“Everyone in the Western community wanted Shokin sacked.”

They mindlessly repeat the notion Biden needs to be investigated but can't explain exactly why based on any specific, credible facts

The point of an investigation is to uncover facts. If someone robbed a bank in your neighborhood and you just happened to upgrade your Geo Storm with a Lamborghini the next day, you may be investigated, even though no facts exist proving your guilt. Same thing happened with Biden. It looks fishy and should be investigated.

Sorry, but that’s not how the constitution works. Before you investigate you need some credible reason. “Looks fishy” doesn’t justify invading someone’s privacy.

He had credible reason. Biden on national TV said no aid until the prosecutor is fired and he was looking into a company where his son sat on the BOD, was getting paid a lot of $$ and didn't have the experience to garner such a role.
The matter of taking his quote out of context is addressed. Anything else?

He had credible reason and he is the Commander in Chief of our armed forces. The call happened in an open forum. He was not trying to hide anything. You Leftists are such weirdos. As I said if the Senate does not convict, will you leave this board forever? Yes or no?
 
The point of an investigation is the uncover facts.
Then why was Don's focus on getting his minions to work on getting Ukraine to announce an investigation? Answer, in order to create an air of suspicion based on absolutely nothing. He saw how effective the endless smear campaign worked in the 2016 election and was going back to a reliable playbook.

But mostly the post is about exposing the innuendos Biden as complete bullshit.

To expose the obvious corruption by Joe Biden. Or is it just a giant coincidence Hunter landed all those jobs in countries his dad had government dealings with resulting in Hunter earning millions of dollars for jobs he wasn't qualified for.
It’s not a coincidence at all.

But that doesn’t make it corrupt.
 
They mindlessly repeat the notion Biden needs to be investigated but can't explain exactly why based on any specific, credible facts

The point of an investigation is to uncover facts. If someone robbed a bank in your neighborhood and you just happened to upgrade your Geo Storm with a Lamborghini the next day, you may be investigated, even though no facts exist proving your guilt. Same thing happened with Biden. It looks fishy and should be investigated.

Sorry, but that’s not how the constitution works. Before you investigate you need some credible reason. “Looks fishy” doesn’t justify invading someone’s privacy.

He had credible reason. Biden on national TV said no aid until the prosecutor is fired and he was looking into a company where his son sat on the BOD, was getting paid a lot of $$ and didn't have the experience to garner such a role.

Couple of problems. First and most obvious is that Shokin was not looking into Burisma.

There goes your credible reason.

Except he was. You're such a little wimp. How do you live with yourself?

In 2012, the Ukrainian prosecutor general Viktor Pshonka began investigating Ukrainian oligarch Mykola Zlochevsky, owner of the natural gas company Burisma Holdings, over allegations of money laundering, tax evasion, and corruption during 2010-2012.[33][34]

In 2015, Shokin became the prosecutor general, inheriting the investigation. The Obama administration and other governments and non-governmental organizations soon became concerned that Shokin was not adequately pursuing corruption in Ukraine, was protecting the political elite, and was regarded as "an obstacle to anti-corruption efforts".
 
He was not trying to hide anything.
Really? Then why was the transcript, having no sensitive national security information, put in to a code level server until revelations made public by the WB complaint forced the WH to release a summary of the call? A summary that proves the extortion scheme.
 
The point of an investigation is the uncover facts.
Then why was Don's focus on getting his minions to work on getting Ukraine to announce an investigation? Answer, in order to create an air of suspicion based on absolutely nothing. He saw how effective the endless smear campaign worked in the 2016 election and was going back to a reliable playbook.

But mostly the post is about exposing the innuendos Biden as complete bullshit.

To expose the obvious corruption by Joe Biden. Or is it just a giant coincidence Hunter landed all those jobs in countries his dad had government dealings with resulting in Hunter earning millions of dollars for jobs he wasn't qualified for.
It’s not a coincidence at all.

But that doesn’t make it corrupt.

Government has passed laws making this sort of thing ILLEGAL even in appearance. It easily meets that threshold.
 
They mindlessly repeat the notion Biden needs to be investigated but can't explain exactly why based on any specific, credible facts

The point of an investigation is to uncover facts. If someone robbed a bank in your neighborhood and you just happened to upgrade your Geo Storm with a Lamborghini the next day, you may be investigated, even though no facts exist proving your guilt. Same thing happened with Biden. It looks fishy and should be investigated.

