Ukrainian energy company Burisma and Hunter Biden’s connection to it were at the center of Democrats’ push to impeach Trump.
Senate Republicans are forging ahead with their investigation involving apparent Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden, which grew out of President Donald Trump’s impeachment saga.
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, led by Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., will hold a vote May 20 on whether to subpoena Blue Star Strategies, a firm that represented Ukrainian natural gas company Burisma Holdings when Hunter Biden was on its board.
Austin Altenberg, a spokesman for the committee’s Republican majority, confirmed the upcoming vote to CNBC and provided a copy of the agenda for the May 20 meeting.
A spokeswoman for the panel’s Democratic minority, led by Michigan Sen. Gary Peters, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. A spokesman for the Biden campaign did not immediately provide comment on the vote.
«The American people deserve to know the extent to which the U. S.-based, Democrat-led consulting company leveraged its connections within the Obama administration to try to gain access and potentially influence U. S. government agencies on behalf of its corrupt client, Burisma,» Altenberg said in a statement to CNBC.
The majority’s statement said that Blue Star had not «fully responded» to prior requests for information. «This subpoena furthers the committee’s work to address the many unanswered questions about this effort and potential conflicts of interest.
