Probe of Burisma was active when Joe Biden forced prosecutor’s firing, Hunter's documents show |

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Despite claims that the investigation into Burisma was "dormant" when Pres. Biden held up $1 billion loan to Ukraine and demanded that Ukrainian Prosecutor Shokin be fired, Hunter Biden’s own communications, committee documents, and his own business partner show otherwise. 

"E-mails obtained from Hunter Biden’s laptop, documents released recently by the House Ways and Means Committee, and Devon Archer’s testimony call into question a long-held narrative that a Ukrainian investigation into Burisma Holdings was “dormant” in fall 2015 when then-Vice President Joe Biden intervened to force the firing of Ukrainian Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin.

"In fact, the Ukrainian energy company was acutely concerned about Shokin’s investigation and wanted it closed, the memos show.

"A CNN fact-check parrotted the administration's narrative that “Shokin was not prosecuting Burisma,” after then-President Donald Trump made the claim during the 2020 election. “While there had been an investigation of the company, Shokin's former deputy, Vitaliy Kasko, has said that it was dormant at the time of Joe Biden's intervention,” CNN wrote.

"But documents from Hunter Biden laptop released by a Congressional committee last week, and testimony from Hunter Biden associate and former Burisma board member Devon Archer show Burisma believed that Shokin was actively investigating the company. The documents also show that Burisma sought Hunter Biden’s help by using his American connections to close the case permanently." . . .