Joe didn't get all those people to "go along" with getting rid of Shokin...most of them had no clue that Biden was about to demand that Shokin be fired or that he would withhold the billion dollars that Congress had authorized for them! People in the State Department were shocked at Biden's demand. So were people in the European Union. They issued a report praising Shokin anti corruption work two weeks AFTER he was fired!
They did nothing of the sort.
The EU wanted Shokin gone, as did the IMF and World Bank. No point sending money to the Ukraine if those guys were going to steal it.
Here's something from a European Source.
EU hails sacking of Ukraineâs prosecutor Viktor Shokin
Political crisis continues as deals on a new coalition and premier prove elusive
www.irishtimes.com
The European Union has welcomed the dismissal of Ukraine's scandal-ridden prosecutor general and called for a crackdown on corruption, even as the country's political crisis deepened over efforts to form a new ruling coalition and appoint a new prime minister.
Ukraine's parliament voted overwhelmingly to fire Viktor Shokin, ridding the beleaguered prosecutor's office of a figure who is accused of blocking major cases against allies and influential figures and stymying moves to root out graft.
"This decision creates an opportunity to make a fresh start in the prosecutor general's office. I hope that the new prosecutor general will ensure that [his] office . . . becomes independent from political influence and pressure and enjoys public trust," said Jan Tombinski, the EU's envoy to Ukraine.
“There is still a lack of tangible results of investigations into serious cases . . . as well as investigations of high-level officials within the prosecutor general’s office,” he added.