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A closer look at what Biden actually did
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Last: 5 yr ago by riflebear
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It is fascinating to me how all of the Democrats have suddenly morphed any effort to uncover corruption into "Trump is doing this for political gain." They have pretty much given themselves immunity to any wrongdoing,- past, present, and future.
What a strange world we live in today.
What a strange world we live in today.
"Never underestimate Joe's ability to **** things up!"
-- Barack Obama
-- Barack Obama
$50k a month because your dad engaged in pay for play isn't a huge issue? Wow.
We watched in real time while Trump and Ivanka shook down the Chinese for patents so Ivanka could sell her polyester dresses during dinner at Mara Lago.Doc Holliday said:
$50k a month because your dad engaged in pay for play isn't a huge issue? Wow.
Where's the crime in another kid of privilege being paid well because of it.
Then, there's this:
Trump's core argument against Joe Biden is that then-Vice President Biden improperly used the power of his office to get a Ukrainian general prosecutor fired in order to stop him from investigating a Ukrainian gas company that Biden's son Hunter served on the board of.
The reality is that the Obama administration as well as many other Western European officials wanted the prosecutor, a man named Viktor Shokin, removed because he was believed to be trying to stymie anti-corruption efforts in Ukraine. In other words, if anything, Biden's efforts could have put his son in more legal jeopardy, not less.
Yet the conspiracy theory persists and has been repeated by Trump's Republican allies on Fox News and in Congress. But it turns out Republicans have failed to mention one important thing: At least three GOP senators at the time also wanted that Ukrainian prosecutor fired.
CNN uncovered a letter dated February 12, 2016, in which Sens. Rob Portman (R-OH), Ron Johnson (R-WI), and Mark Kirk (R-IL), along with several Democratic senators, called for Ukraine's then-president to "press ahead with urgent reforms to the Prosecutor General's office and judiciary." Four days later, Shokin resigned (although he didn't officially leave until the following month when Ukraine's Parliament voted him out).
In other words, both Republicans and Democrats in the US and many European nations wanted Shokin gone for failing to clamp down on graft.
The letter is a major blow to Trump's argument that Biden somehow went rogue and tried to get Shokin fired to protect his son. Biden himself has been incredibly consistent on this point, saying he legitimately pushed for the prosecutor's ouster with international backing and that he never spoke to his son about his Ukraine work.
Trump's core argument against Joe Biden is that then-Vice President Biden improperly used the power of his office to get a Ukrainian general prosecutor fired in order to stop him from investigating a Ukrainian gas company that Biden's son Hunter served on the board of.
The reality is that the Obama administration as well as many other Western European officials wanted the prosecutor, a man named Viktor Shokin, removed because he was believed to be trying to stymie anti-corruption efforts in Ukraine. In other words, if anything, Biden's efforts could have put his son in more legal jeopardy, not less.
Yet the conspiracy theory persists and has been repeated by Trump's Republican allies on Fox News and in Congress. But it turns out Republicans have failed to mention one important thing: At least three GOP senators at the time also wanted that Ukrainian prosecutor fired.
CNN uncovered a letter dated February 12, 2016, in which Sens. Rob Portman (R-OH), Ron Johnson (R-WI), and Mark Kirk (R-IL), along with several Democratic senators, called for Ukraine's then-president to "press ahead with urgent reforms to the Prosecutor General's office and judiciary." Four days later, Shokin resigned (although he didn't officially leave until the following month when Ukraine's Parliament voted him out).
In other words, both Republicans and Democrats in the US and many European nations wanted Shokin gone for failing to clamp down on graft.
The letter is a major blow to Trump's argument that Biden somehow went rogue and tried to get Shokin fired to protect his son. Biden himself has been incredibly consistent on this point, saying he legitimately pushed for the prosecutor's ouster with international backing and that he never spoke to his son about his Ukraine work.