Biden staffers knew that Hunter Biden's Ukraine deal was a problem

Washington Examiner:
Aides to former Vice President Joe Biden were reportedly worried about the appearance of his son's employment with a Ukrainian gas company while his father was still in office.

Sources described as "people who worked with his office" told the New York Times that his staffers were concerned about the optics of Hunter Biden's employment on the board of Burisma while his father was publicly railing against corruption in the country.

"Hunter Biden’s activities struck many of the officials working on Ukraine policy as an unnecessary distraction, or worse," the publication reported Sunday. "Mr. Biden’s own aides were so worried about the optics, they enlisted State Department officials to gather facts to determine how to handle the story, according to people who worked with his office."

However, "few, if any, had raised the issue with Mr. Biden directly when it first arose." Most viewed Hunter Biden's position as an issue that was "simply not worth risking a scolding from Mr. Biden, who had reacted angrily when Mr. Obama’s aides raised the issue of his son’s lobbying during the 2008 campaign."

Others pointed to the personal loss of his son Beau Biden as another reason why aides shied away from discussing the matter with him.
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The NY Times and Washington Post still don't get it.  They pretend that there is nothing wrong with what Joe and Hunter did in Ukraine.   They are blinded by their Trump hatred and refuse to see the obvious when it comes to the Bidens' corruption.

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