company that he went to his father s office but the issue went nowhere. as the obama administration urged ukraine to avoid conflicts of interest, ken told congressional investigators that he believed hunter biden s position with the ukrainian energy firm burisma sent the wrong message. kent pentagon further saying ukrainian officials probably concluded that working through hunter biden would gain favor with then vice president joe biden his influential father. president trump called the testimony harsh. he excoriated the obama administration and joe biden and joe biden s son saying has tremendous problems. tremendous problems with joe biden s son and ukraine. through separate reporting, fox news also confirmed the former special envoy to ukraine kurt volker told congressional investigators that burisma was notorious for a history of corruption and being investigated for money laundering. asked why the ukraine energy firm would bring in hunter biden, volker said the firm was, quote: