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Author: bladeslap   Date: 11/27/2022 1:25:44 PM  +3/-1   Show Orig. Msg (this window) Or  In New Window

As usual, your claims about Biden - Ukraine have been completely debunked:


Joe Biden leveraged aid to remove top prosecutor as part anti-corruption efforts


It's true that Joe Biden leveraged $1 billion in aid to persuade Ukraine to oust its top prosecutor, Viktor Shokin, in March 2016. But it wasn't because Shokin was investigating Burisma. It was because Shokin wasn't pursuing corruption among the country's politicians.


As European and American diplomats pressed Ukraine to clean up its corruption, they focused on Shokin's leadership of the Prosecutor General's Office, which he took over in February 2015.


Mike Carpenter, who served as a foreign policy adviser to the then-vice president, told USA TODAY that Shokin "never went after any corrupt individuals at all" and "never prosecuted any high-profile cases of corruption." 


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Prosecutor was not investigating Burisma at the time Joe Biden called for his removal


Burisma Holdings was not under scrutiny at the time Joe Biden called for Shokin to be removed, per the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine, an independent agency that has worked closely with the FBI.


In 2014, Shokin had investigated Burisma for money laundering and tax irregularities, per USA TODAY.


The probe focused on 2010-12, according to the National Anti-Corruption Bureau.


Hunter Biden — who joined the board in 2014 and served on it until early 2019 — was not the subject of the investigation.


More:GOP-led Senate committees: Hunter Biden work in Ukraine a conflict of interest, impact 'unclear'


The case was settled in court in 2017.


The recent report by Senate Republicans also contained no evidence that Joe Biden had pressured Ukraine to fire its top prosecutor as a way to protect his son, according to the Associated Press.


 


 


 
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