But Reschenthaler truly takes it to another level by calling Shokin "probably the one guy in that government that wasn't corrupt." That is diametrically opposed to how much of the West — including Republican members of Congress — described the situation back then. There was a chorus alleging Shokin was too soft on corruption and needed to go because of it.
Showing posts with label Shokin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Shokin. Show all posts
Thursday, December 14, 2023
Neguse's telling exchange with Reschenthaler on impeachment - The Washington Post
Republicans have regularly suggested that then-Vice President Joe Biden's push was meant to benefit his son. The problem is that this was not just an initiative of Biden's — Shokin's ouster was widely sought by other Western nations. And Shokin didn't appear to be actually scrutinizing Burisma at the time. A key witness Republicans has hailed, former Hunter Biden business partner Devon Archer, has testified about how Burisma's team in Washington cast Shokin as an asset rather than a liability.
Tuesday, September 26, 2023
The Republican case against Biden takes a body blow … from Fox News - The Washington Post
Trumpworld's belief that Joe Biden had sought the ouster of Ukraine's prosecutor general, Viktor Shokin, to benefit Burisma and Hunter Biden was debunked in 2019. Perhaps in part because Fox News did its best to ignore the evidence in that impeachment inquiry, claims about the now-president trying to get Shokin fired back in 2015 and 2016 have been elevated again as though they retain validity.
They don't — as Fox News unintentionally made clear over the weekend...
Thursday, February 13, 2020
Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden tries to expand Ukraine investigation into an actual Ukraine investigation
In 2016, Sen. Ron Johnson was one of a number of Republicans who signed a letter encouraging the president of Ukraine to fire the country’s prosecutor general, Viktor Shokin. Naturally, that fact has not even been a speed bump in Johnson joining with his colleagues Lindsey Graham and Chuck Grassley to accuse former Vice President Joe Biden of a nefarious act when he … encouraged the president of Ukraine to fire the country’s prosecutor general, Viktor Shokin. ....
https://www.dailykos.com/story/2020/2/11/1918489/-Democratic-Sen-Ron-Wyden-tries-to-expand-Ukraine-investigation-into-an-actual-Ukraine-investigation
https://www.dailykos.com/story/2020/2/11/1918489/-Democratic-Sen-Ron-Wyden-tries-to-expand-Ukraine-investigation-into-an-actual-Ukraine-investigation
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