{"id":1914496,"date":"2023-04-13T23:13:31","date_gmt":"2023-04-14T03:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-obama-staffer-exposes-biden-kickback-scheme-that-occurred-after-hunter-joined-burisma\/"},"modified":"2023-04-13T23:14:37","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T03:14:37","slug":"former-obama-staffer-exposes-biden-kickback-scheme-that-occurred-after-hunter-joined-burisma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-obama-staffer-exposes-biden-kickback-scheme-that-occurred-after-hunter-joined-burisma\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Obama Staffer Exposes Biden \u201cKickback Scheme\u201d That Occurred After Hunter Joined Burisma"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-obama-staffer-exposes-biden-kickback-scheme-that-occurred-after-hunter-joined-burisma%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1914496&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div data-video-id=\"6324957711112\" data-video-domain=\"foxnews\" data-widget-type=\"embed\" class=\"m video-player\" data-v-b8a95802=\"\" data-embed-uid=\"fnc-embed-1\">\n<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe aria-label=\"MVPD Picker\" src=\"\/\/static.foxnews.com\/static\/orion\/html\/video\/iframe\/vod.html?v=20230412181819#uid=fnc-embed-1&#038;url=www.foxnews.com%2Fmedia%2Fex-obama-staffer-blows-whistle-biden-kickback-scheme-hunter-joined-burisma-malfeasance-office\" border=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"width: 100%; 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in connection with his son Hunter&#8217;s overseas business dealings while he was vice president.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\"><!----> <\/p>\n<div data-iu=\"ban1\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban1\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<p> <script>         if (window && window.foxstrike && Array.isArray(window.foxstrike.cmd)) {           window.foxstrike.cmd.push(function(Strike) {             Strike.insertAd('mobile', 'ban1', 'mobile-mw-ad-ban1');           });         } else {           console.error('Error: window.foxstrike not found');         }       <\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb2\" class=\"ad gam\" id=\"tablet_tw-art-media-lb2\" data-ad-size=\"728x90,300x250,320x50,300x50,fluid,1x1\" data-ad-lz=\"\" data-hot-unit=\"\" data-google-query-id=\"CN3ixdazqP4CFV5cDQodvuwH_A\" data-ad-slot-rendered=\"1\" data-rendered-size=\"728x200\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/4145\/fnc\/tw\/art\/media\/lb2_0__container__\" style=\"border: 0pt none;\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/4145\/fnc\/tw\/art\/media\/lb2_0\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/4145\/fnc\/tw\/art\/media\/lb2_0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" width=\"728\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" tabindex=\"0\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-pointer-lock allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" style=\"border: 0px; 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If you do that, and you&#8217;re lying to them, you go to jail. I&#8217;m not lying. I&#8217;m telling the truth, and I&#8217;m not going to jail,&#8221; McCormick said Thursday. &#8220;Joe Biden is a criminal. He was conducting malfeasance in office to enrich his family. Jake Sullivan is a conspirator in that, and there&#8217;s more&#8230; Obama officials involved in it, I believe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container desktop ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb2\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<p> <!----> <!----><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/biden-wishes-republicans-lots-of-luck-in-plans-to-investigate-hunter-business-dealings-if-they-take-majority\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>BIDEN WISHES REPUBLICANS &#8216;LOTS OF LUCK&#8217; IN PLANS TO INVESTIGATE SON HUNTER IF THEY TAKE THE HOUSE<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\"><!----> <\/p>\n<div data-iu=\"ban2\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban2\" class=\"ad gam inline\" data-ad-lz=\"1\"><\/div>\n<p> <script>         if (window && window.foxstrike && Array.isArray(window.foxstrike.cmd)) {           window.foxstrike.cmd.push(function(Strike) {             Strike.insertAd('mobile', 'ban2', 'mobile-mw-ad-ban2');           });         } else {           console.error('Error: window.foxstrike not found');         }       <\/script><\/div>\n<p>McCormick, who worked with Biden from 2011 to 2017, detailed a key dialogue involving the vice president, aide Jake Sullivan and the press on Air Force Two\u00a0before a trip to Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 21, 2014.