Hunter Biden’s emails were reportedly bought in Ukraine for $ 5 million, while Giuliani met officials and businessmen there last year

The alleged Hunter Biden emails shared by the New York Post last week were bought in Ukraine for $ 5 million last year, while Rudy Giuliani met with officials and businessmen there, Time Magazine reported Wednesday

Two people told Time they were contacted with emails allegedly belonging to former Vice President Joe Biden’s son Hunter, though they declined to say who made the offers, which took place in May 2019 and September 2019 They also said they were unsure if the emails were real or if they were the same material that has since leaked to the post.

The Post shared the emails last week, claiming they were obtained through Giuliani, an attorney for President Donald Trump, who in turn said he obtained them through a laptop that had been left in a Delaware repair shop last year One of the emails appeared to refer to a meeting between Joe Biden and an advisor from Burisma, a company that has already paid his son Hunter The Biden campaign denied the meeting ever took place

No other news organization has been able to verify the emails The FBI is investigating whether the leaked emails are part of a foreign intelligence operation, and more than 50 former intelligence operatives have said ‘they thought Russia might be involved

One of those interviewed by Time said they did not know if the emails Giuliani obtained were from the same source who approached them But when the Post first published the story last week, they were reminded that the same information was presented to them last year, they told Time

A second person interviewed by Time said they received the emails in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, in mid-September last year Having declined the offer, he said he was reminded of the incident when the Post published similar documents He also said the person making the offer already had a buyer in mind and wanted to sell it to Trump’s Republican allies, according to Time.

He said their asking price was $ 5 million, saying, « I walked away, because it smelled bad, » Time reported

Giuliani visited Europe last year, meeting a number of officials, businessmen and former law enforcement officers from Ukraine Despite his claims, there has no evidence of wrongdoing by Joe Biden in Ukraine

Time said that the practice of selling or disclosing private communications has become increasingly common in Ukraine over the past year, leading the government to pass a law banning it.

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