Skeeter21i Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 Blaming staff for not telling him it could raise conflict of interest concerns......wow https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-blames-staff-says-nobody-warned-him-sons-ukraine-job-could-raise-conflict Former Vice President Joe Biden claimed in a new interview that when his son Hunter was a board member of Ukrainian energy company Burisma Holdings while he was in office, no one informed him that it could pose a problem. Biden insisted again that Hunter did nothing wrong, but this time appeared to fault his staff for not cluing him in that there could be concerns about his son's involvement with the foreign company that had been under investigation while Biden was in office and dealing with Ukraine policy. FORMER VP BIDEN DISMISSES CLAIMS THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS TURNING HARD LEFT "Nobody warned me about a potential conflict of interest. Nobody warned me about that,"Biden told NPR in a story posted Monday. State Department official George Kent addressed this during his testimony as part of the impeachment inquiry of President Trump, acknowledging that he told staff members there was concern over the appearance of a conflict of interest, but that no one told the vice president because his older son Beau was suffering from what was ultimately a fatal battle with brain cancer. "They should have told me," Biden says now. Hunter's dealings and the elder Biden's role ousting a prosecutor looking into Burisma are being used by Trump and his supporters against the now-2020 presidential candidate, even as Trump's effort to press for an investigation into that conduct has spurred the impeachment inquiry. "The appearance looked bad and it gave folks like Rudy Giuliani an excuse to come up with a Trumpian kind of defense, while they were violating the Constitution," Biden said. Trump's impeachment inquiry has focused primarily on his request for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate the Bidens, as well as Democratic activities during the 2016 election. Democrats have accused Trump of using a White House visit for Zelensky and the delay of military aid to Ukraine as leverage. JOE BIDEN GETS JOHN KERRY 2020 ENDORSEMENT Trump insists he did nothing wrong and that he never called for any quid pro quo with the investigations. His administration claims that Trump was simply concerned about corruption within the Ukrainian government, asserting that is part of why he delayed the aid. Trump has also hammered the Bidens for alleged impropriety, blasting the former vice president for pressuring Ukraine to fire a prosecutor who was investigating Burisma. In the past, Biden has bragged publicly about threatening to withhold money from Ukraine in order to force the prosecutor's termination, but he claims it was due to suspicions of corruption, not because of his son's role with Burisma. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Former Secretary of State John Kerry, who recently endorsed Biden for president, also claimed following a Biden campaign event Sunday that he "had no knowledge" of Hunter's involvement with Burisma while he was secretary. This, despite Kerry's stepson Christopher Heinz reportedly notifying two of Kerry's aides after Hunter Biden became a Burisma board member. Heinz and Hunter Biden had been business partners, co-owning the private equity firm Rosemont Seneca. According to theWashington Examiner, an email from Heinz to Kerry's aides distanced Heinz from Burisma, saying "there was no investment by our firm in their company," and claiming ignorance as to why Hunter became involved in the Ukrainian firm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irv Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 Nobody has ever accused him of being too bright. And this guy was Obama's VP for 8 yrs! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racer254 Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 Does this mean he understands that there was a conflict of interest? These guys have no morals or ethics of any kind what-so-ever. Most likely he didn't care about any conflict of interest. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DriftBusta Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 If there was ever an argument for term limits, Joe Biden personifies it..... 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry ginger Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 16 minutes ago, DriftBusta said: If there was ever an argument for term limits, Joe Biden personifies it..... yet he hold no public office right now. Better example would be Pelosi, mcconnell or graham 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold War Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 1 hour ago, Angry ginger said: yet he hold no public office right now. Better example would be Pelosi, mcconnell or graham There is even better examples. Dingel, Levin, Conyers. Hold office for 30- 50 years and then a family member takes control. Sickening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DriftBusta Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 1 hour ago, Angry ginger said: yet he hold no public office right now. Better example would be Pelosi, mcconnell or graham Sure whatever you say Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos Danger Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 2 hours ago, Angry ginger said: yet he hold no public office right now. Better example would be Pelosi, mcconnell or graham Yea he is just the democratic front runner for president. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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