New FBI Records Reveal Multiple Sources Alleging Biden-Ukraine Corruption, No Investigation

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) released two previously undisclosed FBI FD-1023 forms Wednesday, documenting reports from confidential human sources alleging Biden family involvement in a Ukrainian corruption scheme with Burisma Holdings, the natural gas company where Hunter Biden served on the board from 2014 to 2019. The documents, from separate sources in different years, align with a 2023 FD-1023 Grassley declassified, which claimed Burisma executives paid $5 million each to Joe Biden and Hunter Biden to influence a Ukrainian prosecutor's investigation into the firm. FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed during a September 17 hearing no records exist of the bureau corroborating these claims or pursuing referenced evidence like text messages, audio files, and financial records.

The first new FD-1023, dated December 2020, details a source's account of Burisma founder Mykola Zlochevsky offering bribes to then-Vice President Biden to protect the company from scrutiny, corroborated by purported recordings and bank statements the source claimed to possess. The second, from 2017, describes a business associate of Hunter Biden relaying Zlochevsky's frustration over $10 million in "protection" fees, including meetings where Joe Biden's name surfaced as the ultimate beneficiary. Grassley, in a letter to Patel, demanded records of any investigative steps: "To date, the FBI has never answered Congress whether they investigated the text messages, audio files and financial records referenced in that 1023." Patel responded: "Not to my knowledge, Mr. Chairman."

These revelations build on a pattern of alleged obstruction dating to 2015, when Morgan Stanley whistleblowers flagged suspicious $3.5 million transfers from Burisma to Hunter Biden's associate Devon Archer via Rosemont Seneca Bohai Bank, leading to Archer's 2018 conviction for fraud but no Biden scrutiny, per Senate Homeland Security Committee reports. IRS agents Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler testified in 2023 that Justice Department prosecutors blocked questions about Joe Biden as "the big guy" in a 10% equity offer email from Burisma associate James Gilliar, and suppressed laptop data showing 20+ calls with Hunter during Burisma dealings.

The laptop, abandoned at a Delaware repair shop in 2019, contained evidence of Burisma meetings and $1.5 million monthly retainers; a 2020 letter from 51 former intelligence officials, coordinated by Antony Blinken (then Biden advisor), labeled it "Russian disinformation," delaying FBI possession until December 2019. A 2023 House Oversight Committee report found the FBI had information from over 40 informants on Biden family foreign dealings since 2015, yet most probes stalled under political pressure, including U.S. Attorney David Weiss's limited scope on Hunter Biden's 2023 gun and tax convictions.

Grassley reiterated: "Let’s put this matter to rest, one way or the other," urging Patel to declassify all related FD-1023s and investigative files. The releases follow Patel's September 2025 confirmation of three Ukraine-specific sources, echoing a 2023 Grassley letter to then-Attorney General Merrick Garland citing 40+ informants whose leads were "thwarted." No charges have resulted against the Bidens, though Hunter faces ongoing tax evasion trial in California set for November 2025.