Sorry, but that’s not how the constitution works. Before you investigate you need some credible reason. “Looks fishy” doesn’t justify invading someone’s privacy.

He had credible reason. Biden on national TV said no aid until the prosecutor is fired and he was looking into a company where his son sat on the BOD, was getting paid a lot of $$ and didn't have the experience to garner such a role.

Couple of problems. First and most obvious is that Shokin was not looking into Burisma.

There goes your credible reason.

Except he was. You're such a little wimp. How do you live with yourself?

In 2012, the Ukrainian prosecutor general Viktor Pshonka began investigating Ukrainian oligarch Mykola Zlochevsky, owner of the natural gas company Burisma Holdings, over allegations of money laundering, tax evasion, and corruption during 2010-2012.[33][34]

In 2015, Shokin became the prosecutor general, inheriting the investigation. The Obama administration and other governments and non-governmental organizations soon became concerned that Shokin was not adequately pursuing corruption in Ukraine, was protecting the political elite, and was regarded as "an obstacle to anti-corruption efforts".

You’re such a sucker. You could at least read your own sources.

The Obama administration and other governments and non-governmental organizations soon became concerned that Shokin was not adequately pursuing corruption in Ukraine, was protecting the political elite, and was regarded as "an obstacle to anti-corruption efforts"

The investigation into Zlochevsky was dormant.

There’s little question that the Bidens’ paths in Ukraine held the potential for conflict, and in a tweet last week, Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani said the U.S. should investigate the matter. But what has received less attention is that at the time Biden made his ultimatum, the probe into the company -- Burisma Holdings, owned by Mykola Zlochevsky -- had been long dormant, according to the former official, Vitaliy Kasko.



“There was no pressure from anyone from the U.S. to close cases against Zlochevsky,” Kasko said in an interview last week. “It was shelved by Ukrainian prosecutors in 2014 and through 2015.”

You are probably going to ignore this since it doesn’t fit your narrative.
 
The point of an investigation is the uncover facts.
Then why was Don's focus on getting his minions to work on getting Ukraine to announce an investigation? Answer, in order to create an air of suspicion based on absolutely nothing. He saw how effective the endless smear campaign worked in the 2016 election and was going back to a reliable playbook.

But mostly the post is about exposing the innuendos Biden as complete bullshit.

To expose the obvious corruption by Joe Biden. Or is it just a giant coincidence Hunter landed all those jobs in countries his dad had government dealings with resulting in Hunter earning millions of dollars for jobs he wasn't qualified for.
It’s not a coincidence at all.

But that doesn’t make it corrupt.

Government has passed laws making this sort of thing ILLEGAL even in appearance. It easily meets that threshold.

Great. Then you should have no problem citing the law.
 
The point of an investigation is to uncover facts. If someone robbed a bank in your neighborhood and you just happened to upgrade your Geo Storm with a Lamborghini the next day, you may be investigated, even though no facts exist proving your guilt. Same thing happened with Biden. It looks fishy and should be investigated.

Sorry, but that’s not how the constitution works. Before you investigate you need some credible reason. “Looks fishy” doesn’t justify invading someone’s privacy.

He had credible reason. Biden on national TV said no aid until the prosecutor is fired and he was looking into a company where his son sat on the BOD, was getting paid a lot of $$ and didn't have the experience to garner such a role.

Couple of problems. First and most obvious is that Shokin was not looking into Burisma.

There goes your credible reason.

Except he was. You're such a little wimp. How do you live with yourself?

In 2012, the Ukrainian prosecutor general Viktor Pshonka began investigating Ukrainian oligarch Mykola Zlochevsky, owner of the natural gas company Burisma Holdings, over allegations of money laundering, tax evasion, and corruption during 2010-2012.[33][34]

In 2015, Shokin became the prosecutor general, inheriting the investigation. The Obama administration and other governments and non-governmental organizations soon became concerned that Shokin was not adequately pursuing corruption in Ukraine, was protecting the political elite, and was regarded as "an obstacle to anti-corruption efforts".

You’re such a sucker. You could at least read your own sources.

The Obama administration and other governments and non-governmental organizations soon became concerned that Shokin was not adequately pursuing corruption in Ukraine, was protecting the political elite, and was regarded as "an obstacle to anti-corruption efforts"

The investigation into Zlochevsky was dormant.

There’s little question that the Bidens’ paths in Ukraine held the potential for conflict, and in a tweet last week, Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani said the U.S. should investigate the matter. But what has received less attention is that at the time Biden made his ultimatum, the probe into the company -- Burisma Holdings, owned by Mykola Zlochevsky -- had been long dormant, according to the former official, Vitaliy Kasko.



