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The story can be both fabricated and true. It's true and documented that Hunter Biden had a laughable no-work job, and that the Obama administration made Ukrai

The story can be both fabricated and true. It's true and documented that Hunter Biden had a laughable no-work job, and that the Obama administration made Ukraine fire a prosecutor who was going after his employer. This particular NY Post story surfaces... an email... saying Biden met with somebody. Whatever. Of course he met with lots of people, it's not really a story itself so much as an excuse to resurrect the actual story from a year ago. This isn't a court of law where we're establishing the quid pro quo for a judge/jury, it's the court of public opinion.

ciarannolan 6y ago
There was international pressure to remove Shokin for precisely the _opposite_ reason that you cite. It was because he was _not_ going after Biden's son's employer forcefully enough. > In 2015, Shokin became the prosecutor general, inheriting the investigation. The Obama administration and other governments and non-governmental organizations soon became concerned that Shokin was not adequately pursuing corruption in Ukraine, was protecting the political elite, and was regarded as "an obstacle to anti-corruption efforts".[24] Among other issues, he was slow-walking the investigation into Zlochevsky and Burisma and, according to Zlochevsky's allies, using the threat of prosecution to try to solicit bribes from Mr. Zlochevsky and his team – to the extent that Obama officials were considering launching their own criminal investigation into the company for possible money laundering.[38] Decry Wikipedia if you'd like, but this is easily verifiable from any number of other outlets. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Shokin#Failure_to_properly_investigate_Burisma_Holdings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Shokin#Failure_to_prope...
- free_rms 6y ago
  It sounds a little more ambiguous than that if you read the full section. Regardless, why was Hunter cokehead Biden making 600k from a foreign oil company? It's a bad look.
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  - edmundsauto 6y ago
    Your argument would be stronger if you didn't deride Hunter Biden for his health struggles. Addiction is a medical issue, not a moral failing.
  - garden_hermit 6y ago
    The Occam's razor explanation seems that children of the high-ranking political elite get cushy jobs by either their social connections, or in an (perhaps unsuccessful) attempt to curry favor with the parent. Not fair, a bad look, but not really unusual.
    - free_rms 6y ago
      If it were in DC, I'd be with you that it's merely a standard level of corruption. Ukraine??

ciarannolan 6y ago

There was international pressure to remove Shokin for precisely the _opposite_ reason that you cite. It was because he was _not_ going after Biden's son's employer forcefully enough. > In 2015, Shokin became the prosecutor general, inheriting the investigation. The Obama administration and other governments and non-governmental organizations soon became concerned that Shokin was not adequately pursuing corruption in Ukraine, was protecting the political elite, and was regarded as "an obstacle to anti-corruption efforts".[24] Among other issues, he was slow-walking the investigation into Zlochevsky and Burisma and, according to Zlochevsky's allies, using the threat of prosecution to try to solicit bribes from Mr. Zlochevsky and his team – to the extent that Obama officials were considering launching their own criminal investigation into the company for possible money laundering.[38] Decry Wikipedia if you'd like, but this is easily verifiable from any number of other outlets. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Shokin#Failure_to_properly_investigate_Burisma_Holdings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Shokin#Failure_to_prope...

free_rms 6y ago
It sounds a little more ambiguous than that if you read the full section. Regardless, why was Hunter cokehead Biden making 600k from a foreign oil company? It's a bad look.
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- edmundsauto 6y ago
  Your argument would be stronger if you didn't deride Hunter Biden for his health struggles. Addiction is a medical issue, not a moral failing.
- garden_hermit 6y ago
  The Occam's razor explanation seems that children of the high-ranking political elite get cushy jobs by either their social connections, or in an (perhaps unsuccessful) attempt to curry favor with the parent. Not fair, a bad look, but not really unusual.
  - free_rms 6y ago
    If it were in DC, I'd be with you that it's merely a standard level of corruption. Ukraine??