For John, BLUF: It seems like eons ago that we went through the House Impeachment Hearings. But, it was while the current Pandemic was building, and then the House Speaker put it on hold for a month, which was an interesting twist. A lot of it seemed a little dodgy to me. Nothing to see here; just move along.
Here is the sub-headline:
Ambassador’s impeachment testimony omitted mention of Burisma meetings, letters.
From Just the News, by Reporter John Solomon, 12 May 2020.
Here is the lede plus two:
During President Trump’s impeachment, former U.S. Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch testified to Congress that she knew little beyond an initial briefing and “press reports” about Burisma Holdings, the Ukrainian natural gas firm that had hired Vice President Joe Biden’s son Hunter and was dogged by a corruption investigation. “It just wasn’t a big deal,” she declared under oath on Oct. 11, 2019. But newly unearthed State Department memos obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show Yovanovitch’s embassy in Kiev, including the ambassador herself, was engaged in several discussions and meetings about Burisma as the gas firm scrambled during the 2016 election and transition to settle a long-running corruption investigation and polish its image before President Trump took office.The whole Ukraine imbroglio has seemed off from the beginning. The willingness of Representative Schiff to inflate the facts was very unhelpful. Also unhelpful was his apparent manipulation of the process to, it would appear, favor one side over the other. Very disappointing.
This is just another situation where Mr Hunter Biden appears to be benefitting financially from the governmental position of his Father, with an appearance of favoritism. And this is President Trump's fault?
The hard working Reporter John Solomon has been tenacious about this kind of thing.
Hat tip to the InstaPundit.
Regards — Cliff
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