Ukrainian MP Andriy Derkach revealed on Wednesday that former Vice President Joe Biden received $900,000 from Burisma Group for lobbying activities, citing materials related to an investigation.
Via Interfax:
Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden received $900,000 for lobbying activities from Burisma Group, Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada member Andriy Derkach said citing investigation materials.
Derkach publicized documents which, as he said, “describe the mechanism of getting money by Biden Sr.” at a press conference at Interfax-Ukraine’s press center in Kyiv on Wednesday. –Interfax
“This was the transfer of Burisma Group’s funds for lobbying activities, as investigators believe, personally to Joe Biden through a lobbying company. Funds in the amount of $900,000 were transferred to the U.S.-based company Rosemont Seneca Partners, which according to open sources, in particular, the New York Times, is affiliated with Biden. The payment reference was payment for consultative services,” said Derkach.
Derkach also puiblicized sums of money transferred to Burisma Group representatives – including Joe Biden’s son Hunter.
“According to the documents, Burisma paid no less than $16.5 million to [former Polish President, who became an independent director at Burisma Holdings in 2014] Aleksander Kwasniewski, [chairman of the Burisma board of independent directors] Alan Apter, [Burisma independent director] Devon Archer and Hunter Biden [who joined the Burisma board of directors in 2014],” Derkach added.
“Using political and economic levelers of influencing Ukrainian authorities and manipulating the issue of providing financial aid to Ukraine, Joe Biden actively assisted closing criminal cases into the activity of former Ukrainian Ecology Minister Mykola Zlochevsky, who is the founder and owner of Burisma Group.”
“Biden’s fifth visit to Kyiv on December 7-8, 2015 was devoted to making a decision on the resignation of [then Ukrainian Prosecutor General] Viktor Shokin over the case of Zlochevsky and Burisma. Loan guarantees worth $1 billion that the United States was to give to Ukraine was the point of pressure. Biden himself admitted exerting pressure in his speech at the Council of Foreign Relations in January 2018, calling Shokin ‘son of a bitch who was fired’,” Derkach added.
Via Interfax:
The timeline of events proves that the U.S. linked the Zlochevsky case to loan guarantees, he said.
After the decree dismissing Shokin was published on April 3, 2016, the governments of the United States and Ukraine signed a loan guarantee agreement worth $1 billion, several months later, on June 3, he said.
“In this case, there are facts should be subject to investigation. There is an agency that has powers to investigate them; the U.S. Department of Justice. If the Ukrainian Prosecutor General signs documents and send them to U.S. Department of Justice without any requests, he will accomplish his mission,” he said, adding that the Ukrainian Prosecutor General has such powers.
“Considering international corruption in public is a way-out for President Zelensky. I am certain that he is not involved in international corruption,” Derkach said.
It was reported earlier that Derkach publicized correspondence between the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and officers of the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv. According to publicized correspondence, starting from July 14, 2017, the lists of criminal proceedings undertaken by NABU officers were sent from the electronic mailbox of Polina Chyzh, an assistant to NABU first deputy head Gizo Uglava, to the electronic mailbox of Hanna Yemelianova, a legal specialist of the anti-corruption program of the U.S. Justice Department at U.S. Embassy in Ukraine.
Derkach says he will publish the leaked documents on his Facebook account, and will initiate the creation of an ad hoc parliamentary investigative commission, “and has already requested launching a criminal case against Ukrainian officials into interference into U.S. elections,” according to the report.
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Well shit, who knew Democrats were crooks.
Pretty sure there are RINO’s involved as well, or at least worried their own scams might be exposed. Why else would they stay so quiet and not go on the attack?
Because the “Never Trumpers” were a fraud to pretend there was some resistance to the TRUMP GRAVY TRAIN.
Follow the money. Both teams take donations from the same special interest groups. OpenSecrets.org
Back when me ‘n Barack was in office we didn’t make squat; now things have turned around quite nicely for us.
So this is okay? Nothing to see here? A conspiracy theory?
Not at all surprised, and would be even more shocked if this were the only payoff Joe has received. Absent a system to deal with this kind of corruption, I guess it doesn’t really matter.
