The only investigation into Burisma was due to unpaid taxes. The company agreed with the investigation and paid what was due. This investigation occurred in 2016.
The scandals of John Solomon's journalism is notable. He published in "The Hill" in order to promote corruption. All this has been discussed ad nauseam on this blog. Bringing Solomon up at the impeachment investigation hearings is trying to give life to once more to lies.
Ukraine is stating in media services today it is very tired of hearing about Burisma.
The updates as the hearings progress are interesting. Lutsenko is now known as part of the record that Yuriy Lutsenko was a corrupt Prosecutor General in Ukraine. Additionally, U.S. Ambassador Marie L. Yovanovitch has testified under oath to the House Intelligence Committee that she had no list of "Do not prosecute" as has been reported. She also testified to her mistreatment and the corruption that enabled it. Most of what Solomon is trying to defend has been dispelled by witness testimony in the hearings.
On March 20, 2019, (click here) Yuriy Lutsenko, the prosecutor general of Ukraine, gave a controversial interview to The Hill political new website. His comments were saturated with speculation. Apart from the groundless attack against National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) director Artem Sytnyk and the U.S. Ambassador Marie L. Yovanovitch, Lutsenko also made some loud allegation claiming that Sytnyk closed criminal investigations against Mykola Zlochevsky’s Burisma company. On March 25, Ukrainian media announced that Lutsenko and Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor Nazar Kholodnytsky recorded other pieces of the interview for The Hill regarding Burisma.
Burisma appeared in this scandal not accidentally. This is an energy exploration and production company operating in the Ukrainian oil and gas market. During President Viktor Yanukovych’s presidency, which ended on Feb. 22, 2014, amid the EuroMaidan Revolution, Zlochevsky used to be the minister of environmental protection in 2010-2012 and deputy secretary of the National Security and Defense Council in 2012-2014.
In order to gain international weight right after the EuroMaidan Revolution, the company appointed some well-known people to the board of directors, among whom is Hunter Biden, a son of former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden....
The continued reporting by Solomon to date is a Trump-style character assassination of all those telling the truth as well as "Shifty Schiff" the Chairman of the Intelligence Committee. Chairman Adam Schiff has an admirable record of representing his district in California. There isn't anything shifty about him. The malicious identity assigned him by Trump is to provide a label that signifies Chairman Adam Schiff is part of the Deep State.
Ya know, when it comes to now understanding the level of corruption that exists with Donald J. Trump as president, I suppose everyone who isn't loyal is the Deep State. I am proud to be part of that Deep State.
If Solomon actually cares about journalism he should return to the newsprint that formally carried his articles where at least he was provided dignity by the name of the newspaper alone.
