Biden's 'Ukraine Scandal'... FBI Investigates Possible Foreign Influence

[Asia Economy Reporter Suyeon Woo] The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has launched an investigation to determine whether foreign intelligence agencies were involved in the 'Ukraine scandal' related to Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential candidate.

According to NBC News on the 16th (local time), the FBI is reportedly analyzing a laptop computer and hard disk copies containing Hunter Biden's data, which were seized.

Joe Biden, Democratic Party Presidential Candidate of the United States [Image source=Yonhap News]

The laptop contains emails suggesting that the head of Burisma, a Ukrainian energy company where Hunter once worked, met with candidate Biden. Through this, Donald Trump, the U.S. president, and the Republican Party have raised suspicions that Biden accepted Burisma's requests and tried to halt investigations by Ukrainian authorities.

Although the authenticity and manipulation of the emails and their contents have not yet been confirmed, the FBI is said to be focusing more on tracing the source rather than verifying the facts of the emails. NBC News also reported that there is analysis suggesting that intelligence agents from foreign governments such as Russia may have intervened to leak information unfavorable to candidate Biden.

Meanwhile, social media platforms Facebook and Twitter blocked links to the New York Post's initial report on the matter, citing unclear sources of the data. The Republican Party strongly opposed this move by the two major social media platforms, which have a significant influence on U.S. public opinion, calling it political censorship.

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