“There was no pressure from anyone from the U.S. to close cases against Zlochevsky,” Kasko said in an interview last week. “It was shelved by Ukrainian prosecutors in 2014 and through 2015.”

You are probably going to ignore this since it doesn’t fit your narrative.
Sucker?

In 2015, Shokin became the prosecutor general, inheriting the investigation.

That is a fact, you little wimp. You said he was not investigating Burisma. Dormant because the Ukraine is still corrupt? LOL.
 
The point of an investigation is the uncover facts.
Then why was Don's focus on getting his minions to work on getting Ukraine to announce an investigation? Answer, in order to create an air of suspicion based on absolutely nothing. He saw how effective the endless smear campaign worked in the 2016 election and was going back to a reliable playbook.

But mostly the post is about exposing the innuendos Biden as complete bullshit.

To expose the obvious corruption by Joe Biden. Or is it just a giant coincidence Hunter landed all those jobs in countries his dad had government dealings with resulting in Hunter earning millions of dollars for jobs he wasn't qualified for.
It’s not a coincidence at all.

But that doesn’t make it corrupt.

Government has passed laws making this sort of thing ILLEGAL even in appearance. It easily meets that threshold.

Great. Then you should have no problem citing the law.

I work in this area so one of us knows what we are talking about. Hint, its not you.
 
They mindlessly repeat the notion Biden needs to be investigated but can't explain exactly why based on any specific, credible facts

The point of an investigation is to uncover facts. If someone robbed a bank in your neighborhood and you just happened to upgrade your Geo Storm with a Lamborghini the next day, you may be investigated, even though no facts exist proving your guilt. Same thing happened with Biden. It looks fishy and should be investigated.

Sorry, but that’s not how the constitution works. Before you investigate you need some credible reason. “Looks fishy” doesn’t justify invading someone’s privacy.

He had credible reason. Biden on national TV said no aid until the prosecutor is fired and he was looking into a company where his son sat on the BOD, was getting paid a lot of $$ and didn't have the experience to garner such a role.

Couple of problems. First and most obvious is that Shokin was not looking into Burisma.

There goes your credible reason.

Except he was. You're such a little wimp. How do you live with yourself?

In 2012, the Ukrainian prosecutor general Viktor Pshonka began investigating Ukrainian oligarch Mykola Zlochevsky, owner of the natural gas company Burisma Holdings, over allegations of money laundering, tax evasion, and corruption during 2010-2012.[33][34]

In 2015, Shokin became the prosecutor general, inheriting the investigation. The Obama administration and other governments and non-governmental organizations soon became concerned that Shokin was not adequately pursuing corruption in Ukraine, was protecting the political elite, and was regarded as "an obstacle to anti-corruption efforts".
In February 2015, Shokin became Ukraine’s prosecutor general, and promised critics of his country’s anti-corruption efforts at home, in the US, and at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that a clean-up was on the way. And he claimed Burisma was in his sights.

But Shokin’s deputy, Vitaly Kasko, told Bloomberg that the promise was empty rhetoric. According to Kasko, their office did nothing to pursue its investigation into Zlochevsky throughout 2015, and the office was ineffective at reining in corruption generally, leading him to resign in frustration.

Shokin has disputed Kasko’s narrative, but the manner in which he was running his office also concerned the US ambassador to Ukraine, who said publicly in September 2015 that the office was “subverting” the UK’s investigation.
...............................................................
Skokin had halted the Burisma investigation at the time of his firing.

Face it....................you've got nothin'.
 
Sorry, but that’s not how the constitution works. Before you investigate you need some credible reason. “Looks fishy” doesn’t justify invading someone’s privacy.

He had credible reason. Biden on national TV said no aid until the prosecutor is fired and he was looking into a company where his son sat on the BOD, was getting paid a lot of $$ and didn't have the experience to garner such a role.

Couple of problems. First and most obvious is that Shokin was not looking into Burisma.

There goes your credible reason.

Except he was. You're such a little wimp. How do you live with yourself?

In 2012, the Ukrainian prosecutor general Viktor Pshonka began investigating Ukrainian oligarch Mykola Zlochevsky, owner of the natural gas company Burisma Holdings, over allegations of money laundering, tax evasion, and corruption during 2010-2012.[33][34]

In 2015, Shokin became the prosecutor general, inheriting the investigation. The Obama administration and other governments and non-governmental organizations soon became concerned that Shokin was not adequately pursuing corruption in Ukraine, was protecting the political elite, and was regarded as "an obstacle to anti-corruption efforts".

