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Biden didn’t want intel disseminated showing Ukrainian concerns over family’s ‘corrupt’ business ties: records
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Then-Vice President Joe Biden in 2015 told the CIA he would «strongly prefer» an intelligence report documenting Ukrainian officials’ concerns with his family’s ties to «corrupt» business deals in the country «not be disseminated» — and so it wasn’t, according to a newly-declassified email and records made public by the agency.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe declassified the heavily redacted records, which he said he believes is an example of «politicization of intelligence.»
Fox News Digital obtained the declassified documents, which were discovered during a CIA review of historical agency records.
President Joe Biden waves while speaking to reporters before boarding Air Force One at Des Moines International Airport, in Des Moines Iowa, April 12, 2022, en route to Washington. (AP)
A senior CIA official briefed Fox News Digital on the declassified documents and intelligence report, stating that the intelligence was discovered along with an email showing that Biden «expressed a preference to not share the report.»
Representatives for Biden did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.
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CIA officials discovered and declassified an email dated February 10, 2016, with the subject line stating: «RE: OVP query regarding draft [REDACTED].» The email was sent to the CIA.
The classification of the email was listed, and crossed out, as «SECRET.»
«Good morning, I just spoke with VP/ NSA and he would strongly prefer the report not/not be disseminated. Thanks for understanding,» the email states, signed by a redacted name, but with the title of «PDB Briefer.» The «PDB» is the presidential daily brief.
Vice President J.D. Vance swears in newly confirmed CIA Director John Ratcliffe while his wife, Michele Ratcliffe, looks on during a ceremony in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House Jan. 23, 2025. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)
The report in question included intelligence revealing that Ukrainian officials viewed the Biden family’s alleged ties to corrupt business practices in Ukraine «as evidence of a double-standard within the United States Government towards matters of corruption and political power.»
«Intelligence officials agreed that, at the time of collection, it would have met the threshold [for dissemination], but based on the Office of the Vice President’s preference, the information was never shared outside of the CIA,» the official said.
The CIA, during its review, confirmed that Biden’s request was granted and that the intelligence report «had not been disseminated.»
The senior CIA official told Fox News Digital that it was «extremely rare and unusual» and «inappropriate to go outside of the intelligence community and inquire with the White House on the dissemination of a particular report for what appears to be political reasons.»
The newly declassified intelligence report, which Biden sought to keep private, had a subject line of: «NON-DISSEMINATED INTEL INFORMATION: Reactions of [REDACTED] Ukrainian Government Officials to the Early December Visit of Senior United States Government Official.»
The document states the date of the information came in December 2015. The document was created in 2016.
At the time, Biden was vice president and was running U.S.-Ukraine relations and policy for the Obama administration.
The intelligence document stated that «officials within the administration of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko expressed bewilderment and disappointment at the 7-8 December 2015 visit of the Vice President of the United States to Kiev, Ukraine.»
«These officials highlighted that, prior to the visit, the Poroshenko administration and other [REDACTED] Ukrainian officials expected the U.S. Vice President to discuss personnel matters with Poroshenko during the visit, and had assumed that the U.S. Vice President would advocate in support of or against specific officials within the Ukrainian Government,» the intelligence states.
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«After the visit, these officials assessed that the U.S. Vice President had come to Kiev almost exclusively to give a generic public speech, and had not had any intention of discussing substantive matters with Poroshenko or other officials within the Ukrainian government,» the intelligence states.
President Joe Biden sits in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Feb. 9, 2024, in Washington. (Andrew Harnik/The Associated Press )
«Following the visit of the U.S. Vice President, [REDACTED] officials within the Poroshenko administration privately mused at the U.S. media scrutiny of the alleged ties of the U.S. Vice President’s family to corrupt business practices in Ukraine,» the intelligence states. «These officials viewed the alleged ties of the U.S. Vice President’s family to corruption in Ukraine as evidence of a double-standard within the United States Government towards matters of corruption and political power.»
Biden, on Dec. 9, 2015, gave a speech in Ukraine, in which he discussed corruption in the country.
«And it’s not enough to set up a new anti-corruption bureau and establish a special prosecutor fighting corruption,» Biden said in the speech. «The Office of the General Prosecutor desperately needs reform.»
In that speech, Biden also said Ukraine’s «energy sector needs to be competitive, ruled by market principles — not sweetheart deals.»
«It’s not enough to push through laws to increase transparency with regard to official sources of income,» he said. «Senior elected officials have to remove all conflicts between their business interest and their government responsibilities. Every other democracy in the world — that system pertains.»
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At the time, Ukrainian prosecutor Viktor Shokin was investigating Ukrainian natural gas firm Burisma Holdings. Several months later, in March 2016, Biden successfully pressured Ukraine to remove Shokin. At the time Shokin was investigating Burisma Holdings, Hunter Biden had a highly lucrative role on the board, receiving tens of thousands of dollars per month.
