Biden Sought to Block Intel on Ukraine Ties
Fox News reports that declassified CIA records show then‑Vice President Joe Biden in 2015 privately expressed a preference that an intelligence report — documenting Ukrainian officials' concerns about alleged corrupt business ties involving his family — 'not be disseminated.' The declassified email (dated Feb. 10, 2016) and a related 2016 intelligence report describe Ukrainian reactions to Biden's December 2015 visit; CIA officials told Fox News the report was not shared outside the agency and that the declassification was part of a recent CIA review.
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📌 Key Facts
- A declassified email dated February 10, 2016 states a 'PDB Briefer' wrote: 'he would strongly prefer the report not/not be disseminated.'
- The intelligence report—created in 2016—covers Ukrainian officials' reactions to a senior U.S. official's December 7–8, 2015 visit and records concerns about alleged Biden‑family business ties
- CIA Director John Ratcliffe declassified heavily redacted records that Fox News says it obtained; a senior CIA official briefed Fox News on the documents