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb3\" class=\"ad gam\" id=\"tablet_tw-art-media-lb3\" data-ad-size=\"728x90,300x250,320x50,300x50,fluid,1x1\" data-ad-lz=\"1\" data-hot-unit=\"\"><\/div>\n<p> <!----> <!----><\/div>\n<p>Sullivan, who is the current national security adviser, outlined in a White House transcript Biden&#8217;s priorities for his trip to the country, which included U.S. investment in the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/04\/11\/ex-biden-stenographer-says-fbi-ignored-prezs-role-in-hunters-business-dealings\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Ukrainian energy sector<\/a> days after Hunter joined the board of Burisma, according to the New York Post.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Months later, and well after the trip, Congress allocated $50 million to Ukraine&#8217;s energy market.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\"><!----> <\/p>\n<div data-iu=\"ban3\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban3\" class=\"ad gam inline\" data-ad-lz=\"1\"><\/div>\n<p> <script>         if (window && window.foxstrike && Array.isArray(window.foxstrike.cmd)) {           window.foxstrike.cmd.push(function(Strike) {             Strike.insertAd('mobile', 'ban3', 'mobile-mw-ad-ban3');           });         } else {           console.error('Error: window.foxstrike not found');         }       <\/script><\/div>\n<div type=\"video\" caption=\"'Undivided' podcast host Brandi Kruse joined 'Fox &#038; Friends First' to discuss the report and the DNC's decision to host the 2024 national convention in Chicago.\u00a0\" originalimageurl=\"https:\/\/cf-images.us-east-1.prod.boltdns.net\/v1\/static\/694940094001\/5a0f3dcb-12fa-44c3-b420-ff09467b3ae7\/3da0d59b-e6b2-46fa-9601-8f572c23be9a\/1280x720\/match\/image.jpg\" class=\"embed-media fn-video\">\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<div data-video-id=\"6324736908112\" data-video-domain=\"foxnews\" data-widget-type=\"embed\" class=\"m video-player\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/video.foxnews.com\/v\/6324736908112\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute;\"> <span class=\"overlay\">Video<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m sitting back there with a tape recorder. Jake Sullivan comes back and somebody asks about fracking. His answer is, well, we&#8217;re bringing a lot of American assistance over for fracking. Burisma was the direct beneficiary of that fracking, and that&#8217;s what I recorded, and that&#8217;s in a White House transcript,&#8221; McCormick said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the transcript, you don&#8217;t know who Jake Sullivan is. It&#8217;s a senior administration official. I&#8217;m the witness that says Jake Sullivan is the guy who said it and he should be investigated because at the time Hunter Biden was on the board of Burisma and Joe Biden is bringing American taxpayer money to enrich that company and himself and his family,&#8221; he continued.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb4\" class=\"ad gam\" id=\"tablet_tw-art-media-lb4\" data-ad-size=\"728x90,300x250,320x50,300x50,fluid,1x1\" data-ad-lz=\"1\" data-hot-unit=\"\"><\/div>\n<p> <!----> <!----><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/hunter-biden-interview-goes-off-rails-host-says-hands-were-tied-asking-political-questions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>HUNTER BIDEN INTERVIEW GOES OFF THE RAILS AS HOST SAYS HIS \u2018HANDS WERE TIED\u2019 FROM ASKING POLITICAL QUESTIONS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\"><!----> <\/p>\n<div data-iu=\"ban4\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban4\" class=\"ad gam inline\" data-ad-lz=\"1\"><\/div>\n<p> <script>         if (window && window.foxstrike && Array.isArray(window.foxstrike.cmd)) {           window.foxstrike.cmd.push(function(Strike) {             Strike.insertAd('mobile', 'ban4', 'mobile-mw-ad-ban4');           });         } else {           console.error('Error: window.foxstrike not found');         }       <\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container desktop ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb3\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<p> <!----> <!----><\/div>\n<p>Hunter joined the board of the Ukrainian natural gas firm on April 18, just three days before Biden and his team traveled to Kyiv. But that critical piece of the puzzle was not <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.house.gov\/meetings\/JU\/JU00\/20191211\/110331\/HMKP-116-JU00-20191211-SD984.pdf\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">made public until May 12.