United States President Joe Biden allegedly received a whopping $5 billion bribe from a Burisma executive, an unverified FBI document disclosed.
But the US President dismissed such accusations, calling them "malarkey."
Joe Biden Allegedly Received $5 Billion Bribe From Burisma'
According to Fox News Online, Biden is alleged to have received an astounding $5 billion bribe from a high-ranking executive at Burisma, a Ukrainian energy company, wherein his son Hunter Biden was once part of the board.
The accusation reportedly came from a confidential informant who came forward to the FBI last June 2020. Sources of the news outlet shed light on the FBI document, FD-1023, which dives into the criminal bribery scheme of the former US Vice President Biden.
The unverified FD-1023 form includes an interview conducted by the FBI with a confidential informant, which tackled conversations with a high-ranking Burisma executive since 2015. The FBI document reportedly disclosed that the informant suggested that a Burisma exec
The undisclosed sources claim that a Burisma executive funneled an eye-popping $5 billion into different bank accounts to pay the Bidens.
Biden previously boasted that he successfully influenced Ukraine to fire prosecutor Victor Shokin, Fox News reports. Back then, Shokin was leading an investigation against Burisma Holdings.
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Joe Biden Dismisses GOP Accusations
As per USA Today, the President dismissed the House Republican accusation that he was involved in a multi-million dollar bribery scheme as "malarkey."
The accusation was made in a report by the House Oversight Committee, led by Rep. James Comer, R-Ky. The unverified document alleged that Biden used his position as vice president to pressure Ukrainian officials to fire a prosecutor investigating his son, Hunter Biden.
Biden has denied any wrongdoing, leading Democrats to criticize the accusations as a politically motivated attack.
"It's a bunch of malarkey," Biden said when asked about the report at a news conference with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. He asked the press, "Where's the money?"
Meanwhile, Rep. Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the panel, says that these precise accusations have already been debunked in 2020. A previous investigation by the Justice Department during the administration of former President Donald Trump has cleared Biden of any wrongdoing.
TimeMagazine reports that the allegations by the Republicans, accusing Biden of criminal bribery come amid the decision of the Justice Department counsel Jack Smith to move forward with the investigation of former President Trump.
He is facing complaints which allege him of mishandling classified documents. The investigation is also looking into the accusation that the ex-POTUS obstructed federal officials from getting their hands on these documents.