You’re such a sucker. You could at least read your own sources.

The Obama administration and other governments and non-governmental organizations soon became concerned that Shokin was not adequately pursuing corruption in Ukraine, was protecting the political elite, and was regarded as "an obstacle to anti-corruption efforts"

The investigation into Zlochevsky was dormant.

There’s little question that the Bidens’ paths in Ukraine held the potential for conflict, and in a tweet last week, Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani said the U.S. should investigate the matter. But what has received less attention is that at the time Biden made his ultimatum, the probe into the company -- Burisma Holdings, owned by Mykola Zlochevsky -- had been long dormant, according to the former official, Vitaliy Kasko.



“There was no pressure from anyone from the U.S. to close cases against Zlochevsky,” Kasko said in an interview last week. “It was shelved by Ukrainian prosecutors in 2014 and through 2015.”

You are probably going to ignore this since it doesn’t fit your narrative.
Sucker?

In 2015, Shokin became the prosecutor general, inheriting the investigation.

That is a fact, you little wimp. You said he was not investigating Burisma. Dormant because the Ukraine is still corrupt? LOL.
Like I said. You’ll ignore anything that doesn’t fit your narrative.

Yeah, he inherited it. Then did nothing. Ukrainian prosecutors leave cases open to extort oligarchs for bribes. That’s how its been for decades. Shokin wasn’t doing anything to clean it up.

Like I said, you ignore anything that doesn’t fit your narrative.
 
The point of an investigation is to uncover facts. If someone robbed a bank in your neighborhood and you just happened to upgrade your Geo Storm with a Lamborghini the next day, you may be investigated, even though no facts exist proving your guilt. Same thing happened with Biden. It looks fishy and should be investigated.

Sorry, but that’s not how the constitution works. Before you investigate you need some credible reason. “Looks fishy” doesn’t justify invading someone’s privacy.

He had credible reason. Biden on national TV said no aid until the prosecutor is fired and he was looking into a company where his son sat on the BOD, was getting paid a lot of $$ and didn't have the experience to garner such a role.

Couple of problems. First and most obvious is that Shokin was not looking into Burisma.

There goes your credible reason.

Except he was. You're such a little wimp. How do you live with yourself?

In 2012, the Ukrainian prosecutor general Viktor Pshonka began investigating Ukrainian oligarch Mykola Zlochevsky, owner of the natural gas company Burisma Holdings, over allegations of money laundering, tax evasion, and corruption during 2010-2012.[33][34]

In 2015, Shokin became the prosecutor general, inheriting the investigation. The Obama administration and other governments and non-governmental organizations soon became concerned that Shokin was not adequately pursuing corruption in Ukraine, was protecting the political elite, and was regarded as "an obstacle to anti-corruption efforts".
In February 2015, Shokin became Ukraine’s prosecutor general, and promised critics of his country’s anti-corruption efforts at home, in the US, and at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that a clean-up was on the way. And he claimed Burisma was in his sights.

But Shokin’s deputy, Vitaly Kasko, told Bloomberg that the promise was empty rhetoric. According to Kasko, their office did nothing to pursue its investigation into Zlochevsky throughout 2015, and the office was ineffective at reining in corruption generally, leading him to resign in frustration.

Shokin has disputed Kasko’s narrative, but the manner in which he was running his office also concerned the US ambassador to Ukraine, who said publicly in September 2015 that the office was “subverting” the UK’s investigation.
...............................................................
Skokin had halted the Burisma investigation at the time of his firing.

Face it....................you've got nothin'.

Another cut and paste. Do you ever post your own thoughts? Obviously something odd was happening in Ukraine and Trump asked Zelensky to work with Barr to see what it was. Nothing Burger. You're a loser, Berg. Funny how you avoid my "yes or no" question. Coward.

Shokin has disputed Kasko’s narrative
 
Then why was Don's focus on getting his minions to work on getting Ukraine to announce an investigation? Answer, in order to create an air of suspicion based on absolutely nothing. He saw how effective the endless smear campaign worked in the 2016 election and was going back to a reliable playbook.

But mostly the post is about exposing the innuendos Biden as complete bullshit.

To expose the obvious corruption by Joe Biden. Or is it just a giant coincidence Hunter landed all those jobs in countries his dad had government dealings with resulting in Hunter earning millions of dollars for jobs he wasn't qualified for.
It’s not a coincidence at all.

