Ukrainian Employer of Joe Biden’s Son Hires a D.C. Lobbyist

[dipsydoodle]

An obscure private Ukrainian natural gas company has been hiring friends and family of Secretary of State John Kerry and Vice President Joe Biden, while seeking to influence Congress

When Vice President Joe Biden’s son, R. Hunter Biden, joined the board of a private Ukrainian oil and natural gas company this spring, he explained his new job as a legal one, disconnected from any effort to influence the Obama Administration. In a press release, the younger Biden boasted of his abilities on issues like improving corporate transparency.

But the company, Burisma Holdings, did not disclose at the time the scope of their plans for influencing the U.S. government. Recently released documents show that Biden’s hiring coincided with the launch of a new effort to lobby members of Congress about the role of the company in Ukraine and the country’s quest for energy independence.

David Leiter, a former Senate chief of staff to Secretary of State John Kerry, signed on to work as a lobbyist for Burisma on May 20, 2014, about a week after Biden announced he was joining the company, according to lobbying disclosures filed this month.

http://time.com/2964493/ukraine-joe-biden-son-hunter-burisma/

[SamKnause]

1. Another fine example

of why the Democratic Party are hypocrites.

When will the U.S. become energy independent ???? Never

Why is the U.S. worried about other nations being energy independent when the U.S. is not ???? Because there is money to be made.