This is the problem. You're trying to sound rational,but at the same time you're saying let's "investigate" in order to disprove this crazy lie that Trump has told in his latest attempt at revising history. There are certain FACTS that you have to take into consideration,and then you have to ask yourself do Trump's accusations make sense in light of the known facts?
Fact 1- at the time (2015) Viktor Shokin was viewed as either extremely ineffective,corrupt or BOTH. The British case against Burisma/Zlochevsky was undermined by the actions of either Shokin or others within his office when they refused to forward the documents the Brits requested in their investigation into Zlochevsky's money laundering. The US Admin was NOT happy,which is discenible from Amb Pyatt's remarks in Sept (2015) in Odessa...
We applaud the work of the newly-established Inspector General’s office in the PGO led by David Sakvarelidze and Vitaliy Kasko. Their investigations into corruption within the PGO, have delivered important arrests and have sent the signal that
those who abuse their official positions as prosecutors will be investigated and prosecuted. I encourage all of you to speak up in support of these brave investigators and prosecutors. Give them the resources and support to successfully prosecute these and future cases.
We have learned that there have been times that the PGO not only did not support investigations into corruption, but rather undermined prosecutors working on legitimate corruption cases. For example, in the case of former Ecology Minister Mykola Zlochevsky, the U.K. authorities had seized 23 million dollars in illicit assets that belonged to the Ukrainian people. Officials at the PGO’s office were asked by the U.K to send documents supporting the seizure. Instead they sent letters to Zlochevsky’s attorneys attesting that there was no case against him. As a result the money was freed by the U.K. court and shortly thereafter the money was moved to Cyprus. The misconduct by the PGO officials who wrote those letters should be investigated, and those responsible for subverting the case by authorizing those letters should – at a minimum – be summarily terminated. Even as we support the work of the new Anti-Corruption Commission, and the recruitment of new prosecutors, we have urged Prosecutor General Shokin to empower Deputy Prosecutors Sakvarelidze and Kasko to implement reforms and bring to justice those who have violated the law"
He mentions Shokin by name, in a lightly veiled threat to Shokin to shape up or ship out. He also talks specifically about the Burisma case and how Shokin's office failed to do the job they were appointed to do. He is the US Ambassador- so he is speaking for the State Dept/US Govt. Biden's son worked for Burisma,and here is the US Amb telling Ukrainian officials that the US Govt is NOT HAPPY with the shoddy work Shokin has done on the Burisma case...
So 3 mos later when Biden tells Ukrainian officials that there will be no million $$ loan guarantee till Shokin is replaced, he is stating the OFFICIAL US Govt position.THAT is what Biden is discussing (and lauding) in video of his appearance before the CFR that Trump falsely claims is Biden celebrating Shokin being fired to STOP the investigation into Burisma. The people Biden is talking to, are they applauding Hunter's company being saved or a US attempt to stem corruption? Why would Biden even bring up the subject of Shokin if his actions were different that official US policy?
Trump's claims make no sense to anyone with critical reasoning skills. Watch and LISTEN to the video, which of course Trump is counting on people not doing.
Biden even says that he told the Ukrainans that if they didn't believe that was official US policy they could call BO and check. Trump knows the average American voter who supports him,is just going to take his claims at face value. They aren't going to do any RESEARCH,and go back and read Pyatt's speech or any of the media accounts of events and the details that were reported at that time.
https://americanmilitarynews.com/20...r-official-firing-resurfaces-amid-trump-flap/
Biden was proud of his role in getting rid of Shokin because Shokin was corrupt and his removal was what the US (along with the UK,the IMF, reformers insde Uraine and demonstrators rioting on the street) all wanted.Only a slimeball like Trump could try and make this sleazy,when Biden was doing the task Obama had assigned to him. I mean was BO in on the alleged plot, to go after Shokin in order to "protect" Hunter Biden? Is that what the Pubs who signed the bipartisan letter to Poroshenko in 2016 urging reforms in the PG's office (official US policy) were doing-trying to protect Hunter Biden? Again the US wanted Shokin fired because he WAS NOT investigating Burisma, the exact opposite of what Trump claims happened.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-...ort-letter-ukraine_n_5d960e2ee4b0da7f6622ccc5
