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Former Ukrainian President Challenges Trump, Claims Biden Never Pressured to Close Cases
National Review ^ | 10/03/2019 | By TOBIAS HOONHOUT

Posted on 10/03/2019 12:21:56 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

Former Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko has dismissed allegations from President Trump that he had been pressured by former Vice President Joe Biden to close an investigation into Burisma Holdings, a natural gas company that Hunter Biden sat on the board of.

“The former vice president, at least in personal conversations, didn’t raise any requests to open or close any concrete cases,” Poroshenko told Bloomberg on Wednesday.

Poroshenko said that Victor Shokin, the prosecutor looking into the case, resigned after “massive campaigns” by politicians and the media, and that went through with the move “to restore public confidence and trust” in the prosecutor general’s office and to “move the country forward.”

Biden has publicly admitted that he wanted the prosecutor fired, but claims it was over allegations of insufficient efforts in fighting corruption.

“We definitely do not want to be involved in the political process inside the United States,” Poroshenko told reporters. “ … we never, with any American official, speak about any commercial company.”

Impeachment has gained momentum on Capitol Hill following the release of a transcript of a July phone call between President Trump and newly elected Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, in which Trump mentioned Biden in the midst of a discussion about corruption.

According to The New York Times, Poroshenko, in an attempt to garner support during an election year, moved ahead with investigations into connections between Burisma and the Bidens earlier this year at the request of Trump and personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: Delaware
KEYWORDS: biden; bidenukraine; clowncar; delaware; impeachment; joebiden; joeclowncarbiden; poroshenko; ukraine
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To: laconic
Someone from the DNC or Soros camp got to him and offered him bookoo dollars to go on record as saying this.

No video, it didn't happen. But there is video and Joe is guilty as hell.

21 posted on 10/03/2019 12:35:43 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Elitist Liberals have no idea the hunger and strength of the beast they have uncaged.)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

SLEASY JOE SAID HUNTER WILL JOIN HIS CAMPAIGN....LOL


22 posted on 10/03/2019 12:36:20 PM PDT by mplc51
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To: rktman

Even if Biden was lying on the video, that would be cause enough to investigate it I would think. But, I think there was something else going on with that firm that Biden’s son worked for that needed investigating.


23 posted on 10/03/2019 12:40:03 PM PDT by 21twelve (!)
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To: SeekAndFind
Former Ukrainian President Challenges Trump, Claims Biden Never Pressured to Close Cases

Hey, буряковий борщ brain! You calling our former "Vice" President a liar!?!

24 posted on 10/03/2019 12:40:36 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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To: SeekAndFind

EVERY DAMNED THING is one misstatement away from coherence.

Notice?

Biden did not pressure the Ukl gov’t to CLOSE THE CASE. He pressured them to FIRE THE PROSECUTOR.

Is there a difference?

NOBODY SAYS Hunter Biden did anything wrong.

What was wrong, was Joe Biden somehow finagling that/those positions for Hunter Biden.

Every one of these one-step-away items is a spin attempt.


25 posted on 10/03/2019 12:41:07 PM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them)
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To: richardtavor
" I don’t understand why Andrew McCarthy or Victor Davis Hanson still publish with them."

Hanson and McCarthy bring in the readers and NR can claim 'fair and balanced'... both authors are well known for their honest, clear, non biased reporting. Being right doesn't make you biased....

26 posted on 10/03/2019 12:41:58 PM PDT by yoe
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To: SeekAndFind

Apparently, he missed the video.


27 posted on 10/03/2019 12:42:39 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: SeekAndFind

Ukraine must investigate Joe Biden’s son, says ex-Ukrainian PM

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-whistleblower-ukraine/ukraine-must-investigate-joe-bidens-son-says-ex-ukrainian-pm-idUSKBN1WC1T3


28 posted on 10/03/2019 12:52:20 PM PDT by Innovative
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To: SeekAndFind

Hi.

I guess Poroshenko didn’t see Biden’s video yet.

5.56mm


29 posted on 10/03/2019 12:53:58 PM PDT by M Kehoe (DRAIN THE SWAMP! BUILD THE WALL!)
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To: SeekAndFind
“The former vice president, at least in personal conversations, didn’t raise any requests to open or close any concrete cases,” Poroshenko told Bloomberg on Wednesday.

This is probably a true statement.

Biden didn't request and "cases" to be "closed."

Biden only requested the prosecutor to be fired. What happened to his cases after that was not "raised" in "personal conversations."

-PJ

30 posted on 10/03/2019 12:54:01 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
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To: SeekAndFind

So Gangster Joe was just doing a ‘parody’ when bragging about shaking down the former Ukrainian President?


31 posted on 10/03/2019 12:57:10 PM PDT by Hostage (Article V)
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To: SeekAndFind

Did Hillary call this guy? Maybe she asked about Seth Rich.


32 posted on 10/03/2019 12:58:20 PM PDT by IC Ken (Stop making stupid people famous)
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To: SeekAndFind

Carefully parsed words from the Ukrainian. No news here.


33 posted on 10/03/2019 1:02:11 PM PDT by bk1000 (I stand with Trump)
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To: SeekAndFind

No worries, I wash your back.

34 posted on 10/03/2019 1:05:06 PM PDT by McGruff
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To: SeekAndFind

It’s very careful wording. Slow Joe is on camera saying he pressured Ukrainians to fire a specific prosecutor.

Ex-Pres is saying Slow Joe never tried to close “concrete investigations”, which is no doubt a correct statement.

This is pretty good dezinformatzia.

It reminds me of “Why no, I did not throw an ashtray at Bill”.


35 posted on 10/03/2019 1:11:30 PM PDT by DBrow
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To: ConservativeWarrior

Who ya gonna believe, me or your own lying eyes [and ears] ?


36 posted on 10/03/2019 1:17:00 PM PDT by A strike (Import third world become third world)
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To: SeekAndFind
Biden and Poroshenko together.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=biden+poroshenko&atb=v132-1&iar=images&iax=images&ia=images&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn1.img.vn.sputniknews.com%2Fimages%2F185%2F18%2F1851860.jpg

Boy, they sure do seem to like eachother.

37 posted on 10/03/2019 1:17:21 PM PDT by McGruff
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To: SeekAndFind

So, Biden lied about it, trying to show what a tough guy he is. Just as scummy then.


38 posted on 10/03/2019 1:18:53 PM PDT by vpintheak (Stop making stupid people famous!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Poor O shrinko must have been recently hired by the DNC. Now that the money is flowing to him, he is speaking up.


39 posted on 10/03/2019 1:24:02 PM PDT by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism)http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
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To: SeekAndFind
President Trump never made that claim,. He said Biden pressured your administration to fire the prosecutor or he would not have the billion dollar loan delivered to Ukraine.

That he did do, but nice try you Russian hack.

40 posted on 10/03/2019 1:28:32 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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