{"id":2028988,"date":"2023-09-12T09:09:06","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T13:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/comer-requests-information-from-state-department-on-joe-bidens-actions-surrounding-ukraine\/"},"modified":"2023-09-12T09:11:14","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T13:11:14","slug":"comer-requests-information-from-state-department-on-joe-bidens-actions-surrounding-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/comer-requests-information-from-state-department-on-joe-bidens-actions-surrounding-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Comer seeks State Department details on Biden&#8217;s Ukraine involvement."},"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\">18<\/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%2Fcomer-requests-information-from-state-department-on-joe-bidens-actions-surrounding-ukraine%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=2028988&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--><h2>House Oversight Committee Chairman Requests Information\u200c on Biden&#8217;s Actions in Ukraine<\/h2>\n<p>House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">house<\/a>-republicans-demand-answers-on-pelosi-security-decisions-national-guard-deployment\/&#8221; title=&#8221;House Republicans Demand Answers On Pelosi Security Decisions, National Guard Deployment&#8221;>seeking information<\/a> from the State Department regarding then-Vice \u2062President Joe Biden&#8217;s\u200c involvement in Ukraine. Comer specifically wants details about \u2063Biden&#8217;s decision-making and actions, including\u200c his\u200c threat to withhold aid to Ukraine unless\u200c it fired its prosecutor general.<\/p>\n<p>In a \u2063letter addressed to Secretary of State Antony \u200cBlinken, Comer highlights a phone\u2063 call made by Hunter Biden to &#8220;D.C.&#8221; at the request of Burisma, a Ukrainian energy company where he served on \u2062the board. This call occurred \u200djust days before Joe Biden\u2063 threatened to withhold aid to Ukraine.<\/p>\n<h3>Oversight Ranking Member\u2064 Dismisses GOP&#8217;s Biden Investigation<\/h3>\n<p>Oversight Ranking Member Raskin has\u200d labeled the\u200b GOP&#8217;s investigation into Biden as\u2063 a &#8220;total bust.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>During a trip\u200c to Ukraine in December 2015, then-Vice President Joe Biden had \u200dinitially\u2063 planned to announce an additional\u200c $1 billion in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-plans-massive-spending-binge-on-green-energy-after-losing-taxpayers-hundreds-of-millions-on-failed-investments-report\/\" title=\"Biden Plans Massive Spending Binge On Green Energy After Losing Taxpayers Hundreds Of Millions On Failed Investments: Report\">loan guarantees<\/a> to aid Ukraine&#8217;s economy. However, he changed his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/comer-requests-information-from-state-department-on-joe-bidens-actions-surrounding-ukraine\/\" title=\"Comer seeks State Department details on Biden's Ukraine involvement.\">plans en route<\/a> to Kyiv.\u200b Instead, on December 8, 2015, he delivered a speech criticizing the country&#8217;s prosecutor general, Viktor Shokin, for corruption.<\/p>\n<p>During this visit, Biden\u200c also warned the Ukrainian government that\u2064 the United States would withhold the loan guarantees unless they fired\u200c Shokin, who was widely criticized in the West \u200cfor\u2063 not doing enough to combat corruption. The U.S.\u2064 ambassador\u2063 to Ukraine, along with the European Union, the International Monetary Fund, and other allies, shared \u2062the same objective.<\/p>\n<p>According\u200d to\u200c former\u200b Hunter Biden business associate\u2063 Devon Archer&#8217;s testimony, officials at Burisma \u200basked Hunter\u2063 Biden\u200c to call &#8220;D.C.&#8221; before Joe Biden&#8217;s \u200btrip to Ukraine. They sought assistance with various issues, including pressure from \u2064the Ukrainian Prosecutor General&#8217;s Office.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I looked at them and said,\u200d &#8216;I&#8217;m leaving in six hours.\u200d If the prosecutor is not fired, you&#8217;re not getting the money,'&#8221; \u200cBiden stated \u2064at an event in 2018. &#8220;Well, son \u200dof a bitch. He\u200b got fired.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Shokin was indeed fired in\u2063 2016.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The timing of these events is significant to the Committee,&#8221; Comer\u200b emphasized in his letter. &#8220;During the Committee&#8217;s interview with\u200d Devon Archer, he revealed that by \u2063late 2015, Burisma&#8217;s corporate secretary, Vadym Pozharsky, was increasingly pressuring Hunter Biden to seek help from the U.S. government\u2064 regarding pressure faced by Zlochevsky\u200c from \u2063the Office of the Prosecutor\u200b General and abroad. The \u200dCommittee is investigating \u2062the nature of\u200b this call and the circumstances surrounding it, including its connection to the State Department.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Comer is requesting that the State Department provide \u200bthe committee with all documents and communications related\u200b to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-audio-think-tanks-star-lawsuit-witness-admits-to-tommy-robinson-that-they-bribed-him-for-testimony-against-us-congressional-staffer\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE AUDIO: Think Tank\u2019s Star Lawsuit Witness Admits to Tommy Robinson That They Bribed Him For Testimony Against US Congressional Staffer\">phone calls<\/a> between Joe Biden and Ukrainian officials from \u200dJanuary 1, 2014, to December 31, 2016. He also\u200d seeks internal documents and communications pertaining to any conditions \u200dplaced on the $1 \u200bbillion loan guarantee.<\/p>\n<p>The question \u2062of whether Shokin was investigating Burisma remains a topic of debate. Democrats have highlighted a portion of\u200c Archer&#8217;s testimony where he mentioned that \u2063the &#8220;D.C. team&#8221; \u200brelayed to him that \u2063Burisma believed Shokin was\u200c under control and they did not want him removed. However, Archer also stated that he\u200d had no \u2062way to verify this information.<\/p>\n<p>However, in an\u200d interview with Tucker \u200dCarlson on X, Archer changed his stance and claimed that Shokin posed a\u2063 threat to\u2062 Burisma.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He was a threat,&#8221; Archer told Carlson. &#8220;He ended up seizing assets of [Burisma owner] Nikolai [Zlochevsky] \u2014 a house, some cars, a couple properties. And Nikolai actually\u200b never went back to Ukraine after \u200cShokin \u200bseized all of his assets.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) has asked the State Department for details on Joe Biden&#8217;s involvement in Ukraine, particularly his threat to withhold aid unless the country dismissed its prosecutor general. Comer&#8217;s letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken seeks information on this matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2028989,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2028988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2028988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2028988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2028988\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2028989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2028988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2028988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2028988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}