Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko denied that Joe Biden ever approached him about Burisma Holdings, a gas company Biden’s son Hunter was a board member of
Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko denied Sunday that former Vice President Joe Biden ever approached him about Burisma Holdings, a gas company of which Biden’s son Hunter was a board member.
“My absolutely clear answer: no, never,” Poroshenko told CNN’s Fareed Zakaria on “Fareed Zakaria GPS.” “But I also cannot accept that, neither President Obama nor President Biden — Vice President Biden, nor President Trump, nor Vice President Pence never press[ed] me.”Poronshenko became president of Ukraine in 2014, the same year that Hunter Biden joined the board of Burisma, a gas company based in Kyiv. At the time,to help reform policy and root out corruption in Ukraine.
President Donald Trump and his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani have claimed, without corroborating evidence, that when he was vice president, Joe Biden inappropriately pressured Ukraine to remove a prosecutor who had launched an investigation into Burisma in order to protect his son. Trump’s legal team and Republican allies in Congress have opened probes into the alleged interference. Senate Homeland Security Chairman Ron Johnson that he is likely to release an interim report within one to two months.
The allegation was also at the center of the House inquiry that led to Trump's impeachment. Trump was accused of abusing his power by urging Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate the Bidens to help his reelection.
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