Top Obama-administration officials were aware that Hunter Biden’s position on the board of directors of a Ukrainian gas firm was problematic but ignored repeated warnings from senior officials, according to a report (pdf) by Republicans on two Senate committees.
In 2014, Hunter Biden, son of then-Vice President Joe Biden, joined the board of Burisma, a Ukrainian gas company owned by an oligarch whom U.S. authorities viewed as corrupt. The Senate Finance and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committees concluded that the problems with Hunter Biden’s role with Burisma extended beyond mere perception of a conflict of interest and had an impact on U.S. policy in Ukraine.
