by Nathan Baker at The Politics Brief
Republican lawmakers are in an uproar following the discovery of a compelling 2015 email chain that sheds new light on President Biden’s controversial trip to Ukraine and his son Hunter Biden’s involvement with Burisma Holdings, an energy company based in the country.
The email chain reveals a significant revelation: just a month before then-Vice President Joe Biden’s visit to Ukraine, during which he issued a threat to withhold $1 billion in U.S. aid unless Ukrainian leaders dismissed their top prosecutor, Hunter Biden and Burisma executives were engaged in discussions about a potential contract for counter-messaging against any federal investigations targeting Burisma’s founder and then-president, Mykola Zlochevsky.
Emails retrieved from Hunter Biden’s abandoned laptop unveil a communication that transpired on November 2, 2015. Vadym Pozharskyi, an executive at Burisma, reached out to Hunter Biden, who held a position on the company’s board at the time. The email also included Devon Archer, another board member, and Eric Schwerin, the president of Rosemont Seneca Partners. The correspondence centered around a “revised proposal, contract, and initial invoice” from the lobbying firm Blue Star Strategies, which had caught the attention of all parties involved.
Within the email, Pozharskyi placed significant emphasis on the “ultimate purpose” of the agreement with Blue Star Strategies, emphasizing the goal of quashing “any cases/pursuits against Nikolay in Ukraine.” This reference was directed towards Mykola Zlochevsky, also known as Nikolay, the founder of Burisma. The revelations contained within these authenticated emails shed new light on the intentions and motivations surrounding Burisma’s engagement with Blue Star Strategies during that period.
“My only concern is for us to be on the same page re our final goals,” Pozharskyi wrote. “With this in mind,…
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