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>McCormick argued the timeline of the events suggests that Biden funneled American money overseas to &#8220;enrich&#8221; himself and his family, and used his own influence to aid his son&#8217;s rookie energy career. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The former stenographer made it clear he wants to present the information under oath before the grand jury in Delaware probing Hunter&#8217;s business dealings, which is led by U.S. Attorney David Weiss.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\"><!----> <\/p>\n<div data-iu=\"ban5\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban5\" class=\"ad gam inline\" data-ad-lz=\"1\"><\/div>\n<p> <script>         if (window && window.foxstrike && Array.isArray(window.foxstrike.cmd)) {           window.foxstrike.cmd.push(function(Strike) {             Strike.insertAd('mobile', 'ban5', 'mobile-mw-ad-ban5'); 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height: 100%;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/video.foxnews.com\/v\/6324740703112\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute;\"> <span class=\"overlay\">Video<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Hunter has been under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/biden-takes-son-hunter-sister-valerie-ireland-investigations-heat-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">federal investigation since 2018<\/a> for suspected tax and foreign lobbying violations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The probe into Hunter&#8217;s alleged violations began after suspicious activity reports (SARs) regarding suspicious foreign transactions were flagged.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/vp-bidens-office-tried-quash-bloomberg-story-about-hunter-biden-his-firms-request-emails-show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>VP BIDEN&#8217;S OFFICE TRIED TO QUASH BLOOMBERG STORY ABOUT HUNTER BIDEN AT HIS FIRM&#8217;S REQUEST, EMAILS SHOW<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\"><!----> <\/p>\n<div data-iu=\"ban6\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban6\" class=\"ad gam inline\" data-ad-lz=\"1\"><\/div>\n<p> <script>         if (window && window.foxstrike && Array.isArray(window.foxstrike.cmd)) {           window.foxstrike.cmd.push(function(Strike) {             Strike.insertAd('mobile', 'ban6', 'mobile-mw-ad-ban6');           });         } else {           console.error('Error: window.foxstrike not found');         }       <\/script><\/div>\n<p>Those SARs involved money funneled from &#8220;China and other foreign nations,&#8221; according to sources familiar with the probe.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb6\" class=\"ad gam\" id=\"tablet_tw-art-media-lb6\" data-ad-size=\"728x90,300x250,320x50,300x50,fluid,1x1\" data-ad-lz=\"1\" data-hot-unit=\"\"><\/div>\n<p> <!----> <!----><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container desktop ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb4\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<p> <!----> <!----><\/div>\n<p>And although reports suggested in months past that the investigation is approaching a critical juncture, Republican subpoena power is likely to accelerate the investigation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If David Weiss can&#8217;t have me in front of his grand jury explaining what I know as a witness, that&#8217;s a fraudulent grand jury,&#8221; McCormick said. &#8220;It&#8217;s a fraudulent use of the American judicial system to cover for Barack Obama and Joe Biden&#8217;s crimes in office.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\"><!----> <\/p>\n<div data-iu=\"ban7\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban7\" class=\"ad gam inline\" data-ad-lz=\"1\"><\/div>\n<p> <script>         if (window && window.foxstrike && Array.isArray(window.foxstrike.cmd)) {           window.foxstrike.cmd.push(function(Strike) {             Strike.insertAd('mobile', 'ban7', 'mobile-mw-ad-ban7');           });         } else {           console.error('Error: window.foxstrike not found');         }       <\/script><\/div>\n<div type=\"video\" caption=\"President Biden on Friday denied that members of his family received $1 million in payments from his son Hunter's business associates, despite bank records and confirmation from his legal team.