there was ongoing investigation into the oligarch zlochevsky, the owner of burisma, at the time. we know this because on february 2nd, 2016, the ukrainian prosecutor general obtained a renewal of a court order to seize the ukrainian oligarch's assets. a kiev post article published on february 4, 2016 says the oligarch zlochevsky is suspected of committing a criminal offense of illicit enrichment, end quote. over the next few weeks, the vice president had multiple calls with ukraine's president poroshenko. days after the last call on february 4, 24th, 2016, a dc consultant reached out to the state department to request a meeting to discuss burisma. we know what she said because the email was released under the freedom of information act. the consultant explicitly invoked hunter biden's name as a board member. in an email summarizing the call, the state department official says that the consultant noted that two high profile citizens are affiliated with the company. including hunter biden as a board member, end quote. she added that the consultant would quote like to talk with unde

december 8, 2015, new york time publish an oral, shokin was investigating burisma and the owner zlochevsky . here is the report. -- may have been undermined by association of his son, hunter biden. with burisma, and its owner zlechevsky . as we learned, through reportinghr on fox news, on january 19, 2016, there was a meeting between obama administration officials and ukrainian prosecutors. vogel journalist for "new yorkti times" asked state department about this meeting. he wanted more information about the meeting, quote where u.s. support for prosecutions of burisma holdings in united kingdom and ukraine were discussed. the story never ran. around time of reported story january 2016, meeting between obama administration and ukrainian officials took place according to ukrainian press report as translated says quote, u.s. department of state made it clear to ukrainian authority that it wass linking the one billion dollar in loan guarantees to the dismissal of prosecutor general victor shokin. end quote. now we all know that obama administration and word that vice president biden he advoca