A Republican-controlled committee in the U.S. Senate voted along party lines to subpoena documents related to Hunter Biden
, in a case that President Donald Trump has used to bludgeon his rival ahead of the November elections.
The subpoena targets documents from lobbying firm Blue Starr Strategies, which worked for Burisma during Biden’s tenure on the company’s board. Trump has made unsubstantiated allegations that the elder Biden used his position as U.S. vice president between 2009 and 2017 to pressure the Ukrainian government to oust a prosecutor to benefit his son and Burisma.
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