\u00a0\" originalimageurl=\"https:\/\/cf-images.us-east-1.prod.boltdns.net\/v1\/static\/694940094001\/96a80fec-fd56-4a0d-a5c8-3abfbe704732\/7c727b65-750f-47c6-a039-6907c93a0624\/1280x720\/match\/image.jpg\" class=\"embed-media fn-video\">\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<div data-video-id=\"6322839719112\" data-video-domain=\"foxnews\" data-widget-type=\"embed\" class=\"m video-player\" style=\"width: 100%; 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          });         } else {           console.error('Error: window.foxstrike not found');         }       <\/script><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;If I went in there, I would tell them to have Barack Obama called in as a witness because he&#8217;s part of the conspiracy. He&#8217;s an ex-president. He has to answer who was in charge of this, putting Joe Biden into this role? Did Barack Obama know about it?&#8221; McCormick questioned.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s evidence I&#8217;ve seen and put in my Substack on April 16th, so two days before Hunter joins Joe Biden is with Hunter in the West Wing. They have a meeting, and then later that day in the evening, Joe Biden spends a day in the limousine in the back of Barack Obama&#8217;s limousine in western Pennsylvania,&#8221; he continued.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container desktop ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb5\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<p> <!----> <!----><\/div>\n<p>The White House did not immediately respond to Fox News&#8217; request for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\"><!----> <\/p>\n<div data-iu=\"ban9\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban9\" class=\"ad gam inline\" data-ad-lz=\"1\"><\/div>\n<p> <script>         if (window && window.foxstrike && Array.isArray(window.foxstrike.cmd)) {           window.foxstrike.cmd.push(function(Strike) {             Strike.insertAd('mobile', 'ban9', 'mobile-mw-ad-ban9');           });         } else {           console.error('Error: window.foxstrike not found');         }       <\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb8\" class=\"ad gam\" id=\"tablet_tw-art-media-lb8\" data-ad-size=\"728x90,300x250,320x50,300x50,fluid,1x1\" data-ad-lz=\"1\" data-hot-unit=\"\"><\/div>\n<p> <!----> <!----><\/div>\n<div id=\"cultivate-embed\" data-question-id=\"395\"><script defer=\"\" data-question-id=\"395\" type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.cultivatefox.com\/assets\/forecasting_widget_embed.js\" id=\"cl-fc-widget\"><\/script><iframe id=\"cl-fc-widget-frame\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cultivatefox.com\/forecasting_widget\/395\" style=\"height: 572px;\" frameborder=\"0\" border=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p> <!----> <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Bailee Hill is an associate editor with Fox News Digital. Story ideas can be sent to bailee.hill@fox.com\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article-body\">\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\" data-v-b8a95802=\"\">\n<div class=\"contain\" data-v-b8a95802=\"\">\n<div class=\"control\" data-v-b8a95802=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bonginoreport.com\/#\" class=\"top\" data-v-b8a95802=\"\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/bonginoreport.com\/#\" class=\"close\" data-v-b8a95802=\"\">close<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"video-container\" data-v-b8a95802=\"\">\n<div data-video-id=\"6324957711112\" data-video-domain=\"foxnews\" data-widget-type=\"embed\" class=\"m video-player\" data-v-b8a95802=\"\" data-embed-uid=\"fnc-embed-1\">\n<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe aria-label=\"MVPD Picker\" src=\"\/\/static.foxnews.com\/static\/orion\/html\/video\/iframe\/vod.html?v=20230412181819#uid=fnc-embed-1&#038;url=www.foxnews.com%2Fmedia%2Fex-obama-staffer-blows-whistle-biden-kickback-scheme-hunter-joined-burisma-malfeasance-office\" border=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 1px; min-height: 100%;\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"info\" data-v-b8a95802=\"\">\n<div class=\"caption\" data-v-b8a95802=\"\">\n<h4 class=\"title\" data-v-b8a95802=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6324957711112\" data-v-b8a95802=\"\">Obama-era staffer blows whistle on Biden kickback scheme: He is &#8216;a criminal&#8217;<\/a><\/h4>\n<p data-v-b8a95802=\"\">Former Obama stenographer Mike McCormick claims then-Vice President Biden used American taxpayer money to enrich his family and says Jake Sullivan a &#8216;conspirator.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">A former Obama administration staffer is blowing the whistle on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/hunter-bidens-business-partners-assistants-visited-white-house-80-times-when-biden-vp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden family&#8217;s business dealings<\/a>, accusing President Biden of being involved in a &#8220;kickback scheme&#8221; in connection with his son Hunter&#8217;s overseas business dealings while he was vice president.