On April 16, 2014, while Biden was vice president, he met with Hunter’s business partner, Devon Archer, at the White House. Five days later, Biden travelled to Ukraine to lobby for increased fracking, a process he has otherwise strongly opposed. Burisma was one of the few companies licensed to frack in Ukraine. After Biden’s trip, Burisma made hundreds of millions of dollars from Ukraine’s acquiescence to his requests. The day after Biden’s return, Archer joined the Burisma board, followed three weeks later by Hunter. Burisma paid more than $4,000,000 for Hunter’s and Archer’s board memberships, including at least $1,450,000 wired directly to Hunter’s accounts.

In 2016, while Hunter and Archer were serving on Burisma’s board, Ukraine’s top prosecutor, Viktor Shokin, was investigating Burisma and its owner. In his official position as vice president, Biden demanded Ukraine fire Shokin, and threatened to withdraw $1 billion in U.S. military aid if it did not do so. Shokin was fired.

While serving on the Burisma board, Hunter and Archer sought meetings with senior State Department officials, including then-Secretary of State John Kerry and then-Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Emails showing cooperation between Blinken and Hunter have been made public.

Since taking office as president, Joe has authorized more than $75 billion of aid to Ukraine.

— Scammer in Chief
American Mind | 06.20.2023 | Kenin M. Spivak