The purported tapes did little to change the understanding of the elder Mr. Biden’s engagement with Ukraine’s leadership. Mr. Biden had publicly insisted that aid to Kyiv could be tied to the firing of a Ukrainian prosecutor, whom the United States and European nations had accused of corruption. So far, the accusations emanating from Mr. Derkach and others about Mr. Biden and his son, Hunter, have either been debunked or not been substantiated by any independent sources. Politico first reported that the Democrats’ concerns were connected to Mr. Johnson’s work. officials, and he accused Democrats of hypocrisy for ignoring recently declassified documents that suggested the F.B.I.

Source: New York Times July 21, 2020 01:30 UTC