Biden, at the time, threatened to withhold $1 billion of critical U.S. aid if Shokin was not fired.
«I said, ‘You’re not getting the billion.’ … I looked at them and said, ‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money,’» Biden recalled telling then-Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.
Biden recollected the conversation during an event for the Council on Foreign Relations in 2018.
But during his first term, President Donald Trump was impeached after a July 2019 phone call in which he pressed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to launch investigations into the Biden family’s actions and business dealings in Ukraine, specifically Hunter Biden’s ventures with Burisma and Joe Biden’s successful effort to have former Ukrainian Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin ousted.
At the same time as that call, Hunter Biden was under federal investigation, prompted by his suspicious foreign transactions.
Former President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)
Trump was acquitted in Feb. 2020 on both articles of impeachment against him — abuse of power and obstruction of Congress — after being impeached by the House of Representatives in December 2019.
Meanwhile, the declassified intelligence report had a «warning,» noting that «due to the extreme sensitivity, this report should be distributed only to the renamed recipients. No further distribution is authorized without prior approval of the originating agency. Violation of established handling procedures are subject to penalty, including termination of access to this reporting channel.»
It added that «any discussion of or reference to information in this report [REDACTED] is strictly prohibited. Any references to this report in derived or finished intelligence should include this warning.»
A senior CIA official told Fox News Digital that Ratcliffe believes the suppression of this intelligence is an example of «politicization of intelligence.»
CIA Director John Ratcliffe, flanked by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, left, and Defense Intelligence Agency Director Jeffrey Kruse, testifies as the House Intelligence Committee holds a hearing on worldwide threats, at the Capitol, in Washington, on Wednesday, March 26. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)
«Director Ratcliffe believes this is an example of politicization of intelligence that we need to work to eliminate and for what we have zero tolerance,» a senior CIA official told Fox News Digital. «We believe transparency is important. We will release information and avoid any future weaponization of the intelligence community.»
As for the heavily redacted nature of the intelligence report, the senior CIA official told Fox News Digital that the agency was «careful about protecting CIA sources and methods with redactions.»
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The official stressed that Ratcliffe believes in «maximum transparency» and said he will continue to declassify CIA information and intelligence «when it serves the public’s interest.»
Meanwhile, the House of Representatives launched an impeachment inquiry against Biden during his presidency, and found, after years of investigating, that he engaged in «impeachable conduct,» «abused his office,» and «defrauded the United States to enrich his family.»
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Ataque a la caravana presidencial en Ecuador: el Gobierno denunció un intento de asesinato contra Daniel Noboa
El presidente de Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, fue atacado este 7 de octubre mientras encabezaba una caravana oficial en la provincia de Cañar, donde tenía previsto anunciar y supervisar obras de agua potable y alcantarillado, según informó la Presidencia. El Ejecutivo indicó que un grupo de personas lanzó piedras y disparos contra los vehículos del convoy en el cantón Tambo, cuando la comitiva se dirigía hacia el estadio local para participar en el evento oficial.
Pese al ataque, el mandatario logró llegar a su destino y cumplió con toda la agenda prevista, que incluyó la entrega del sistema de alcantarillado de Sigsihuayco, la supervisión de los avances de la planta de tratamiento de aguas residuales y la firma de un convenio para construir un nuevo sistema de alcantarillado en Quilloac. Las inversiones suman más de USD 6 millones y beneficiarán a cerca de 26.000 habitantes de la zona, de acuerdo con la Secretaría de Comunicación.
La ministra de Energía y Ambiente, Inés Manzano, confirmó en declaraciones a la prensa que el Gobierno presentó una denuncia por tentativa de asesinato contra el presidente de la República. “A las 2:41 de la tarde presentamos la denuncia por tentativa de asesinato en el cantón Tambo, cuando el presidente se aprestaba a participar en el evento. Aparecieron alrededor de 500 personas que lanzaron piedras y también hay signos de bala en el carro del presidente”, afirmó. Pese a esta última declaración la Policía ha indicado que los atacantes “procedieron a lanzar piedras contra los vehículos de la caravana presidencial”.
Manzano precisó que cinco personas fueron detenidas en el lugar y que serán procesadas por terrorismo. “Esto no lo vamos a permitir. Ecuador dice sí a la paz, sí al trabajo. Estas clases de manifestaciones violentas no son las que el país necesita en un momento de progreso y desarrollo”, agregó.
“El presidente está bien, sigue con su itinerario y no permitirá que actos de violencia frenen su trabajo por el país”, sostuvo Manzano. Según la funcionaria, la audiencia de flagrancia para los detenidos se instalaría esta misma tarde.
