And you know Shokin's story was false how--because that's what the commies told you? And what hundreds of millions of dollars do you speak of?
I know that at the time of Shokin’s removal, everyone in the US embassy at Ukraine thought Shokin was corrupt and his office was not investigating any corrupt oligarchs. I know the president of the IMF agreed. I know the top anti-corruption prosecutor in Ukraine resigned in protest of Shokin. I know that Ukrainian anti-corruption activists opposed him.
It seems that every person who both knows anything about Ukraine and has any integrity agreed that Shokin was not helping Ukraine clean up its act.
That is all you need to know to derail the phony narrative against Biden.
So I’ll ask you a similar question. After everything I just said, why do you believe Shokin?
I already explained that to you. But since you have such a short memory........
Two stories about Sokin that's been presented.
Story 1: VP Biden went to Ukraine to get Prosecutor Shokin fired. The reason was because Shokin wasn't doing enough to investigate the company his son worked for, that was paying him 83K a month to sit home.
Story 2: VP Biden learned from his son that Shokin was breathing down the necks of him and Burisma, so the VP went to Ukraine, made a threat involving only hours, to stop the Prosecutor from continuing the investigation that would ultimately implicate his son.
Now, which story is more believable.
You’re being a bit simplistic. The reason to fire Shokin was not solely because of lack of prosecution of Burisma. That was a small component. Burisma is not top of everyone’s mind with regard to corruption in Ukraine. That would be the former president Yanukovych, now in exile in Russia, and the person whom Shokin made no effort to recover any stolen Ukrainian assets from. There’s far more to it than you stated.
The reason to fire Shokin was that he was doing little if anything to reform the famously corrupt Ukrainian prosecutor office, who was incidentally not doing any investigation into Burisma, but more to the point was not doing any investigation into any corrupt Ukrainian oligarchs and almost certainly extorting them for payouts.
This story is consistent with all other reporting and statements from our allies and anti-corruption NGOs at the time. It’s even consistent with Republican Senators statements from the time.
Story 2 isn’t logical because it conflicts with all of this information.
So after amending story 1 to reflect reality, id say it’s far more likely.
Shokin only held that office for 13 months, hardly enough time to prove himself not trustworthy or incompetent. Everything you listed was provided to you by the Democrat party, and their accomplices in the MSM.
Joe took care of his family via government. This is something nobody can deny. His son, Hunter, had no experience in the energy field, not familiar with the country, and has a very shady past.
He's a drug addict who was not only thrown out of the military, but attended rehab at least three times that we are aware of. He had a child who he is not financially taking care of, and God only knows if he even seen the kid. He's owed taxes to the federal government for five years, and not so much as a penalty. He is now under criminal investigation in the US, and Burisma is part of that investigation.
Joe used a quid pro quo to get Shokin fired. If that wasn't bad enough, the urgency to get him fired so fast certainly reeks of desperation.