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Sen. Ron Johnson Shifts Gears, Will Subpoena Consulting Firm Linked To Burisma And Hunter Biden
By Chuck Ross, March 2020:
Sen. Ron Johnson, the chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, plans to directly subpoena a consulting firm linked to Hunter Biden and Burisma Holdings, he said in a letter Thursday.
Story continues below advertisementJohnson initially planned to subpoena a former consultant for the firm, Blue Star Strategies, but he altered his strategy after recent briefings from the FBI and protest from Democrats on the committee.
The Wisconsin Republican said in a letter to Sen. Gary Peters, the top Democrat on the committee, that he plans to subpoena Blue Star for records related to Burisma, and to request interviews with the firm’s co-founders, Karen Tramontano and Sally Painter.
Johnson said he will issue the subpoena “to address the many unanswered questions” about possible conflicts of interest involving Burisma. The subpoena is also aimed at answering whether Blue Star “used individuals with close personal connections to high-level officials within the Obama administration to gain access to and potentially influence U.S. government agencies.
He is seeking Blue Star’s records related to Burisma Holdings since Jan. 1, 2013. He also wants to interview with Tramontano and Painter
Hunter Biden, who joined Burisma’s board in April 2014, reportedly put Blue Star in touch with the Ukrainian company in 2015 to help it fight corruption allegations. Biden served through last year on the board of the Truman National Security Project with Painter, who served in the Clinton administration.
Primis Player PlaceholderHunter Biden’s position on Burisma’s board has drawn attention because of his lack of experience in Ukraine, or in the energy business. He took the job just as his father took over as the Obama administration’s point man on Ukraine-related issues.
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden attend an NCAA basketball game between Georgetown University and Duke University in Washington, U.S., Jan. 30, 2010. REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstU.S. Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden attend an NCAA basketball game between Georgetown University and Duke University in Washington, U.S., Jan. 30, 2010. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Painter and Tramontano both had contact in 2016 with State Department officials regarding Burisma, according to communications released by the agency.
Tramontano, who was deputy chief of staff to Bill Clinton, emailed one official Feb. 24, 2016, seeking a meeting with the agency regarding corruption allegations against Burisma. She also mentioned that Hunter Biden was affiliated with the company.
Painter sought a meeting in June 2016 with Tony Blinken, who then served as deputy secretary of state, to discuss “troubling events” in Ukraine. Painter wrote in the email that she spoke briefly with Blinken at an event for the Truman National Security Project, the think tank on whose board she and Hunter Biden served.
Blinken serves as a top foreign policy adviser to Joe Biden’s presidential campaign.
Johnson initially wanted to subpoena Andrii Telizhenko, a former Ukrainian embassy official who served as a Blue Star consultant from 2016 to 2017. Peters, the ranking Democrat, opposed the subpoena, saying that Telizhenko was spreading disinformation about the Bidens, possible in aid of Russia. Telizhenko began working last year with Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani, who has accused Joe Biden of pressuring the Ukrainian government to help Burisma.
Tramontano told The New York Times on Wednesday that her firm had turned over 89 pages worth of documents to the Senate panel.
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10 Comments
4 years ago
Q: What’s Joe’s favorite movie?
A: Hairspray
4 years ago
If Ron Johnson, a Republican, is taking this seriously, He may want to also contact the prosecutor, Joe Biden pressured to stop the investigation of Hunter and he did. It could speed things up if he is serious and not just trying to appease us and look busy. When he has enough information, subpoena Joe and Hunter and also see what Rudy has collected. I just hope this is not just a bunch of arm waving to appease fellow GOP voters.
4 years ago
Reply to
felix1999
Even if Bernie tears Joe a new one tonight, the entire dirty Biden Castle needs to “come on down!”
4 years ago
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4 years ago
Reply to
AR154U☑ᵀʳᵘᵐᵖ DEPLORABLE 2020
GREAT one….I laughed so hard my coffee came up and out of my nose !!!!
4 years ago
Only 89 pages turned over? What went into the shredder?
4 years ago
This should have been done months ago so that Biden will not be a candidate for the presidency, but that would have given the dimocraps no one to vote for. What a huge dilemma for this party of idiots.
4 years ago
This should of been done three years ago! Just grandstanding now a few months before the election.
4 years ago
Where’s bertram………I mean, Hunter !! Where’s Hunter ?!?!?!
