'We should put them in jail!' Joe Biden wants to prosecute fossil fuel executives for environmental damage-but doesn't mention son Hunter who helped run Ukrainian natural gas giant
Daily Mail
December 30, 2019
Joe Biden said Sunday that fossil fuel executives should be jailed – but failed to mention that his son was on the board of a Ukrainian natural gas firm.
While speaking to supporters at a town hall in Peterborough, New Hampshire Sunday, the former vice president said executives of these companies need to be held liable.
'We have to set sort of guide rails down now, so between the years 2021 and 2030, it's irreversible – the path we set ourselves on. And one of which is doing away with any substance for fossil fuels – number one,' Biden said.
'Number two, holding them liable for what they have done,' he said of fossil fuel executives, 'particularly in those cases where your underserved neighborhoods and – you know the deal, ok. And by the way, when they don't want to deliver, put them in jail. I'm not joking about this.'
His last comment was met with applause from the audience.
Biden's son Hunter, 49, served on the board of Burisma Holdings, the largest natural gas producer in Ukrainian, beginning in 2014 and continued to help run the company until he stepped down earlier this year.
Hunter's involvement in Burisma is now at the center of the impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump – since the president's correspondence with Ukraine involved a request for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to open an investigation into potential corruption from the Bidens' business dealings there.
2 comments:
I saw in the media yesterday that the IRS is after Hunter for $113,000 in unpaid taxes.
Wow. The more he opens his mouth, the goofier he sounds. And he's a democrat front runner. Crazy.
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