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THREAD: #WheresHunter?
Working a job he's qualified for, unlike Trump's kids. As he was on Burisma board, where he used Yale law degree + 9 yrs as partner in private firm to give legal counsel, and 3 yrs on Amtrak board + investing experience as they moved into foreign markets.
Working a job he's qualified for, unlike Trump's kids. As he was on Burisma board, where he used Yale law degree + 9 yrs as partner in private firm to give legal counsel, and 3 yrs on Amtrak board + investing experience as they moved into foreign markets.
"But he was working in Ukraine while his father was conducting diplomacy there, and in China too!" True, but no evidence of any illegal acts or intervention by Joe. But if that's your standard for corruption, I have some really, REALLY bad news about Trump and his kids...
We're gonna cover Ukraine in detail below, but a short primer on Trump and the GOP's many lies and distortions on Hunter's business dealings in China: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/05/the-rncs-misleading-message-about-the-bidens/
"But Burisma was a corrupt company!" In fact, the head of the company had been under investigation for actions he took with a different company, several years before Hunter joined Burisma. And the investigation was dormant before Hunter joined the board. https://www.justsecurity.org/66271/timeline-trump-giuliani-bidens-and-ukrainegate/
"But Biden said he'd withhold aid if Ukraine didn't fire the Ukrainian chief prosecutor, Viktor Shokin!" He did, in line with US policy, and working with EU, UK, IMF, and World Bank, after so much aid money disappeared, with no investigations by Shokin. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/viktor-shokin-ukraine-prosecutor-trump-biden-hunter-joe-investigation-impeachment-a9147001.html
In fact, after Shokin lost his position in the government, he was arrested for corruption, and government agents found bags FILLED WITH CASH AND DIAMONDS.
Fun fact: that's why he's called the "Diamond Prosecutor," as you can read about in the previous article.
Fun fact: that's why he's called the "Diamond Prosecutor," as you can read about in the previous article.
"But Joe did it to protect Hunter!" Nope. Again, Shokin was sacked for *not* prosecuting corruption, especially from Putin's Ukrainian allies. So if anything, Joe was raising the likelihood of investigation. But of course Hunter was never under investigation in the first place.
"Just because they didn't investigate Hunter..." After accusations were raised by Trump the GOP, and Putin's Ukrainian allies, they did. Multiple times. And guess what they found? Yup. Nothing. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-ukraine/ukraine-found-no-evidence-against-hunter-biden-in-case-audit-former-top-prosecutor-idUSKBN23B2RB
Who is the only person in this situation who has accused Joe of illegally intervening to protect Hunter?
You guessed it: Viktor Shokin!
Does he have any evidence beyond his claims?
You guessed it: nope. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7532409/Ukraines-former-prosecutor-claims-told-investigating-Biden.html
You guessed it: Viktor Shokin!
Does he have any evidence beyond his claims?
You guessed it: nope. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7532409/Ukraines-former-prosecutor-claims-told-investigating-Biden.html
A judge recently permitted the opening of a case file on the matter, but in Ukraine, this action does not even preliminary evidence or cause. In fact, it can be done at the request of a single parliament member, and Putin still has many allies there. https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/28/viral-image/opening-case-file-does-not-mean-joe-biden-criminal/
But SURELY the GOP's sudden "concern" isn't just political opportunism! You're right, it's hypocrisy, too: in fact, many GOP backed US's effort to oust Shokin at the time, including @SenRonJohnson, whose part of the new "investigation." But he... forgot. https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/03/politics/gop-senators-echoed-biden-on-ukraine-reforms-kfile/index.html
Now Johnson refuses to say if the committee is laundering misinformation from Putin's Ukrainian allies, while Trump is retweeting bogus audio recordings of Joe speaking to Ukraine's president in 2015, saying Shokin wasn't corrupt. [Pause for laughter] https://twitter.com/AndrewDesiderio/status/1295168356526559233
In fact, Trump and his allies have enlisted a gallery of corrupt Putin allies in Ukraine to dig up dirt on the Bidens (and so far, have produced nothing but bogus claims and manipulated media). https://www.newsweek.com/kyiv-post-ukraine-newspaper-rudy-giuliani-resurfaces-front-page-1476046
Bill Barr, Trump's hand-picked AG who protected him from Mueller (go ahead, y'all--TEST ME on this one!), is happily accepting all of this bogus info, while telling the FBI they can't investigate any other presidential candidates without his permission. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/barr-acknowledges-justice-dept-has-created-intake-process-to-vet-giulianis-information-on-bidens/2020/02/10/0fba553a-4c1e-11ea-bf44-f5043eb3918a_story.html
Trump got himself impeached by attempting to extort the current Ukranian president just to ANNOUNCE an investigation into the Bidens, even if they didn't actually do the investigation.
It's all lies, and Trump's doing it because he knows he can win on his own merits.
It's all lies, and Trump's doing it because he knows he can win on his own merits.
