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AP Explains: Trump seizes on dubious Biden-Ukraine story
The Associated Press ^ | October 15, 2020 | By ERIC TUCKER and STEPHEN BRAUN

Posted on 10/15/2020 6:59:50 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

Looking to undermine rival Joe Biden 20 days before the election, President Donald Trump’s campaign has seized on a tabloid story offering bizarre twists to a familiar line of attack: Biden’s relationship with Ukraine. But the story in the New York Post raises more questions than answers, including about the authenticity of an email at the center of the story.

The origins of the story also trace back to Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani, who has repeatedly pushed unfounded claims about Biden and his son, Hunter Biden. Even if the emails in the Post are legitimate, they don’t validate Trump and Giuliani’s claims that Biden’s actions were influenced by his son’s dealings in Ukraine.

A look at the development:

HOW DID BIDEN’S SON BECOME A CAMPAIGN ISSUE?

Hunter Biden joined the board of the Ukrainian gas company Burisma in 2014, around the time his father, then vice president, was helping conduct the Obama administration’s foreign policy with Ukraine.

Senate Republicans said in a recent report that the appointment may have posed a conflict of interest, but they did not present evidence that the hiring influenced U.S. policies.

Trump and his supporters, meanwhile, have advanced a widely discredited theory that Biden pushed for the firing of Ukraine’s top prosecutor to protect his son and Burisma from investigation. Biden did indeed press for the prosecutor’s firing, but that’s because he was reflecting the official position of not only the Obama administration but many Western countries and because the prosecutor was perceived as soft on corruption.

WHAT DOES THE NEW YORK POST STORY SAY?

The main email highlighted by the Post is an April 2015 message that it said was sent to Hunter Biden by Vadym Pozharskyi, an adviser to Burisma’s board. In it, he thanks the younger Biden “for inviting me to DC.”

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bias; election2020; erictucker; hunter; journalism; media; mediabias; stephenbraun
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

LOL!!


21 posted on 10/15/2020 7:13:51 AM PDT by DivineMomentsOfTruth ("There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily." -GW)
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To: lodi90
Dubious

Dubious. Ha!

22 posted on 10/15/2020 7:14:17 AM PDT by libertylover (Election 2020: Make America Great Again or Burn it to the Ground. Choose one.)
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To: gibsonguy

Heads on pikes.


23 posted on 10/15/2020 7:14:31 AM PDT by Lazamataz (The NYT commits acts of violence with their words.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Posted this yesterday on another string ...

Earlier this month Burisma admitted in a Ukrainian court of bribing Joe Biden with a lump sum payment of around $900,000 USD.
Liberal MSM … crickets chirping.
Do a search for more details.
As in Biden/Burisma/Ukranian court.

24 posted on 10/15/2020 7:14:33 AM PDT by BluH2o
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To: 1Old Pro

Whenever something negative comes up about Democrat, the scandal is always about how the information was learned - not what the information reveals.

Indeed, the media is reporting these revelations (which pretty much just confirm what previous information had already revealed) as though it proves corruption on the part of Trump.


25 posted on 10/15/2020 7:14:36 AM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: Theoria

Doobie-us report

LOL


26 posted on 10/15/2020 7:15:42 AM PDT by CrappieLuck
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To: G Larry
Instead, the Biden camp has responded that the meeting wasn't on his "official calendar".....

This, right here, PROVES the email is legit.

And the AP denies the truth anyways.

Heads on pikes.

27 posted on 10/15/2020 7:15:50 AM PDT by Lazamataz (The NYT commits acts of violence with their words.)
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To: BluH2o

Heads on some muthahuggin’ pikes.


28 posted on 10/15/2020 7:16:30 AM PDT by Lazamataz (The NYT commits acts of violence with their words.)
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To: Republican Wildcat
Whenever something negative comes up about Democrat, the scandal is always about how the information was learned - not what the information reveals.

Of course, as predictable as the sun rise.

29 posted on 10/15/2020 7:17:07 AM PDT by 1Old Pro (FILL THE SEAT)
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To: Ouchthatonehurt; All

Add “conspiracy theory” to that.

Rudy has a letter from Hunter’s lawyer asking for a his hard drive back. Proof it is what Rudy says it is ...

tweet by Candace Owens

quote:
The most compelling piece of this Hunter Biden story is that he was actually dumb enough to drop off 3 of his laptops for repair and then never returned back for them... in 2019...as his father ran for office, boldly lying to the world. This is why you don’t smoke crack, kids.


30 posted on 10/15/2020 7:18:11 AM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: All

Rudy W. Giuliani
@RudyGiuliani
8h

Best authentication;Biden’s lawyer looking for hard drive.
No hacking!

Thank you for speaking with me tonight. As I indicated, I am a lawyer for Hunter Biden and I appreciate you reviewing your records on this matter. Thank you.

George

George R. Mesires
Partner Faegre Drink


31 posted on 10/15/2020 7:21:14 AM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“Dubious” huh? That’s a big-boy word for those mainstream media types.


32 posted on 10/15/2020 7:22:55 AM PDT by ManHunter (You can run, but you'll only die tired... Army snipers: Reach out and touch someone)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Does AssPress realize that Dan Ratherbiased and Time-Lies-HBO still contend that the Bush Waco National Guard memos were genuine in fact even if not genuine in article (they clearly were forgeries)?

We were told in 2016 that Hillary’s emails were forgeries. Can they point out just which ones WERE forged? Which ones do not appear in the tens of thousands that have been recovered of Huma Weiner’s backup?


33 posted on 10/15/2020 7:24:51 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Joe Biden- "First thing I'd do is repeal those Trump tax cuts." (May 4th, 2019)l)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

AP, like most of the major media outlets is now a propaganda arm of the leftist elites. You can’t trust them.


34 posted on 10/15/2020 7:25:27 AM PDT by jerod (Nazi's were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: lodi90

What is the ”dubious” part?


35 posted on 10/15/2020 7:27:18 AM PDT by jazminerose (Adderall, people. It was adderall.)
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To: All
4-B8-AE3-DA-30-C4-46-B1-B35-B-49-A9-E57-EACF3
36 posted on 10/15/2020 7:28:15 AM PDT by AnthonySoprano
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To: Lazamataz

Not to worry. This story has the one element that will grab America’s attention: sex videos.


37 posted on 10/15/2020 7:28:37 AM PDT by jazminerose (Adderall, people. It was adderall.)
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To: Lazamataz

Both shameless and terrified.

A second Trump Term means no more Mr Nice President.


38 posted on 10/15/2020 7:30:13 AM PDT by jazminerose (Adderall, people. It was adderall.)
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To: jazminerose

By ERIC TUCKER and STEPHEN BRAUN

no way. it had to be more. just check the bottom of the article, following the final, hilarious sentence -

- It (the Biden campaign) also pointedly noted the involvement of Giuliani, saying his “discredited conspiracy theories and alliance with figures connected to Russian intelligence have been widely reported.” -

Associated Press writers Amanda Seitz in Chicago, Jonathan Lemire in New York, Alexandra Jaffe in Washington, Barbara Ortutay in Oakland, Calif., and Bill Barrow in Wilmington, Del., contributed to this report.

seven AP hacks was my guess...and seven it is.

this may be the moment the FAKENEWSMSM finally EXPLODES.


39 posted on 10/15/2020 7:31:51 AM PDT by MAGAthon
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
“Looking to undermine rival Joe Biden 20 days before the election, President Donald Trump’s campaign has seized on a tabloid story offering bizarre twists to a familiar line of attack:”

Fair and balanced journalism here....🤮

40 posted on 10/15/2020 7:31:51 AM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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