Monday 30 December 2019

Buttigieg says he 'would not have wanted to see' his son on Ukraine board in an apparent dig at Biden

FILE PHOTO: South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg and former Vice President Joe Biden talk at the start of the second night of the first Democratic presidential candidates debate in Miami, Florida, U.S., June 27, 2019. REUTERS/Mike SegarReuters

  • Pete Buttigieg said Monday that he "would not have wanted to see" his son serving on the board of a Ukrainian natural gas company while he was leading anti-corruption efforts in the country.
  • Still, he insisted that the issues raised about Hunter Biden and his father by Trump and his defenders are a diversionary tactic.
  • With little more than a month before the first votes in the Democratic nominating fight are cast, candidates are drawing sharper contrasts with one another in field where there is no clear leader.
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FORT MADISON, Iowa (AP) — Pete Buttigieg said Monday that he "would not have wanted to see" his son serving on the board of a Ukrainian natural gas company while he was leading anti-corruption efforts in the country, an implicit criticism of the controversy that has ensnared his 2020 Democratic presidential rival Joe Biden.

Hunter Biden's position on the board of the company Burisma has been a rallying point for Republicans as they try to defend President Donald Trump against impeachment charges over Trump asking Ukraine's new president to investigate the former vice president and his son while also withholding crucial U.S. military aid.

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