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| − | + | [[Hunter Biden]] had business dealings with the Ukrainian company [[Burisma]] | |
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| + | The [[Wikipedia]] article goes completely overboard "debunking" the entire event. Words and phrases like "false", "conspiracy", "unproven" and "misleading or unsubstantiated narratives" are all used in the opening paragraph. | ||
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In March [[2016]], VP [[Joe Biden]] arranged for the firing of the prosecutor that was leading a wide-ranging corruption probe into [[Burisma Holdings]]<ref>https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/436816-joe-bidens-2020-ukrainian-nightmare-a-closed-probe-is-revived</ref><ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/30/world/europe/political-stability-in-the-balance-as-ukraine-ousts-top-prosecutor.html</ref>. Joe Biden threatened Ukrainian President [[Petro Poroshenko]] that the [[Obama administration]] would pull $1 billion in U.S. loan guarantees, sending Ukraine toward insolvency, if it didn’t immediately fire Prosecutor General [[Viktor Shokin]]<ref>https://www.cfr.org/event/foreign-affairs-issue-launch-former-vice-president-joe-biden</ref>. At a [[Council on Foreign Relations]] event Joe Biden said: “I said, ‘You’re not getting the billion.’ I’m going to be leaving here in, I think it was about six hours. I looked at them and said: ‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money,’” Biden recalled telling Poroshenko...“Well, son of a bitch, he got fired. And they put in place someone who was solid at the time.”<ref>Council on Foreign Relations, 23 Jan 2018, starting ca 51:50 - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0_AqpdwqK4 Joe Biden on Defending Democracy]</ref> | In March [[2016]], VP [[Joe Biden]] arranged for the firing of the prosecutor that was leading a wide-ranging corruption probe into [[Burisma Holdings]]<ref>https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/436816-joe-bidens-2020-ukrainian-nightmare-a-closed-probe-is-revived</ref><ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/30/world/europe/political-stability-in-the-balance-as-ukraine-ousts-top-prosecutor.html</ref>. Joe Biden threatened Ukrainian President [[Petro Poroshenko]] that the [[Obama administration]] would pull $1 billion in U.S. loan guarantees, sending Ukraine toward insolvency, if it didn’t immediately fire Prosecutor General [[Viktor Shokin]]<ref>https://www.cfr.org/event/foreign-affairs-issue-launch-former-vice-president-joe-biden</ref>. At a [[Council on Foreign Relations]] event Joe Biden said: “I said, ‘You’re not getting the billion.’ I’m going to be leaving here in, I think it was about six hours. I looked at them and said: ‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money,’” Biden recalled telling Poroshenko...“Well, son of a bitch, he got fired. And they put in place someone who was solid at the time.”<ref>Council on Foreign Relations, 23 Jan 2018, starting ca 51:50 - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0_AqpdwqK4 Joe Biden on Defending Democracy]</ref> | ||
| − | + | However, just six months before Biden forced his ouster, Shokin was told by [[U.S. State Department]] officials in a letter that they were "impressed" with his anti-corruption plan and fully supportive of his work.<ref>https://thepostmillennial.com/state-department-memos-contradict-democrats-ukraine-impeachment-narrative</ref><ref>https://justthenews.com/accountability/russia-and-ukraine-scandals/biden-boomerang-newly-released-state-memo-casts-doubt</ref><ref>https://justthenews.com/sites/default/files/2022-01/F-2021-04113%20--%20FL-2021-00525%20December%202021%20Production.pdf</ref> | |
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==Media coverage== | ==Media coverage== | ||
| − | + | In [[2020]] the [[New York Post]] started to report on the story, as was journalist [[Tim Pool]].<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7_-_aCGi0Q</ref> The [[New York Post]] was banned from [[Twitter]] as a result.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/oct/30/twitter-new-york-post-freeze-policy-reversal</ref> | |
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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Revision as of 21:01, 9 August 2023
| Date | 2010 - 2020 |
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| Exposed | • Joe Biden • Hunter Biden |
| Interest of | Donald Trump |
| Description | Maybe this scandal would have swung the US/2020 Presidential election the other way if the media had reported on it? |
Hunter Biden had business dealings with the Ukrainian company Burisma
Official narrative
The Wikipedia article goes completely overboard "debunking" the entire event. Words and phrases like "false", "conspiracy", "unproven" and "misleading or unsubstantiated narratives" are all used in the opening paragraph.
Background
Hunter Biden served on the board of Burisma Holdings, a major Ukrainian natural gas producer, from 2014 to 2019. With no knowledge of Ukraine and no experience in the energy industry, he received $50,000 a month. U.S. banking records show Hunter Biden’s American-based firm, Rosemont Seneca Partners LLC, received regular transfers into one of its accounts — usually more than $166,000 a month — from Burisma from spring 2014 through fall 2015, during a period when Vice President Joe Biden was the main U.S. official dealing with Ukraine.[1]
| New York Post (May 20, 2020) - 'Recording of calls between Joe Biden and ex-Ukraine President Poroshenko leaked' |
In March 2016, VP Joe Biden arranged for the firing of the prosecutor that was leading a wide-ranging corruption probe into Burisma Holdings[2][3]. Joe Biden threatened Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko that the Obama administration would pull $1 billion in U.S. loan guarantees, sending Ukraine toward insolvency, if it didn’t immediately fire Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin[4]. At a Council on Foreign Relations event Joe Biden said: “I said, ‘You’re not getting the billion.’ I’m going to be leaving here in, I think it was about six hours. I looked at them and said: ‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money,’” Biden recalled telling Poroshenko...“Well, son of a bitch, he got fired. And they put in place someone who was solid at the time.”[5]
However, just six months before Biden forced his ouster, Shokin was told by U.S. State Department officials in a letter that they were "impressed" with his anti-corruption plan and fully supportive of his work.[6][7][8]
Media coverage
In 2020 the New York Post started to report on the story, as was journalist Tim Pool.[9] The New York Post was banned from Twitter as a result.[10]
References
- ↑ https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/436816-joe-bidens-2020-ukrainian-nightmare-a-closed-probe-is-revived
- ↑ https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/436816-joe-bidens-2020-ukrainian-nightmare-a-closed-probe-is-revived
- ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/30/world/europe/political-stability-in-the-balance-as-ukraine-ousts-top-prosecutor.html
- ↑ https://www.cfr.org/event/foreign-affairs-issue-launch-former-vice-president-joe-biden
- ↑ Council on Foreign Relations, 23 Jan 2018, starting ca 51:50 - Joe Biden on Defending Democracy
- ↑ https://thepostmillennial.com/state-department-memos-contradict-democrats-ukraine-impeachment-narrative
- ↑ https://justthenews.com/accountability/russia-and-ukraine-scandals/biden-boomerang-newly-released-state-memo-casts-doubt
- ↑ https://justthenews.com/sites/default/files/2022-01/F-2021-04113%20--%20FL-2021-00525%20December%202021%20Production.pdf
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7_-_aCGi0Q
- ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/oct/30/twitter-new-york-post-freeze-policy-reversal