But that doesn’t make it corrupt.

Government has passed laws making this sort of thing ILLEGAL even in appearance. It easily meets that threshold.

Great. Then you should have no problem citing the law.

I work in this area so one of us knows what we are talking about. Hint, its not you.
And given your knowledge, that means it should be trivial for you to cite the relevant law.
 
To expose the obvious corruption by Joe Biden. Or is it just a giant coincidence Hunter landed all those jobs in countries his dad had government dealings with resulting in Hunter earning millions of dollars for jobs he wasn't qualified for.
It’s not a coincidence at all.

But that doesn’t make it corrupt.

Government has passed laws making this sort of thing ILLEGAL even in appearance. It easily meets that threshold.

Great. Then you should have no problem citing the law.

I work in this area so one of us knows what we are talking about. Hint, its not you.
And given your knowledge, that means it should be trivial for you to cite the relevant law.

Do I look like your first year law professor? Apparently you are a helpless snowflake incapable of educating yourself.
 
He had credible reason. Biden on national TV said no aid until the prosecutor is fired and he was looking into a company where his son sat on the BOD, was getting paid a lot of $$ and didn't have the experience to garner such a role.

Couple of problems. First and most obvious is that Shokin was not looking into Burisma.

There goes your credible reason.

Except he was. You're such a little wimp. How do you live with yourself?

In 2012, the Ukrainian prosecutor general Viktor Pshonka began investigating Ukrainian oligarch Mykola Zlochevsky, owner of the natural gas company Burisma Holdings, over allegations of money laundering, tax evasion, and corruption during 2010-2012.[33][34]

In 2015, Shokin became the prosecutor general, inheriting the investigation. The Obama administration and other governments and non-governmental organizations soon became concerned that Shokin was not adequately pursuing corruption in Ukraine, was protecting the political elite, and was regarded as "an obstacle to anti-corruption efforts".

You’re such a sucker. You could at least read your own sources.

The Obama administration and other governments and non-governmental organizations soon became concerned that Shokin was not adequately pursuing corruption in Ukraine, was protecting the political elite, and was regarded as "an obstacle to anti-corruption efforts"

The investigation into Zlochevsky was dormant.

There’s little question that the Bidens’ paths in Ukraine held the potential for conflict, and in a tweet last week, Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani said the U.S. should investigate the matter. But what has received less attention is that at the time Biden made his ultimatum, the probe into the company -- Burisma Holdings, owned by Mykola Zlochevsky -- had been long dormant, according to the former official, Vitaliy Kasko.



“There was no pressure from anyone from the U.S. to close cases against Zlochevsky,” Kasko said in an interview last week. “It was shelved by Ukrainian prosecutors in 2014 and through 2015.”

You are probably going to ignore this since it doesn’t fit your narrative.
Sucker?

In 2015, Shokin became the prosecutor general, inheriting the investigation.

That is a fact, you little wimp. You said he was not investigating Burisma. Dormant because the Ukraine is still corrupt? LOL.
Like I said. You’ll ignore anything that doesn’t fit your narrative.

Yeah, he inherited it. Then did nothing. Ukrainian prosecutors leave cases open to extort oligarchs for bribes. That’s how its been for decades. Shokin wasn’t doing anything to clean it up.

Like I said, you ignore anything that doesn’t fit your narrative.

Pot to kettle...you're black. You ignore everything that doesn't fit YOUR narrative, Leftist. You said he was not investigating it. But he was. He inherited and you do not know what he did or did not do and if he was not doing anything then why did Biden threaten to hold $1Bn of aid until he was fired? Hmmmm....walks like a duck, talks like a duck, flies like a duck....it is a duck.

So you think the Senate will convict? If it is so obvious why was the impeachment 100% partisan and two Democrats disagreed with it? One switched parties. LOL. How does that fit your leftist, sissy narrative?
 
It’s not a coincidence at all.

But that doesn’t make it corrupt.

Government has passed laws making this sort of thing ILLEGAL even in appearance. It easily meets that threshold.

Great. Then you should have no problem citing the law.

I work in this area so one of us knows what we are talking about. Hint, its not you.
And given your knowledge, that means it should be trivial for you to cite the relevant law.

Do I look like your first year law professor? Apparently you are a helpless snowflake incapable of educating yourself.
And you claim to know what you’re talking about but push comes to shove you don’t.

Color me surprised.
 