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\"><!----> <\/p>\n<div data-iu=\"ban1\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban1\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<p> <script>         if (window && window.foxstrike && Array.isArray(window.foxstrike.cmd)) {           window.foxstrike.cmd.push(function(Strike) {             Strike.insertAd('mobile', 'ban1', 'mobile-mw-ad-ban1');           });         } else {           console.error('Error: window.foxstrike not found');         }       <\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb2\" class=\"ad gam\" id=\"tablet_tw-art-media-lb2\" data-ad-size=\"728x90,300x250,320x50,300x50,fluid,1x1\" data-ad-lz=\"\" data-hot-unit=\"\" data-google-query-id=\"CN3ixdazqP4CFV5cDQodvuwH_A\" data-ad-slot-rendered=\"1\" data-rendered-size=\"728x200\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/4145\/fnc\/tw\/art\/media\/lb2_0__container__\" style=\"border: 0pt none;\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/4145\/fnc\/tw\/art\/media\/lb2_0\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/4145\/fnc\/tw\/art\/media\/lb2_0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" width=\"728\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" tabindex=\"0\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-pointer-lock allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" style=\"border: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-google-container-id=\"2\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <!----> <!----><\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Mike McCormick, a stenographer for the White House for 15 years, told &#8220;Fox &#038; Friends First&#8221; the FBI has been ignoring his alarms on the matter despite his willingness to testify under oath before the federal grand jury investigating Hunter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In February, I went to the FBI and filed one of their tips on their website. If you do that, and you&#8217;re lying to them, you go to jail. I&#8217;m not lying. I&#8217;m telling the truth, and I&#8217;m not going to jail,&#8221; McCormick said Thursday. &#8220;Joe Biden is a criminal. He was conducting malfeasance in office to enrich his family. Jake Sullivan is a conspirator in that, and there&#8217;s more&#8230; Obama officials involved in it, I believe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container desktop ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb2\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<p> <!----> <!----><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/biden-wishes-republicans-lots-of-luck-in-plans-to-investigate-hunter-business-dealings-if-they-take-majority\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>BIDEN WISHES REPUBLICANS &#8216;LOTS OF LUCK&#8217; IN PLANS TO INVESTIGATE SON HUNTER IF THEY TAKE THE HOUSE<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\"><!----> <\/p>\n<div data-iu=\"ban2\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban2\" class=\"ad gam inline\" data-ad-lz=\"1\"><\/div>\n<p> <script>         if (window && window.foxstrike && Array.isArray(window.foxstrike.cmd)) {           window.foxstrike.cmd.push(function(Strike) {             Strike.insertAd('mobile', 'ban2', 'mobile-mw-ad-ban2');           });         } else {           console.error('Error: window.foxstrike not found');         }       <\/script><\/div>\n<p>McCormick, who worked with Biden from 2011 to 2017, detailed a key dialogue involving the vice president, aide Jake Sullivan and the press on Air Force Two\u00a0before a trip to Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 21, 2014.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb3\" class=\"ad gam\" id=\"tablet_tw-art-media-lb3\" data-ad-size=\"728x90,300x250,320x50,300x50,fluid,1x1\" data-ad-lz=\"1\" data-hot-unit=\"\"><\/div>\n<p> <!----> <!----><\/div>\n<p>Sullivan, who is the current national security adviser, outlined in a White House transcript Biden&#8217;s priorities for his trip to the country, which included U.S. investment in the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/04\/11\/ex-biden-stenographer-says-fbi-ignored-prezs-role-in-hunters-business-dealings\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Ukrainian energy sector<\/a> days after Hunter joined the board of Burisma, according to the New York Post.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Months later, and well after the trip, Congress allocated $50 million to Ukraine&#8217;s energy market.