Wow. Every line of that is a hoax.
Idiot.
There is no video of Biden extorting. In fact, your big wonderful witness Archer even testified the firing of Shokin was bad for Burisma and had nothing to do with corruption on Biden's part.
Mr. Archer.
So on this line of questioning, I have no, like, proof. I have nothing.
Mr. Goldman. Let's talk about legally, I think just pivot to that, because you had said earlier that -- I believe the direct quote is that Burisma felt like they had Shokin under control.
Mr. Archer. Correct.
Mr. Goldman. What did you mean by that?
Mr. Archer. That was like -- that was a narrative that was -- that was told to me by various of the D.C. team, that
the firing of Shokin was bad for Burisma because he was under control.
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Q. Now, Vice President Biden was vocal about his concerns about corruption in the prosecutor general's office in Ukraine during this time period.
A. Correct.
Q. And called for the removal of Shokin from office. Is that correct?
A. Yes. That was very well publicized.
Q. Okay. And the Senate minority report, which I referenced earlier, described how Vice President's public calls for the Ukrainian Government to remove Shokin as prosecutor general was part of an anticorruption policy of the U.S. Government
with broad bipartisan support, as well as support from allies and international institutions like the EU and the International Monetary Fund. Do you agree with that conclusion?
A. Sorry. Can you repeat that?
Q. Yeah. The Vice President's public calls for the removal of Shokin was part of this broad bipartisan, international anticorruption effort in Ukraine.
A. Yes, I believe that was -- that was part of the conversation.
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Q. And the same minority report noted that State Department officials interviewed in this investigation explained that
Shokin did not pursue corruption investigations against Burisma's owner, effectively shielding the owner from prosecution,
and that removing Shokin made an investigation into Burisma more, not less, likely. It sounds like that's in accordance with --
A. Uh-huh.
Q -- your general understanding of what was going on at the time.
A. But quickly after, where all of his assets were seized, Zlochevsky, and he had to leave Ukraine.
Q
But so do you have any basis to believe that Vice President Biden's call for Shokin's removal was driven by anything other than the U.S. Government's anticorruption policy in Ukraine?
A.
Yeah, I have no -- I have no other -- I have no proof or thought that that -- that he fired him for that reason.
Boom.