ABC: ‘Was Hunter Biden Profiting Off His Dad’s Work as Vice President & Did Joe Biden Allow It?’

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LLAMAS: "This is actually an issue Joe Biden has been dealing with since 2014, but it’s come up again because he’s now running for president. Republicans including President Trump are trying to hammer Biden over this. At issue, was Hunter Biden profiting off his dad’s work as vice president and did Joe Biden allow it? We’re talking about millions of dollars in at least two countries.
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LLAMAS (on camera): "Mr. Vice president, Tom Llamas with ABC News. How are  you doing? Got a quick question for you."
LLAMAS (voice-over): "It’s a question we tried to ask repeatedly."
LLAMAS (on camera): "Can we ask you about Ukraine and China."
LLAMAS (voice-over): "But kept getting blocked. Questions about foreign deals his son Hunter Biden pursued --"
H. BIDEN: "My father, Joe Biden."
LLAMAS: "-- in countries where Joe Biden was working as America’s top diplomat. In 2014 Ukrainians sick of corruption revolted. Vice President Joe Biden went to Kiev to help the new government."
BIDEN: "You have to fight the cancer of corruption."
LLAMAS: "But then something strange happened. Just three weeks later a Ukrainian natural gas company Burisma accused of corruption appoints Hunter Biden seen here in their promotional videos to their board of directors paying his firm more than a million dollars a year. Hunter, a lawyer, just discharged from the Navy reserves for testing positive for cocaine."