Shokin was the NEW general prosecutor, who replaced the previous corrupt general prosecutor, who replaced the corrupt general prosecutor before him.
Shokin was in the job a month or two at most and this was a letter from our U.S. State dept welcoming him....
we were hopeful that third times a charm, and Ukraine would finally get their shit together in their prosecutor dept of justice.....
But no such luck! Shokin was as corrupt as the rest of them in the position before him, and had a blind eye to corruption and a pocket full of gifts as well. Not one corrupt oligarch, business, or politician were prosecuted by his office when he served as head.