El ataque se produjo en medio de un clima de tensión política y social marcado por las movilizaciones convocadas por la Confederación de Nacionalidades Indígenas del Ecuador (Conaie) contra el fin del subsidio al diésel, que ya cumplen su tercera semana.
Aunque las autoridades no atribuyeron directamente el ataque a la organización indígena, Manzano aseguró que “las comunidades ancestrales no están involucradas”, sino que “son células criminales las que están provocando estos actos de terrorismo”. Añadió que no se debe generalizar la responsabilidad sobre todo el movimiento indígena y mencionó que existen dirigentes con denuncias previas por terrorismo.
Desde la Presidencia, el comunicado oficial describió el hecho como una acción de “grupos desestabilizadores que obedecen órdenes de radicalización” y que “intentaron impedir, por la fuerza, la entrega de una obra destinada a mejorar la vida de una comunidad”. La Secretaría de Comunicación afirmó que todos los detenidos serán procesados por los delitos de terrorismo e intento de asesinato y aseguró que “no lograron detener al Gobierno Nacional”.
Durante su discurso en Cañar, Noboa se refirió directamente al ataque y lo vinculó con sectores que, según dijo, buscan evitar reformas políticas en el país. “A diferencia de quienes no quieren una nueva Constitución, ni reducir el número de asambleístas, ni que los recursos públicos lleguen a la gente, nosotros buscamos el camino democrático. Hay quienes quieren mantener poder en unos pocos espacios y dañan la vida de la mayoría de ecuatorianos para conseguirlo”, manifestó el mandatario.
El Ejecutivo anunció que reforzará las medidas de seguridad del mandatario y que los responsables serán llevados ante la justicia. “Dispararle al carro del presidente, dañar bienes del Estado y atacar una obra pública no tiene nada de pacífico. Son actos criminales”, concluyó Manzano.
El ataque a la caravana presidencial en Cañar ocurre mientras el Gobierno busca retomar el control del orden público tras protestas y bloqueos en al menos cuatro provincias del país.
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President Donald Trump issued a letter to the Hostages and Missing Families Forum on the second anniversary of the Oct. 7 massacre, thanking them for their appeal to the Norwegian Nobel Committee.
«Since the abhorrent events of October 7, 2023, that saw families ripped apart, children torn from their parents’ arms, and innocent people shot, killed, and raped, I have been resolved to returning all the hostages home, and ensuring the total destruction of Hamas so these horrific acts may never be repeated. These unspeakable scenes have been seared into our memories, and we will never forget,» Trump wrote.
«My entire administration has been touched by the fact that, through the unimaginable pain and suffering of spending two years not knowing where your loved ones are, you have continued telling their stories and advocating on their behalf.»
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President Donald Trump meets with freed Israeli hostages Ohad Ben Ami and Raz Ben Ami, and Ilay and Leela David, the siblings of Evyatar David, who is still held hostage by Hamas in Gaza. Sept. 2025. (The White House)
On Monday, the Hostages and Missing Families Forum issued a letter to the Nobel Committee, saying that after two years of suffering, they felt that Trump’s efforts brought them to a turning point. The group also acknowledged the number of hostages released since Trump’s inauguration, giving some families their loved ones and others «the dignity of burial and closure.»
«President Trump’s determination to bring peace made possible what many said was impossible. From the moment of his inauguration, he brought us light through our darkest times,» the forum wrote. «We are confident that he will not rest until the last hostage is brought home, the war has ended, and peace and prosperity are restored to the people of the Middle East.»
«In this past year, no leader or organization has contributed more to peace around the world than President Trump. While many have spoken eloquently about peace, he has achieved it. While others have offered empty promises, he has delivered tangible results that have saved countless lives,» the forum added.
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People lift a banner and portraits of Israelis held hostage in the Gaza Strip since 2023, during a rally in Tel Aviv marking the second anniversary of the attacks by Palestinian terrorists, on Oct. 7, 2025. (AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images)
It’s unclear whether Trump will win the prize, but that does not mean he has given up on achieving peace and ending the war.
Trump over the weekend urged the negotiators involved in the indirect talks to «move fast,» but he signaled that he viewed Hamas’ response as positive and called on Israel to «immediately stop the bombing of Gaza.»
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accepted the 20-point plan while in the U.S. last month. While Hamas said it was ready to release the hostages, it did not give a definitive answer on Trump’s plan.
President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the State Dining Room at the White House on Sept. 29, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (POOL)
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio hailed Trump’s deal as «a historic opportunity to close this dark chapter, and to build a foundation for lasting peace and security for all.»
Chief negotiators from Israel and Hamas convened in Egypt on Tuesday as negotiations regarding Trump’s peace plan continued. An Egyptian official with knowledge of the talks told The Associated Press that Hamas and Israel agreed on most of the first-phase terms, including the release of the hostages and the establishment of a ceasefire.
Fox News Digital’s Caitlin McFall contributed to this report.