Government has passed laws making this sort of thing ILLEGAL even in appearance. It easily meets that threshold.

Great. Then you should have no problem citing the law.

I work in this area so one of us knows what we are talking about. Hint, its not you.
And given your knowledge, that means it should be trivial for you to cite the relevant law.

Do I look like your first year law professor? Apparently you are a helpless snowflake incapable of educating yourself.
And you claim to know what you’re talking about but push comes to shove you don’t.

Color me surprised.

You really are a little hypocrite. I have beaten you in every single debate we have had on this board. Your opinions do not equal facts.
 
Sorry, but that’s not how the constitution works. Before you investigate you need some credible reason. “Looks fishy” doesn’t justify invading someone’s privacy.

He had credible reason. Biden on national TV said no aid until the prosecutor is fired and he was looking into a company where his son sat on the BOD, was getting paid a lot of $$ and didn't have the experience to garner such a role.

Couple of problems. First and most obvious is that Shokin was not looking into Burisma.

There goes your credible reason.

Except he was. You're such a little wimp. How do you live with yourself?

In 2012, the Ukrainian prosecutor general Viktor Pshonka began investigating Ukrainian oligarch Mykola Zlochevsky, owner of the natural gas company Burisma Holdings, over allegations of money laundering, tax evasion, and corruption during 2010-2012.[33][34]

In 2015, Shokin became the prosecutor general, inheriting the investigation. The Obama administration and other governments and non-governmental organizations soon became concerned that Shokin was not adequately pursuing corruption in Ukraine, was protecting the political elite, and was regarded as "an obstacle to anti-corruption efforts".
In February 2015, Shokin became Ukraine’s prosecutor general, and promised critics of his country’s anti-corruption efforts at home, in the US, and at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that a clean-up was on the way. And he claimed Burisma was in his sights.

But Shokin’s deputy, Vitaly Kasko, told Bloomberg that the promise was empty rhetoric. According to Kasko, their office did nothing to pursue its investigation into Zlochevsky throughout 2015, and the office was ineffective at reining in corruption generally, leading him to resign in frustration.

Shokin has disputed Kasko’s narrative, but the manner in which he was running his office also concerned the US ambassador to Ukraine, who said publicly in September 2015 that the office was “subverting” the UK’s investigation.
...............................................................
Skokin had halted the Burisma investigation at the time of his firing.

Face it....................you've got nothin'.

Another cut and paste. Do you ever post your own thoughts? Obviously something odd was happening in Ukraine and Trump asked Zelensky to work with Barr to see what it was. Nothing Burger. You're a loser, Berg. Funny how you avoid my "yes or no" question. Coward.

Shokin has disputed Kasko’s narrative
IDGAF about your thoughts. I deal with what is provable. That Shokin was not investigating Burisma at the time of his firing is a fact. I understand why you don't like that fact...........but your opinion it isn't one is inconsequential to reality.
 
Trump hopes to distract from the whistleblower by pushing a conspiracy theory
Trump and his allies have asserted — without any evidence — that Biden’s ouster of Shokin was itself corrupt, and specifically that it was aimed at protecting Hunter and Burisma from a corruption investigation led by Shokin.

Trump has tweeted the Bidens are “stone cold Crooked.” House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has called concerns over the whistleblower’s complaint as a Democratic scheme fool the public into ignoring “what Biden was doing.” And Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) has said he wants the Justice Department to “look at the Biden-Ukraine connection, like we looked at the Trump-Russia connection.”

Biden spokesperson Kate Bedingfield said all this is nonsense, and that Biden pushed to oust Shokin “without any regard for how it would or would not impact any business interests of his son, a private citizen.”

Biden himself blasted Trump’s efforts to discredit him at the Iowa Democrats’ Steak Fry over the weekend, calling the president’s actions on the phone call “an overwhelming abuse of power.”

“Trump’s doing this because he knows I’ll beat him like a drum,” Biden said. “And he’s using the abuse of power and every element of the presidency to try to do something to smear me.”

And despite his boast last year, Biden seem to have played a very minor role in Shokin’s firing. With the Obama administration, the idea to remove him came from the US’s embassy in Ukraine, and the sentiment the prosecutor was hindering anti-corruption efforts was shared by the US’s partners and Ukrainian citizens. Too, removing Shokin has the potential to hurt Hunter Biden given the US had him replaced in order to ensure someone more fully committed to pursuing an anti-corruption agenda — including an investigation into the former Ukraine official Mykola Zlochevsky — was installed.
 

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