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.
It’s a good thing creepy joe is on video bragging about what this guy now denies.
Whom do we believe?? This dork or Biden’s own taped words?
So, Biden was lying when he bragged about blackmailing Ukraine into firing the prosecutor that was investigating his son? And, the prosecutor himself is lying when he said that was the reason he was fired in an affidavit?
Gee, the former head of Ukraine must have forgotten about Biden on video.
This is some dirty game we’re in.
That’s why he’s the FORMER leader.
And IS HE CALLING BIDEN A LIAR?
Porkoshenko probably makes Biden look like a choir boy.
These guys are taking sides. This fellow is out, and if the dems win, he’ll have a leg up.
National Review still has one or two contributors, but their focus is still to bring down Trump. I don’t understand why Andrew McCarthy or Victor Davis Hanson still publish with them.
LOL, Poroshenko didn't leave himself TOO much wiggle room...did he?
There was always a possibility in my mind that Biden bragging about getting the prosecutor fired was just more of his lying BS.
Yep, exactly right.
Hear it in his own words...
Like I said. Locker room tough guy bragging to his buddies at the CFR meeting. “See what I tuff guy I am?” Probably never happened just like the ‘corn pop’ and his posse being given a talking to by nuzzlin’ joe back when he was lifeguard joe.
Somebody got a big check in the mail....
Former Ukraine President...
HE’S THE ONE WHO WAS SO CORRUPT THAT HE WAS REPLACED BY AN ACTOR, ALBEIT A GOOD ACTOR.
THIS MAN ALLOWED THE WHOLE COUNTRY TO BE CORRUPT.
I WON’T EVEN READ ANYTHING HE SAID.
Corrupt official who fired the prosecutor so he could get his Billion $$ gift says Joe's innocent......
Adam Schiff couldn't have said it any better.
No shit
We only have him on film claiming as much.
Which one of you is the bigger liar?
Why brag about conducting illegal activity you didn't conduct?
Biden sold out America to give info to Ukraine, of course they are gonna kiss his ass now..that is why they wanted Hunter Biden on the board, so that creepy Joe could give Ukraine whatever they wanted and Hunter could get rich at the same time
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