Joe we hardly knew you….well I suspect that is going to change and it won’t be pretty…..tip of the iceberg. Pelosi’s kid was highly compensated in Ukraine…..and as Eric Trump pointed out…how come it is OK for the New Green Deal crazies to have their kids all sitting on Oil and Gas boards destroying the environment? I am sure RINO’s deeply connected thus Justin Amash went rabid on Trump over China……
Now to ‘Crooked Hillary’ we can add ‘Crooked Joe’. Lock em up!
“Now” was 2 to 3 years ago.
It’s over.
Get it?
When he received that payment would be interesting to know and whether or not he is a registered foreign lobbyist.
Is there any end to the corruption?
Only if you stop looking.
I don’t believe there is, no. I also believe it goes far deeper than any of us might imagine.
Jeremiah 17:9 KJB… “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?”
Why would the human heart be “desperately” wicked? Because deep down inside it knows God is and that it’s accountable to Him. It tries desperately to avoid the reality (deceiving itself) and thus becomes desperately wicked.
Romans 1:20-21 KJB… “For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.”
The Empire has degenerated into carpetbagging candidates who openly threaten to jail each other week by week by week.
They could televise fake perp walks of various figures for another several years, until people figured out the perp walks are fake.
Even then, nothing will happen.
The AG’s Office has followed the DOJ-FBI lead and become a farce like none other.
Sounds like the makings of civil war.
The AG is the head of Dept of Just Us and the FIB is part of it. The questions is – Is he the head of the snake or the snake hunter?
Good point, Hard Farmer (BB’s loving appellation for you). Half of the way the Brennan coup-meisters tried to take down Trump-affiliated people was to try to frame them with FARA (Foreign Agents Registration Act) violations. Like when Israeli-American Charles Tawil gave Papadopoulos $10,000 cash and the FBI swooped in on Papa when he got back to the States – expecting to find the $10k in his luggage (but Papa’s wife was smart enough to tell him to leave it in Greece).
And he left it with his lawyer as evidence.
Why else do politicians spend millions to get elected to jobs that pay less than $200K a year?
and why indeed do companies and individuals “donate” those billions to the politicians every cycle? Because it is an investment in access and access leads to favorable outcomes….that justify the investment. Obviously, there is a “market” in politicians selling their offices…and business is booming in our decrepit kleptocracy “end of empire”.
Several years ago, I read a report about GE’s “Tax Avoidance Division”, charged with lobbying for favorable legislation. This was the most profitable division within the corporation with a $3 BILLION return on its $1 BILLION “investment”.
We all know the Bidens (and many others) are crooked. The real question is why Trump’s DOJ is sitting in the corner playing with its dick. Many have figured out the answer, but many here still have not.
I’m sure that if anyone is prosecuted for anything, it’ll be a disappointingly small number for a disappointingly low level of crime, but Durham just got more funding, more assistants and an increased scope of time to investigate. This shit moves exceedingly slowly. Besides, to call it “Trump’s DOJ” is to ignore most of the last 3 years. Sessions was, at best, recused from everything and a possible Uniparty mole all along. Rosenstein was in charge and he was in on the coup, but firing him would have been labeled “obstruction of justice”. DOJ, FBI, CIA … these are HUGE bureaucracies and just because someone gets inaugurated doesn’t mean they’re in charge of them. Even now Wray at FBI is probably crooked, as is Haspel at CIA. Trump hasn’t been able to fill those spots with anyone halfway honorable because they need senate confirmation. Dan Coats as Director of National Intelligence was probably a Uniparty plant. When Trump recently nominated John Radcliffe to replace Coats, he was quickly told that Radcliffe was unacceptable – mostly to the bipartisan bunch of rats on the SSCI – Senate Sub Committee on Intelligence. In fact, there’s a good chance that the Swamper that Trump passed over for DNI – Sue Gordon – is the “whistleblower” (or one of the “whistleblowers”).
Wow, why not just say it?
Hillary Clinton 2020!
You just made me swoon –
Remember how quickly she “recovered” at Chelsea’s apartment? I wonder how many doubles she has?
Wagering that those doppelgangers are actually clones.
Can a clone be grown that quickly? The technology has not been around that long. Robot, maybe?
