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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 emplo
by 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 agoIt 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 agoYour 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 agoThe 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 agoIf it were in DC, I'd be with you that it's merely a standard level of corruption. Ukraine??