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\"><!----> <\/p>\n<div data-iu=\"ban3\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban3\" class=\"ad gam inline\" data-ad-lz=\"1\"><\/div>\n<p> <script>         if (window && window.foxstrike && Array.isArray(window.foxstrike.cmd)) {           window.foxstrike.cmd.push(function(Strike) {             Strike.insertAd('mobile', 'ban3', 'mobile-mw-ad-ban3');           });         } else {           console.error('Error: window.foxstrike not found');         }       <\/script><\/div>\n<div type=\"video\" caption=\"'Undivided' podcast host Brandi Kruse joined 'Fox &#038; Friends First' to discuss the report and the DNC's decision to host the 2024 national convention in Chicago.\u00a0\" originalimageurl=\"https:\/\/cf-images.us-east-1.prod.boltdns.net\/v1\/static\/694940094001\/5a0f3dcb-12fa-44c3-b420-ff09467b3ae7\/3da0d59b-e6b2-46fa-9601-8f572c23be9a\/1280x720\/match\/image.jpg\" class=\"embed-media fn-video\">\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<div data-video-id=\"6324736908112\" data-video-domain=\"foxnews\" data-widget-type=\"embed\" class=\"m video-player\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/video.foxnews.com\/v\/6324736908112\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute;\"> <span class=\"overlay\">Video<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m sitting back there with a tape recorder. Jake Sullivan comes back and somebody asks about fracking. His answer is, well, we&#8217;re bringing a lot of American assistance over for fracking. Burisma was the direct beneficiary of that fracking, and that&#8217;s what I recorded, and that&#8217;s in a White House transcript,&#8221; McCormick said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the transcript, you don&#8217;t know who Jake Sullivan is. It&#8217;s a senior administration official. I&#8217;m the witness that says Jake Sullivan is the guy who said it and he should be investigated because at the time Hunter Biden was on the board of Burisma and Joe Biden is bringing American taxpayer money to enrich that company and himself and his family,&#8221; he continued.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb4\" class=\"ad gam\" id=\"tablet_tw-art-media-lb4\" data-ad-size=\"728x90,300x250,320x50,300x50,fluid,1x1\" data-ad-lz=\"1\" data-hot-unit=\"\"><\/div>\n<p> <!----> <!----><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/hunter-biden-interview-goes-off-rails-host-says-hands-were-tied-asking-political-questions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>HUNTER BIDEN INTERVIEW GOES OFF THE RAILS AS HOST SAYS HIS \u2018HANDS WERE TIED\u2019 FROM ASKING POLITICAL QUESTIONS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\"><!----> <\/p>\n<div data-iu=\"ban4\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban4\" class=\"ad gam inline\" data-ad-lz=\"1\"><\/div>\n<p> <script>         if (window && window.foxstrike && Array.isArray(window.foxstrike.cmd)) {           window.foxstrike.cmd.push(function(Strike) {             Strike.insertAd('mobile', 'ban4', 'mobile-mw-ad-ban4');           });         } else {           console.error('Error: window.foxstrike not found');         }       <\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container desktop ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb3\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<p> <!----> <!----><\/div>\n<p>Hunter joined the board of the Ukrainian natural gas firm on April 18, just three days before Biden and his team traveled to Kyiv. But that critical piece of the puzzle was not <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.house.gov\/meetings\/JU\/JU00\/20191211\/110331\/HMKP-116-JU00-20191211-SD984.pdf\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">made public until May 12.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>McCormick argued the timeline of the events suggests that Biden funneled American money overseas to &#8220;enrich&#8221; himself and his family, and used his own influence to aid his son&#8217;s rookie energy career. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The former stenographer made it clear he wants to present the information under oath before the grand jury in Delaware probing Hunter&#8217;s business dealings, which is led by U.S. Attorney David Weiss.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\"><!