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>> Sandra: FIRST TIME HERE WE

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APPRECIATE IT.

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>> Bill: WE MENTIONED BE

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CONTROVERSY AND BUSINESS

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DEALINGS IN UKRAINE FOR THE

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BIDENS.

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>> JOE BIDEN'S 49-YEAR-OLD SON

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HUNTER IS NO STRANGER TO THE

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SPOTLIGHT.

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HE HAS SPOKEN OUT BEFORE ABOUT

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HIS PERSONAL STRUGGLES WITH

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LOSS, GRIEF AND DRUG ADDICTION.

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WHEN HIS FATHER'S 2020

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PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN IN HIGH

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GEAR SOME CRITICS ARE FOCUSING

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ON HIS BUSINESS BACKGROUND.

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HE HAD SERVED ON THE BOARD OF

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AMTRAK AND FOUNDING MEMBER OF A

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LAW FIRM.

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CRITICS ARE FOCUSED ON HUNTER'S

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DECISION TO JOIN THE BOARD OF

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BURISMA, THE UKRAINE NATURAL

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GAS COMPANY IN 2014 WHILE HIS

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DAD WAS ALSO SERVING AS VICE

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PRESIDENT.

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SOUTH CAROLINA SENATOR LINDSEY

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GRAHAM HAS SAID HE WOULD LIKE

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TO KNOW IF THE POSITION EVER

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LED TO A CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

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>> THERE IS A CONFLICT IF IN

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FACT YOUR SON IS ON A BOARD OF

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A COMPANY BEING INVESTIGATED.

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I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT

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SOMEBODY SHOULD LOOK AT HERE.

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>> REPORTERS HAVE ALSO ASKED

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ABOUT THE POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF

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INTEREST BEFORE INCLUDING WHEN

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BIDEN WAS STILL IN OFFICE BACK

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IN 2014.

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>> MR. BIDEN AND OTHER MEMBERS

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OF THE BIDEN FAMILY ARE PRIVATE

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CITIZENS AND WHERE THEY WORK IS

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NOT AN ENDORSEMENT BY THE

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ADMINISTRATION OR BY THE VICE

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PRESIDENT OR PRESIDENT BUT I

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WOULD REFER YOU TO THE VICE

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PRESIDENT'S OFFICE.

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>> WE ASKED A FRIEND OF THE

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FAMILY IF HE UNDERSTOOD WHY

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SOME PEOPLE WOULD SEE THE

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BURISMA JOB AS A RED FLAG.

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>> I'M THE FIRST ONE TO SAY I

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DON'T THINK HUNTER IF HIS LAST

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NAME WERE SMITH WOULD BE ON

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THIS BOARD MAINLY BECAUSE OF

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THE BIDEN CONNECTION.

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THE CHARACTER THAT HE HAS

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BECOME IN TERMS OF GROWING UP

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AS HIS FATHER'S HAND.

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>> HUNTER BIDEN NO LONGER

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SERVES ON BURISMA'S BOARD.