Comer demands State Dept. explain 'sudden' decisions leading to firing of Ukrainian prosecutor probing Burisma
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House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer is demanding answers from the State Department on the “sudden foreign policy decisions" during the Obama administration that led to the dismissal of the Ukrainian prosecutor investigating Burisma Holdings while Hunter Biden sat on the board of the company.
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"The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating President Biden’s connections to certain international and domestic business transactions and practices, including his family and associates peddling influence to generate millions of dollars for the Biden family," Comer wrote to Blinken Tuesday, seeking information from the State Department to provide "context for certain sudden foreign policy changes that occurred while Joe Biden was Vice President, particularly regarding Ukraine while then-Vice President Biden’s son served on the board of directors of a company being investigated for corruption."
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