The telling point to me is how mundane it has become. Nothing will come of this. Certainly none of the corporate press will raise a red flag-they’re in on the scam. See how many pols came into office not worth much and left multimillionaires-Repos and Dummos. DiFi had a net worth of $700k when she entered the senate. Now her and her old man are worth $200 mil. Check out McShit’s 9 figure net worth having served his whole career in what is laughingly called “public service”. Obummer goes from community work to the state senate to the senate for one term then the white house. Now he buys an island mansion for millions-and that’s just his walking-around money. Now consider that 7 of the 9 richest counties ring d.c.
“It’s a big club…….(you know).
“You can’t get rich in politics unless you’re a crook.” Harry Truman
Vote, my ass.
As long as Uncle Sugar is passing around $4 TRILLION (and growing) every year, there will be lots of money spread around to politicians trying to get their “fair share”. Cut the government’s spending to enumerated powers only and the bureaucracy will disappear, along with the lobbyists and politicians becoming millionaires while sucking on the government teat.
with bernie’s heart problem & then his dau in law dying 3 days after a cancer diagnosis,he’s probably done–
this biden corruption coming to light,eliz warren being exposed as not just exaggerating but being a blatant liar about losing her job due to pregnancy,it seems as if the field is being cleared 4 another candidate–
who is the candidate?
who is clearing the field 4 the candidate,themselves or the dnc or someone else?
someone who does not want to take a chance on the consequences of that candidate winning?
the general election candidate?
“There are no coincidences in politics” – FDR
I don’t believe these coincidences are organic either. Bernie having a heart attack is one of those situations that is being exploited since the old commie wouldn’t be electable anyway. That said, I think there’s a Hilabeast component to all of these revelations. Hildabeast may or may not run but she will use any and all opportunities to rake in the cash. There’s also an Obama component who might be clearing the decks for a Moochelle run. Time will tell.
I’d long predicted Kamala Harris – mostly because she checks off the most demographic boxes: woman, black, Indian, skank. She’s a childless harridan – which has been the norm in the western world lately (Merkel, May, Macron, etc.), and the establishment may still want her, but I don’t think anyone could have imagined how terrible she would be as a candidate. Scott Adams has pointed out on Twitter how she seems incapable of doing anything to grab attention or to spout anything other than libtard pablum. Too much time in the Bay Area left her left cawing things like “speak truth to power”. She might be able to re-boot if she got someone smarter to feed her lines. She just replaced most of her campaign staff, but she replaced them with more young minorities and women who don’t have the slightest affinity with voters in IA, NH, NV and SC. Even her (((white))) husband isn’t really white.
I can’t believe the democrats would run the mayor of South Bend, Indiana – even if he started sucking dick right during his campaign stops. Everybody hates Beto – probably even his wife. Yang? Really? I be surprised if Hillary would try again, but if she announces, Trump should personally donate the max to her campaign on day one.
We will see if Tulsi finishes off Kammie in the debate next week.
My money has been on Big Mike being “drafted” as a last resort to stop The Donald, but I think he’s holding off for ’24.
Big Mike 2020
He wants to wait until ’24 when the pendulum is scheduled to change.
MSDNC operates under the principle that if people don’t hear about corruption it didn’t happen. Seems to be working. “journalists” need education.
Joe did this shit while vice President. He was exonerated by the White House. Not a peep about Obama obstructing justice. Really?
In fact he got the highest civilian decoration from Barry O. for his efforts:
(Listen for the “Talmudic saying” at 0:55) (You did also see him reach for his wallet at 0:10 secs, didn’t you?)
Biden must be really pissed off that his paltry amount of kickbacks is getting him in trouble when the grifter King and Queen reaped BILLIONS from foreign entities as they sold political influence.
It is no wonder the democrats are losing their minds and attacking Trump & Barr.
That was one kickback. Just the one we know about. I imagine it’s like his son’s monthly “fee”- regularly scheduled distributions through shell companies and most of it right into hidden accounts around the world.
They all act like it’s nothing, so it has to be a pretty normal state of affairs to get that cocky.
I predict Derkach’s Facebook page is closed in 10….9…..8…..7…..
