An internal FBI document released by Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley on Thursday contains claims from a confidential informant that Hunter Biden was placed on the board of a Ukrainian energy company almost a decade ago because of his father’s ability to protect the company.
The informant cited numerous conversations with Burisma Holdings officials that paint a picture of corruption implicating President Joe Biden and his son Hunter.
Hunter joined Burisma’s board in 2014 when Joe Biden was vice president as well as the Obama administration’s point man in Ukraine.
In addition to claiming that CEO Mykola Zlochevsky said he was “coerced” into paying Joe and Hunter Biden, the informant also alleged that Hunter sat on the board as a sort of insurance policy for the company.
According to the newly released FD-1023 document, the informant said he was at a meeting with Zlochevsky in 2016 when the conversation turned to former Ukrainian prosecutor Viktor Shokin, who was at the time investigating alleged corruption at Burisma.