The findings of a Senate GOP investigation confirmed Wednesday that Eric Ciaramella, believed to be the “whistleblower” who sparked the impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump, participated in an Obama White House meeting with Ukrainian prosecutors in January 2016.
Although the Republican report did not reveal what was discussed during the gathering, at least one participant has reportedly said it was focused, in part, on a corruption probe linked to Hunter Biden’s employer at the time: Ukrainian gas company Burisma.
The findings of the months-long probe into Hunter’s dealings with Burisma carried out by Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Ron Johnson (R-WI) and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) were revealed Wednesday:
According to a document with a DOJ [Department of Justice] logo, a Ukrainian delegation that included senior-level Ukrainian prosecutors arrived in Washington on Jan. 18, 2016. The agenda shows that their first official meeting was confirmed for Jan. 19, 2016, at the White House, from 11 a.m. to noon with “Eric Ciaramella, [Elisabeth] Zentos and others TBD, National Security Council [NSC].”
Zentos and Ciaramella served on then-President Barack Obama’s NSC. Hunter’s lucrative role on the board of Burisma, between 2014 and 2019, was at the center of the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump. He worked at the company while his father Joe Biden, now the Democrat presidential nominee, was in charge of U.S. policy toward Ukraine as vice-president, including anti-corruption efforts.
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