Facilitating access to my attorney. Hunter biden did not appear. He testified privately last all right. Committee will reconvene. The chair now recognizes mr. Perry from pennsylvania for five minutes. Thank you, mr. Chairman. I will turn my question to you. I hope i can see you on the screen there shortly. Are you there . If we can jump right into another biden chinese deal made while joe biden was in office, a deal i think you described in your interview as a print where the chinese spent millions in exchange for a post bp job for President Biden. Can you tell us what was burnham . Burnham was an 85yearold Financial Company in new york and a securities dealer. Are relative to the chinese, it was an unimportant and small player. I think it was a scale of 1. 5 billion dollars versus a 100 million billion Hunter Bidens interest in Chinese Company. What was g the situation . I think hunter biden was already working with them when he created the bhr harvest and according to hunter palace e
, there were reports that some new financial mechanisms were proposed to support our Defense Industry , using the potential of the European Union, what are the mechanisms, what is promised, how will it work . In fact, we really have to note that such a large forum as the European Union ukraine is being held for the first time at the moment, there were several forums that were aimed exclusively at ukraines cooperation with. Countries, countries, and now such a more serious one, in particular denmark, Great Britain , such other largerscale forum, where it was precisely the cooperation of the European Union with ukraine, where a fairly wide range of issues were raised, including the issue of providing assistance to ukraine at the expense of Financial Resources, which are of the European Union, on the one hand, creating certain programs and projects aimed at helping ukraine, creating conditions for ukrainian manufacturers, in particular, to cooperate. With european manufacturers, cooperate
Cluster was created a year ago in order to speed up the implementation of Technological Solutions in the work of the security and defense forces, this cluster was created on the initiative of the ministry of defense, of the general staff of National Security and defense, the ministry of digital affairs, the ministry of economy, and it was supposed to become such a platform, a launch pad, where all young Ukrainian Companies that. Create certain types of weapons, had the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the requirements of the military, on the one hand, and on the other on the other hand, taking into account these requirements and a number of procedural difficulties, would still have the ability to quickly pass the test cycles, receive support and financial, and sometimes Organizational Support , so that these solutions are then used on the battlefield, in particular, indeed, quite a lot was done during the year of operation of the brain one cluster. So we know that, well , in
Has changed, you know, any government is a wreck, absolutely the government is a wreck absolutely, i think that this is how to characterize what is happening today, well, but it is clear that the president ial elections are not on time, it is clear that the parliamentary elections are not on time, well, this means, well, considering the fact that we see that, uh, whatever the president ial team does, in principle, it will be their responsibility, no one from. Society there from the Civil Society cannot abandon them, because when journalists come to power there, they get evasion notices on their doors and summonses, politicians also get some criminal cases, something else, that is, it means that the more, the further away we are there will be no elections, the more there is a threat that we will slide into authoritarianism, c dictatorship, is there, is there such a threat . Any complete power concentrated in one hand is bad, but monopolies are immune responsibility, yes, but the office
To characterize what is happening today in this way, well, but it is clear that the president ial elections are not on time, it is clear that the parliamentary elections are not on time, well, this means, well, considering what we see is that whatever the president ial team does there, in principle, it will be their responsibility, no one from the Civil Society there can blame them, because when the journalists come to power there. They get notices on their doors and receive summonses, politicians also receive some criminal cases, there is something else, that is, it means that the more, the longer we do not have elections, the more there is a threat that we will slide into authoritarianism, in a dictatorship, whether there is, or there is such a threat, any complete power concentrated in one hand, it is according to yes, but in the office they learned to translate it very well, but today they are trying to translate it, i know that they do not like the deputies, and for the most part,