Of course he was. Every news article, left, center & right, that reported on this has reported there was no active investigation into Burisma or Hunter Biden when Biden threatened to hold up the funds. Every Ukrainian except for Shokin who spoke about this said there was no active investigation into Burisma or Hunter Biden when Biden threatened to hold up the funds.
The only one to say the investigation was open was Shokin. And he only said that on September 4th of this year. And he has an axe to grind against Joe Biden who got him fired.
So what you're saying, Shokin said it because he held a grudge for Biden having him fired.
According to the tape where Biden bragging about firing of Shokin, the one holding a grudge is Biden himself.
Biden got Shokin fired. Here we are, 3½ years later, and the only one saying Shokin was actively investigating Burisma is Shokin. And he only started saying that 2 months ago after talking with Rudy Giuliani, who was trying to help Shokin gain admittance to the U.S.
You keep saying that investigation ended before Shokin got fired. The only proof on that is WSJ article with intent to accuse Trump of wrongdoing.
Why no mention of
Shokin's deposition?
On several occasions President Poroshenko asked me to have a look at the case against Burisma and consider the possibility of winding down the investigative actions in respect of this company but I refused to close this investigation.
If he was holding a grudge, he could have complain about it long ago. So why he acted now?
According to his deposition, he did it to clear his name. Read paragraph 9, where he realized the actual reason for him being dismissed.
Again, not a single news article from 2015 through now corroborates his
recent claim of investigating Burisma.
The affidavit also reads,
"facts mentioned at this statement have not been verified by the notary."
And it appears he didn't sign that affidavit ...
So why on Earth should anyone ignore every news article on the subject, and ignore every historical recollection on the subject; only to believe the one person who was fired because of Biden, who didn't sign his sworn statement which wasn't verified, and was working directly with Trump's personal attorney to gain entrance into the U.S..?