State Department official flagged Hunter Biden's 'conflict of interest' in Ukraine, testimony shows
A career official at the State Department told House investigators conducting the impeachment inquiry against President Trump that he raised concerns about a potential conflict of interest with Hunter Biden's business dealings in Ukraine while his father Joe Biden oversaw Ukraine policy as vice president -- but was told that it wasn't appropriate to discuss the matter because of the health struggles of Biden's eldest son, Beau.
A career official at the State Department told House investigators conducting the impeachment inquiry against President Trump that he raised concerns about a potential conflict of interest with Hunter Biden's business dealings in Ukraine while his father Joe Biden oversaw Ukraine policy as vice president -- but was told that it wasn't appropriate to discuss the matter because of the health struggles of Biden's eldest son, Beau.
According to a transcript of his Oct. 15 closed-door deposition released Thursday, George Kent said that in January or February 2015, he "became aware that Hunter Biden was on the board" of Ukrainian company Burisma Holdings. After discussing concerns about the perception of a conflict of interest with Joe Biden's staff, Kent said he was shut down. "The message that I recall hearing back was that the Vice President's son Beau was dying of cancer and that there was no further bandwidth to deal with family-related issues at that time," he testified.
In his testimony, Kent also confirmed he had no "direct knowledge" that U.S. aid to Ukraine was ever connected to the opening of a new investigation against the Bidens concerning their business dealings there.
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