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Joe Biden under probe in Ukraine for alleged link to top prosecutor’s 2016 ouster: report
foxnews.com ^ | 2/28/2020 | Dom Calicchio

Posted on 02/27/2020 10:34:42 PM PST by bitt

Investigators in Ukraine have launched a probe into former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden over allegations that he pressured Ukrainian officials to fire the country’s top prosecutor in 2016, according to a report.

The Ukrainian probe was launched in response to a court order, after the ousted prosecutor, Viktor Shokin, made an appeal for action in the matter, Shokin’s attorney, Oleksandr Teleshetsky, told The Washington Post.

“They need to investigate this. They have no other alternative,” Teleshetsky told the Post. “They are required to do this by the decision of the court. If they don't, then they violate a whole string of procedural norms.”

Ukraine’s State Bureau of Investigations confirmed a probe was underway, the Post reported.

Shokin has long objected to his removal, claiming Biden – who’s now running for president -- pushed for his firing because the prosecutor tried to investigate Burisma Holdings, the Ukrainian gas company where Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, was a highly paid board member, reportedly receiving $83,000 per month.

Both Bidens have repeatedly denied any wrongdoing in connection with Ukraine. Hunter Biden pledged last year to avoid business deals with foreign entities if his father becomes president.

In a video from a Council on Foreign Relations event in 2018, Biden is heard bragging about using his influence to get Shokin fired, including threatening to call back a $1 billion loan from the U.S. government to Ukraine if the firing didn’t happen.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: biden; joebiden; ukraine
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To: bitt

At least somebody is doing something about Biden...our useless DOJ certainly isn’t.


21 posted on 02/28/2020 3:46:48 AM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: bitt

22 posted on 02/28/2020 5:19:16 AM PST by silent_jonny ("forward to what lies ahead" -- Phil. 3:13)
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To: bitt

He CONFESSED! What is left to Investigate?


23 posted on 02/28/2020 5:45:54 AM PST by eyeamok
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To: bitt

Posted on FR yesterday this article from the Ukraine: http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3819991/posts


24 posted on 02/28/2020 5:53:47 AM PST by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said theoal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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To: bitt

How to explain all this?

The Dims, as usual, have stepped on the rake again?

The Dims, unexpectedly, have opened a Pandora’s Box, by PUSHING AND PUSHING THE UKRAINE AFFAIR?

The Dims, I pray, are beginning to GET WHAT’S COMING TO THEM?

Any other comments?


25 posted on 02/28/2020 5:55:47 AM PST by Maris Crane
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To: teletech

Maybe they are investigating. They are probably between a rock and a hard place in that Biden is deeply involved in the election process and any word leaking out will make headlines about interfering in the election and casting DOJ negatively.


26 posted on 02/28/2020 6:00:57 AM PST by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said theoal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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To: elpadre

“...Biden is deeply involved in the election process and any word leaking out will make headlines about interfering in the election and casting DOJ negatively.....”
Which is why old PedoJoe cannot afford to drop out of communist clown-car race. They know once he does, he becomes potentially way more vulnerable to a domestic investigation. This Ukraine event, however, is not as susceptible to the clown-car race and will hopefully be his demise. It would be even better if it brings their mighty Odongo, Humper and a few others of their vile ilk into it as well.


27 posted on 02/28/2020 6:20:52 AM PST by lgjhn23 (It's easy to be a liberal when one is dumber than a box of rocks...)
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To: elpadre
Maybe they are investigating. They are probably between a rock and a hard place in that Biden is deeply involved in the election process and any word leaking out will make headlines about interfering in the election and casting DOJ negatively.

You're probably right.

28 posted on 02/28/2020 7:10:24 AM PST by teletech
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To: lgjhn23

Sometimes I will surf the European English language newspapers and learn a lot about Americans and our politics from them - especially the Brits. I believe there is more going on over there than just influence pedaling. It has to do with money laundering and fraud. And from what I understand it is more than the Biden crime family.

Here is a sample of what can be found: https://ukrainegate.info/


29 posted on 02/28/2020 7:21:33 AM PST by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said theoal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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To: irishjuggler

If anything the Democrats will demand the House impeach Trump for allowing a foreign power to investigate a political opponent of Trump’s. I can already hear Mad Maxine invoking the Democrat battle cry - “IMPEACH FO-FIVE!”


30 posted on 02/28/2020 10:50:16 AM PST by Freedumb
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To: elpadre
They are probably between a rock and a hard place in that Biden is deeply involved in the election process and any word leaking out will make headlines about interfering in the election and casting DOJ negatively.

Exactly. My primary takeaway from all of this is that if you plan to commit a crime, make sure you run for president right after--nobody will be allowed to investigate you.

It's a real-world "Get Out of Jail Free" card.

31 posted on 02/28/2020 2:14:16 PM PST by Future Snake Eater (Plans are worthless, but planning is everything. - Dwight Eisenhower, 1957)
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To: MAGAthon

Could have gotten mercury poisoning from the filling of his teeth. mercury was used in filling teeth at one time in the USA. Probably no different there in the Ukraine a former Soviet Union State


32 posted on 02/28/2020 2:46:49 PM PST by hondact200 (Lincoln Freed the Slaves. Obama Enslaves the Free. Trump 2020 - Keep America Great)
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To: teletech

Do you really need an answer????LOL


33 posted on 02/28/2020 2:49:30 PM PST by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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To: JBW1949

No not really. LOL!!!


34 posted on 02/28/2020 5:31:20 PM PST by teletech
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To: bitt
Yeah, the compost reported this, but they spun it like a top. They said Ukraine was forced to investigate Biden.

They also printed (with no proof) that the prosecutor was fired not because of Biden, but that Ukraine was 'cleaning house' - rooting out corruption (see how they slimed the guy?).

The Leftist media are circling the wagons around the Dems...

35 posted on 02/29/2020 5:04:01 AM PST by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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To: Future Snake Eater
Exactly. My primary takeaway from all of this is that if you plan to commit a crime, make sure you run for president right after--nobody will be allowed to investigate you.

As long as you are a Democrat or a Socialist.

36 posted on 03/01/2020 7:42:02 AM PST by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
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To: bitt
Yeah, good luck with that. This gets dropped like a hot potato 🥔 if they think he has a chance to become El Presidente.
37 posted on 03/02/2020 9:52:27 AM PST by Pikachu_Dad ("the media are selling you a line of soap)
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To: bitt

Biden/Burisma is now shielded from investigation by the Ukraine government.


38 posted on 03/04/2020 12:44:05 PM PST by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
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