The Wall Street Journal's report came as a top Ukraine official said President Donald Trump 'is looking' for Ukraine officials to investigate business dealings of Biden's son 'to discredit' Biden as he seeks the Democratic presidential nomination.
"to coerce the Ukrainian government into pursuing two politically motivated investigations under the guise of anti-corruption activity."
Giuliani on Thursday night said on CNN was "a tremendous amount of collusion between Ukrainan officials" and then-Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, and the Democratic National Committee in 2016, when Clinton was facing Trump in the race for the White House.
In May, The New York Times reported that Biden, while vice presient, had in March 2016 during a visit to the Ukraine capitol Kiev threatened to withhold $1 billion in American loan guarantees of the nation's leaders did not fire Ukraine's top prosecutor, "who had been accused of turning a blind eye to corruption in his own office and among the political elite."
"I explicitly limited my role to focus on corporate governance best practices to facilitate Burisma's desire to expand globally," said Hunter, who left Burisma's board earlier this year.
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