We know fact checkers obscure the real facts, but they are often forced to admit the real truth at times in order to shape the narrative.

Fact check: Nancy Pelosi, John Kerry and Mitt Romney do not have sons on boards of energy companies doing business in Ukraine

Posts claiming that the sons of U.S. President Joe Biden, Senator Mitt Romney, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry “are all on the board of directors for energy companies doing business in Ukraine” have been flagged by Facebook in its efforts to combat online misinformation. The claim is false, although Biden’s son Hunter previously held such a position.

https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-pelosi-kerry-romney-sons-uk-idUSKBN2A42N9

Archived link - https://archive.ph/ya5OG

The above fact check article admits Hunter's role in Burisma but tries to obscure Christopher Heinz and Tagg Romney from dealing in Ukraine by denying something that was never claimed on social media.

After all, nobody I've seen has ever claimed Christopher Heinz and Tagg Romney were on Burisma's Board.

However, Joseph Cofer Black, one of Mitt Romney's advisors during his 2012 Presidential campaign, DID serve on Burisma's Board along with Hunter Biden.

Former CIA Director Joins Burisma, and It Is Good News

Former Director of CIA's Counterterrorist Center joined Burisma's board, and he will help to expand the company's global presence.

Burisma Group, an independent oil and gas company with operations in Ukraine, announced that Joseph Cofer Black will join the company's board of directors. Joseph Cofer Black's past experience includes: Director of CIA's Counterterrorist Center between 1999 and 2002, and Ambassador at Large for Counter-Terrorism between 2002 and 2004. With such a strong background, Mr. Black will be leading the company's security and strategic development efforts.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/former-cia-director-joins-burisma-and-it-is-good-news_b_58adf600e4b01f4ab51c75a4

Archived link - https://archive.ph/w63kp

Here's an archive of Cofer Black's profile page on Burisma's website, which has since been taken down-

https://archive.ph/JJMd1

Explainer: Trump's claims and Hunter Biden's dealings in China

In 2009, Hunter Biden co-founded Rosemont Seneca Partners, along with Christopher Heinz, stepson of former Secretary of State John Kerry, and Devon Archer, an American businessman who was Heinz’s classmate at Yale University.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-whistleblower-hunterbiden-c/explainer-trumps-claims-and-hunter-bidens-dealings-in-china-idUSKBN1WI2HK

So here Reuters does admit Hunter Biden, Christopher Heinz (John Kerry's stepson) and Devon Archer formed Rosemont Seneca Partners.

Mitt Romney's oldest son is named Taggart Mitt Romney, but usually is referred to as Tagg Romney.

Here's a link to Tagg's Bloomberg profile, which shows he's managing partner and co-founder of Solamere Capital LLC -

Taggart Mitt Romney "Tagg"

https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/person/16546051

Archived link - https://archive.ph/f3Rd4

The below 2011 Boston Globe article shows Mitt Romney injected $10M to start his son's private-equity investing firm. If you read it, you'll see it admits Tagg Romney is part of Solamere Capital but mostly focuses on the co-founder Spencer Zwick, who just so happened to be Mitt Romney's national campaign finance director in 2008 and 2012.

It further details how this new firm managed to raise over $200M in seed money, pretty impressive for a startup investing firm in 2008, especially when you consider this was in the middle of an economic collapse.

Romney aide trades on political ties

https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2011/10/06/mitt-romney-chief-fund-raiser-built-investment-firm-political-network/gJ4sWLYKwFNSdOUpd1QQaL/story.html

Does Solamere Capital have any business dealings in Ukraine? I'm digging for those and will update with what I find, but it's difficult as they are a private firm.

I did find a weird link to Mitt Romney and Joe Biden through Meg Whitman, who was national finance co-chairwoman of Romney's 2008 Presidential campaign, invested more than $1 million of seed money into Solamere Capital LLC.

Despite her ties to Romney and the Republicans, she donated $500,000 to the Biden Victory Fund and was rewarded with an ambassadorship to Kenya, of all places.

Ties to Romney ’08 Helped Fuel an Equity Firm

Meg Whitman, the former eBay chief executive and a national finance co-chairwoman of the 2008 campaign. She invested more than $1 million, according to financial disclosures, and was a featured speaker at Solamere’s investor conference last year.

https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/01/us/politics/ties-to-romney-08-helped-fuel-equity-firm.html?pagewanted=all

Archived link - https://archive.ph/GCMLJ

Biden nominates megadonor and former Hewlett Packard CEO Meg Whitman to be ambassador to Kenya

President Joe Biden has picked big money political donor and former Hewlett Packard CEO Meg Whitman to be his ambassador to Kenya.

Last year, Whitman gave $500,000 to the Biden Victory Fund.

Wealthy donors often get ambassadorships in Democratic and Republican administrations alike.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/08/biden-nominates-meg-whitman-to-be-ambassador-to-kenya.html

Archived link - https://archive.ph/TrrYp