----> <\/p>\n<div data-iu=\"ban5\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban5\" class=\"ad gam inline\" data-ad-lz=\"1\"><\/div>\n<p> <script>         if (window && window.foxstrike && Array.isArray(window.foxstrike.cmd)) {           window.foxstrike.cmd.push(function(Strike) {             Strike.insertAd('mobile', 'ban5', 'mobile-mw-ad-ban5'); 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height: 100%;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/video.foxnews.com\/v\/6324740703112\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute;\"> <span class=\"overlay\">Video<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Hunter has been under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/biden-takes-son-hunter-sister-valerie-ireland-investigations-heat-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">federal investigation since 2018<\/a> for suspected tax and foreign lobbying violations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The probe into Hunter&#8217;s alleged violations began after suspicious activity reports (SARs) regarding suspicious foreign transactions were flagged.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/vp-bidens-office-tried-quash-bloomberg-story-about-hunter-biden-his-firms-request-emails-show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>VP BIDEN&#8217;S OFFICE TRIED TO QUASH BLOOMBERG STORY ABOUT HUNTER BIDEN AT HIS FIRM&#8217;S REQUEST, EMAILS SHOW<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\"><!----> <\/p>\n<div data-iu=\"ban6\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban6\" class=\"ad gam inline\" data-ad-lz=\"1\"><\/div>\n<p> <script>         if (window && window.foxstrike && Array.isArray(window.foxstrike.cmd)) {           window.foxstrike.cmd.push(function(Strike) {             Strike.insertAd('mobile', 'ban6', 'mobile-mw-ad-ban6');           });         } else {           console.error('Error: window.foxstrike not found');         }       <\/script><\/div>\n<p>Those SARs involved money funneled from &#8220;China and other foreign nations,&#8221; according to sources familiar with the probe.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb6\" class=\"ad gam\" id=\"tablet_tw-art-media-lb6\" data-ad-size=\"728x90,300x250,320x50,300x50,fluid,1x1\" data-ad-lz=\"1\" data-hot-unit=\"\"><\/div>\n<p> <!----> <!----><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container desktop ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb4\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<p> <!----> <!----><\/div>\n<p>And although reports suggested in months past that the investigation is approaching a critical juncture, Republican subpoena power is likely to accelerate the investigation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If David Weiss can&#8217;t have me in front of his grand jury explaining what I know as a witness, that&#8217;s a fraudulent grand jury,&#8221; McCormick said. &#8220;It&#8217;s a fraudulent use of the American judicial system to cover for Barack Obama and Joe Biden&#8217;s crimes in office.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\"><!----> <\/p>\n<div data-iu=\"ban7\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban7\" class=\"ad gam inline\" data-ad-lz=\"1\"><\/div>\n<p> <script>         if (window && window.foxstrike && Array.isArray(window.foxstrike.cmd)) {           window.foxstrike.cmd.push(function(Strike) {             Strike.insertAd('mobile', 'ban7', 'mobile-mw-ad-ban7');           });         } else {           console.error('Error: window.foxstrike not found');         }       <\/script><\/div>\n<div type=\"video\" caption=\"President Biden on Friday denied that members of his family received $1 million in payments from his son Hunter's business associates, despite bank records and confirmation from his legal team.\u00a0\" originalimageurl=\"https:\/\/cf-images.us-east-1.prod.boltdns.net\/v1\/static\/694940094001\/96a80fec-fd56-4a0d-a5c8-3abfbe704732\/7c727b65-750f-47c6-a039-6907c93a0624\/1280x720\/match\/image.jpg\" class=\"embed-media fn-video\">\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<div data-video-id=\"6322839719112\" data-video-domain=\"foxnews\" data-widget-type=\"embed\" class=\"m video-player\" style=\"width: 100%; 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          });         } else {           console.error('Error: window.foxstrike not found');         }       <\/script><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;If I went in there, I would tell them to have Barack Obama called in as a witness because he&#8217;s part of the conspiracy. He&#8217;s an ex-president. He has to answer who was in charge of this, putting Joe Biden into this role? Did Barack Obama know about it?&#8221; McCormick questioned.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s evidence I&#8217;ve seen and put in my Substack on April 16th, so two days before Hunter joins Joe Biden is with Hunter in the West Wing. 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