Ever since the start of the impeachment "investigation", the Democrats and Joe Biden have defended the former vice president's threat to withhold American aid to Ukraine unless the state prosecutor was fired. Some in the media and many Democrats have said that the prosecutor was fired because he wasn't working hard enough to end corruption. Others have announced that the same prosecutor had already cleared Burisma (where Hunter Biden was on the board) from any charges of corruption.
We now know that these claims are false. Indeed, they seem to be intentional lies designed to provide cover for Biden and his use of the US government to get a major benefit for his son's company.
The full story was reported today by John Solomon who got documents from the State Department under the Freedom of Information Act. These documents show that representatives from Burisma were asking the State Department for help in ending any claims of corruption against Burisma by the Ukrainian authorities. One request (which was made less than a month before Biden used US aid to force the firing of the state prosecutor) specifically pointed out to the State Department that Hunter Biden was a director of Burisma who could be adversely affected by allegations of corruption. This request came within a few days of the Ukrainian investigators conducting a raid at the home of the owner of Burisma in which they searched for evidence of corruption. That owner had already fled Ukraine for Moscow and was not home during the raid. And, of course, the official overseeing that raid was none other than the state prosecutor that Joe Biden got fired.
Think about that. Claims that Biden got the prosecutor fired because he wasn't going after corruption are obviously false. Just a few weeks before Biden pulled his power play with the Ukrainian government, this prosecutor was sending investigators on anti-corruption raids. That's hardly ignoring corruption. Likewise, claims that the prosecutor had already cleared Burisma are also obviously false. One doesn't raid the home of the owner of a company like Burisma looking for evidence of corruption if you've already cleared that firm. That doesn't happen, not even in Ukraine.
I suggest that you read the Solomon report linked above. It provides fuller details.
One thing is certain: When Old Joe Biden used the might of the US government to force the firing of the state prosecutor in Ukraine, the State Department knew that this prosecutor was going after Burisma and that Hunter Biden was a director of that company. The State Department also knew that Burisma was desperately and repeatedly seeking help from State to protect it from the prosecutor's investigation into corruption. Is there anyone out there who actually believes that State didn't tell the Vice President? Was Joe Biden really so out of it that he didn't know his son was a director of Burisma when the US government obviously knew? No way. Old Joe may be losing it today, but back in the VP office, he was acting illegally to help his son.
We now know that these claims are false. Indeed, they seem to be intentional lies designed to provide cover for Biden and his use of the US government to get a major benefit for his son's company.
The full story was reported today by John Solomon who got documents from the State Department under the Freedom of Information Act. These documents show that representatives from Burisma were asking the State Department for help in ending any claims of corruption against Burisma by the Ukrainian authorities. One request (which was made less than a month before Biden used US aid to force the firing of the state prosecutor) specifically pointed out to the State Department that Hunter Biden was a director of Burisma who could be adversely affected by allegations of corruption. This request came within a few days of the Ukrainian investigators conducting a raid at the home of the owner of Burisma in which they searched for evidence of corruption. That owner had already fled Ukraine for Moscow and was not home during the raid. And, of course, the official overseeing that raid was none other than the state prosecutor that Joe Biden got fired.
Think about that. Claims that Biden got the prosecutor fired because he wasn't going after corruption are obviously false. Just a few weeks before Biden pulled his power play with the Ukrainian government, this prosecutor was sending investigators on anti-corruption raids. That's hardly ignoring corruption. Likewise, claims that the prosecutor had already cleared Burisma are also obviously false. One doesn't raid the home of the owner of a company like Burisma looking for evidence of corruption if you've already cleared that firm. That doesn't happen, not even in Ukraine.
I suggest that you read the Solomon report linked above. It provides fuller details.
One thing is certain: When Old Joe Biden used the might of the US government to force the firing of the state prosecutor in Ukraine, the State Department knew that this prosecutor was going after Burisma and that Hunter Biden was a director of that company. The State Department also knew that Burisma was desperately and repeatedly seeking help from State to protect it from the prosecutor's investigation into corruption. Is there anyone out there who actually believes that State didn't tell the Vice President? Was Joe Biden really so out of it that he didn't know his son was a director of Burisma when the US government obviously knew? No way. Old Joe may be losing it today, but back in the VP office, he was acting illegally to help his son.
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