This is the same gobbledy-gook that has gone on since folks can remember. The elite/pirate class keeps the clown show rolling while they clean out your pockets. SAME/SAME different day, a shit show is a shit show is a shit show. The characters change but at the end of the day the great unwashed get bent over and pumped.
I did a little research, maybe fifteen minutes total on a cheap laptop. I only used a Congressional website to check into it and read the full text of the linked pdf.
In 1998 during the 1st session of the 106th Congress- at that time a Democratic majority with a Democratic President- ratified a treaty between the United States of America and The Ukraine. The title of that treaty is “Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters”.
There is absolutely no doubt what the intent of the treaty is, how it is meant to be used, and who is the “Central Authority” in the execution of said cooperation, and specifically why it was created- to stop corruption.
I’d provide a link but I am unable to do so using the computer I have, search it yourself.
How is it that no one in the media, the Congress or the Senate is aware of the precedence this treaty has in regards to the communication between POTUS and the President of The Ukraine, specifically as it applies to the Biden issue? Why can’t the President articulate this in his tweets? Why hasn’t Barr stepped up to the plate and simply read the treaty, which was signed by WJ Clinton in 1999? This treaty takes all the wind out of the impeachment sails, in fact if he didn’t ask for assistance in this matter it would be a clear violation of that treaty and a dereliction of duty.
I just don’t get the difficulty people have in doing some of the simplest research even an idiot like myself was able to do in a matter of minutes.
If there is anyone out there who can correct me on this, I’d be grateful.
One of several Psyop movies set in Ukraine and involving intelligence and favors for sale- from right around that time:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0208942/
HF,
I have noticed that the Treaty has had little mention from Trump and/or Giuliani or Barr (wherever he is). I took the time to write down all the details I could find in an effort to make my own timeline. Annotations were placed in the right hand margins. The list became quite long. I did not include talking points, or narrative confabulation, “Just the Facts Ma’am, just the facts” (ht, Joe Friday).
My list includes a lot of info you’ll probably never see or hear from the lamestream; neither will you see it from the pro Trumpers.
The information is relatively easy to find, it just takes time to assemble. If you look at the Dem’s charges against Trump, they’re just charges, mostly words and innuendo. They keep hanging their collective hat on quid pro quo, but have no provenance.
Is this whole mess is just another open-handed slap/ hair pulling girlie fight. What else is one to make of the inconsistencies?
It beats Chinese Orange round-ball, I guess.
From Arizona Independent
September 29, 2019
“Congressional democrats have begun inquiries into impeachment of President Trump allegedly because Trump “tried to pressure” the Ukrainians into investigating possible corruption by former VP Joe Biden and his son. I have not heard reference of this treaty from the democrats or the “mainstream” press.”
“However, Trump was entirely within his legal purview according to a treaty signed into law during the Clinton administration: Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters.”
“The original treaty was signed in Kiev on July 22, 1998. Clinton transmitted the treaty to the Senate on October 19, 1999, and it was ratified by the Senate on October 18, 2000. The following link shows Clinton’s Letter of Transmittal, Clinton’s Letter of Submittal in which he summarizes the main points. This is follow by the full text of the treaty.”
https://www.congress.gov/106/cdoc/tdoc16/CDOC-106tdoc
In other news…
“Two men who reportedly have assisted Rudy Giuliani in his efforts to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden’s family have been arrested and were charged Thursday in connection with an alleged scheme to circumvent federal laws against foreign campaign donations.”
“The two men were arrested Wednesday night at Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia, just outside Washington, as they attempted to leave the country with one-way tickets, officials said.”
“Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, two Soviet-born businessmen based in Florida, have been charged with four counts by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, including conspiracy to commit campaign finance fraud, false statements to the Federal Election Commission, and falsification of records. Both Parnas and Fruman have been tied to the work done by the president’s personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, in Ukraine where Giuliani has had significant business interests.”
sdny = comey’s daughter,epstein charges,etc.–
Bullseye, Red. Exactly what I thought reading / hearing about the 2 associates of Giuliani.
SDNY is, much like the US 9th Circuit out west, a pack of evil dicks with badges or robes.
Lawyers, G-men, and judges. Power & Corruption. Dewey, Cheatham, & Howe, P.C.
I’ll leave it to TBP monkeys to suggest what the P.C. stands for. Professional Criminals?