance at the time of his dismissal.