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Alexander Vindman’s congressman brother leads off Dems boosting Jay Jones after texts: ‘Send a message’
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Democratic Virginia Rep. Yevgeny «Eugene» Vindman, twin brother of Trump impeachment figure Alexander Vindman, blasted out to his Twitter followers a call to vote for Democrats Jay Jones and Abigail Spanberger days after texts showed the former referenced killing Republicans.
Meanwhile, a House of Delegates candidate in conservative southside Virginia doubles and triples down on support of Jones amid social media pushback.
As Jones’ controversy and campaign unraveled over the weekend, Vindman, D-Va., took to X to issue comments standing behind the entire Democratic ticket.
«We’re just a month out from Election Day in Virginia. It’s time for our Commonwealth to send a message that we’re tired of Republican chaos,» Vindman wrote Sunday, two days after texts came to light showing Jones envisioning the murder of then-Virginia House Speaker Todd Gilbert, R-Shenandoah.
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Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., center, talks with Rep. Eugene Vindman, left, and his brother Alexander Vindman in Washington in 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Virginia «make a plan to vote — early if you can,» he said, adding «for» and the three X handles for gubernatorial nominee Abigail Spanberger, lieutenant gubernatorial nominee Ghazala Hashmi and Jones.
«Your voice couldn’t be more important this year,» concluded Rep. Eugene Vindman, who coincidentally holds Democratic gubernatorial nominee Abigail Spanberger’s former seat.
The post got ratioed by critics, including one telling Vindman, «Nobody is voting for Jay ‘Two Bullet’ Jones.»
«Get lost,» the man wrote.
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Another respondent posted a meme image of the Harrison family from «Pawn Stars» speaking with a customer and the caption «We need to tone down the political violence rhetoric» – «Virginia Democrats: Best I can do is murder your children.»
A third posted the ubiquitous «Marked Safe From… Today» flag meme, with the caption «Virginia Attorney General candidate Jay Jones.»
«Virginia — not for lovers anymore,» another wrote, referring to the Old Dominion’s famous 50-year tourism slogan.
Rep. Eugene Vindman’s brother Alexander Vindman was a key figure in then-Rep. Adam Schiff’s impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. Schiff defended then-witness Alexander Vindman in congressional hearings after Trump and other Republicans repeatedly condemned the former Ukraine-focused National Security Council staffer.
In Washington, Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine also defended his support for Jones, saying he’s known the former Norfolk state delegate for 25 years.
«I think those statements were not in character, and he has apologized — I wish other people in public life would sincerely apologize for stuff,» Kaine said.
At the other end of Virginia, a Democrat running for a seat in Pittsylvania County and vicinity doubled and tripled down on her endorsement of Jones as the controversy continued.
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Candidate Melody Cartwright, a former graphic designer at the Virginia Museum of Natural History in Martinsville, lambasted the delegate whom Jones had incidentally texted the invective to and vociferously defended the attorney generalship nominee.
Jay Jones «will defend Virginia’s rights, healthcare, and education. Stay the course,» Cartwright wrote on X, inscribing Jones’ handle.
«I stand with (Jay Jones) period. End of statement,» Cartwright wrote in a second tweet, both of which were lambasted by critics.
«Then you stand for a man who fantasizes about the murder of his political opponent’s children and wants to kill them, the parents, and piss on their graves,» replied former Energy Department staffer Matt van Swol.
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NASCAR’s Martinsville Speedway, seen here, is the anchor of Del. Eric Phillips’ district where he is running against Democrat Melody Cartwright. (Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)
Another critic said Cartwright’s comment wasn’t just a show of support but «an endorsement of an (expletive) death-obsessed lunatic.»
«No one is surprised. By you, by him, or by your entire party. It’s who you are,» wrote conservative figure Western Lensman.
Another reply included a one-second clip of conservative journalist Andrew Breitbart from his CPAC 2012 intro video, saying «War,» which had been one of the last appearances by the major right-wing figure before his death just days later. Breitbart’s stern-faced delivery of the singular word grew into a memorialization on the right in the time since; depicting the view that the left holds visceral hatred for the right.
Virginia Del. Eric Phillips, R-Martinsville, who defeated Cartwright last cycle and faces her again, told Fox News Digital it’s «not the Virginia way» to even entertain chatter in terms of what Jones referenced in his texts.
«It’s disturbing and disgraceful for my opponent to defend Jay Jones’ vile comments,» Phillips said of Cartwright.
«Standing with someone who talks about shooting colleagues in the head, harming their children, and desecrating graves is indefensible,» Phillips added.
«Anyone who excuses or embraces that kind of hate has no business asking to serve in the Virginia House of Delegates.»
In a separate tweet, Cartwright also bashed Virginia Del. Carrie Coyner, R-Chester, who originally had shared Jones’ texts with the National Review and Fox News Digital.
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