Former US Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch testified Friday that the Obama administration was so concerned about Hunter Biden's job on Burisma's board of directors that she was asked prep questions about the issue by White House staffers before her 2016 Senate confirmation.
In response to questions from GOP counsel Stephen Castor, Yovanovitch testified at the House Intelligence Committee's second public impeachment hearing that she had been informed about the lucrative gig Hunter Biden landed with the petroleum producer - which paid the son of then-Vice President Joe Biden as much as $50,000 a month despite his seeming lack of relevant experience - but took no action when she arrived at her post.
GOP Rep. Elise Stefanik later hammered home the point that the Obama administration was concerned enough over the younger Biden's Ukraine job that staffers prepared Yovanovitch to answer them for the confirmation hearing.
"The exact quote from your testimony, Ambassador, is, quote, 'the way the question was phrased in this model Q&A was, what can you tell us about Hunter Biden's, you know, being named to the board of Burisma?' So for the millions of Americans watching, President Obama's own State Department was so concerned about potential conflicts of interest from Hunter Biden's role at Burisma that they raised it themselves while prepping this wonderful ambassador nominee before her confirmation," Stefanik said.
"And yet our Democratic colleagues and the chairman of this committee cry foul when we dare ask that same question the Obama administration was so concerned about. But we will continue asking it."
Later, Texas GOP Rep. John Ratliffe asked Yovanovitch what the answer in the Obama administration briefing book was.
Republicans have repeatedly stressed Hunter Biden's position with Burisma, and charged that his father, while vice president, fired a prosecutor who was investigating the company, Viktor Shokin.
https://nypost.com/2019/11/15/marie-yovanovitch-admits-obama-admin-prepped-her-on-hunter-biden-before-her-confirmation/
In response to questions from GOP counsel Stephen Castor, Yovanovitch testified at the House Intelligence Committee's second public impeachment hearing that she had been informed about the lucrative gig Hunter Biden landed with the petroleum producer - which paid the son of then-Vice President Joe Biden as much as $50,000 a month despite his seeming lack of relevant experience - but took no action when she arrived at her post.
GOP Rep. Elise Stefanik later hammered home the point that the Obama administration was concerned enough over the younger Biden's Ukraine job that staffers prepared Yovanovitch to answer them for the confirmation hearing.
"The exact quote from your testimony, Ambassador, is, quote, 'the way the question was phrased in this model Q&A was, what can you tell us about Hunter Biden's, you know, being named to the board of Burisma?' So for the millions of Americans watching, President Obama's own State Department was so concerned about potential conflicts of interest from Hunter Biden's role at Burisma that they raised it themselves while prepping this wonderful ambassador nominee before her confirmation," Stefanik said.
"And yet our Democratic colleagues and the chairman of this committee cry foul when we dare ask that same question the Obama administration was so concerned about. But we will continue asking it."
Later, Texas GOP Rep. John Ratliffe asked Yovanovitch what the answer in the Obama administration briefing book was.
Republicans have repeatedly stressed Hunter Biden's position with Burisma, and charged that his father, while vice president, fired a prosecutor who was investigating the company, Viktor Shokin.
https://nypost.com/2019/11/15/marie-yovanovitch-admits-obama-admin-prepped-her-on-hunter-biden-before-her-confirmation/
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