October 9, 2025
A stunning declassification by CIA Director John Ratcliffe on October 7, 2025, has reignited allegations of corruption involving former President Joe Biden and his family’s ties to Ukraine. The newly released 2016 CIA intelligence report, accessible at https://www.cia.gov/static/Ukraine_Redacted_Final.pdf, reveals Ukrainian officials’ outrage over Hunter Biden’s role on the board of Burisma, a Ukrainian energy company, which they viewed as a glaring double standard in U.S. anti-corruption efforts.
The report, suppressed at Biden’s request according to a declassified email from his team, aligns with earlier audio leaks from 2019 by Ukrainian lawmaker Andriy Derkach. Those recordings, despite Derkach’s later labeling as a Russian agent by the Treasury Department, captured Biden allegedly pressuring then-President Petro Poroshenko to fire Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin in 2015. Shokin’s investigation into Burisma was gaining momentum, and Biden’s push coincided with a $1 billion U.S. loan guarantee, fueling claims of a quid pro quo.
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Joe Biden’s leaked “bribery” audio recording surfaced shortly after Trump’s 2016 inauguration.
In the recording, the piece of garbage on the call threatens Poroshenko with assassination if he cooperates with the Trump administration.
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Further evidence emerges from Oleksandr Dubinskyi, a former Zelensky ally, who testified under oath in 2023 that Zelensky aided Biden’s cover-up post-2020. Dubinskyi, imprisoned after exposing an official indictment against Burisma’s Mykola Zlochevsky, alleged beatings to force false Russian ties confessions, suggesting a concerted effort to silence whistleblowers. His 2019 press conference highlighted Hunter Biden’s corrupt ties to Burisma, which Biden’s actions may have shielded.
The CIA’s historical review uncovered the email ordering the report’s burial, indicating an intent to evade scrutiny. With Trump allies like Rudy Giuliani long alleging such corruption, this declassification, timed post-Biden’s presidency, bolsters calls for accountability, exposing a potential web of influence peddling and cover-ups in U.S.-Ukraine relations.