Another non-answer. You're wasting our time. Could have just said 'pass' or added no comment at all. I'll let this go but if you want to win any debate you will need to do much better than some name calling and non-answers. Claiming you have facts and producing none won't get it done. You are officially the Amber Heard of this forum. Have a great day! Go IU!
You do realize that all of this was documented at the time, including Ministers in Ukraine who publicly resigned on tv, and bi-partisan letters from the US Senate complaining about Shokin's corruptness. Ukrainian reformers didn't take to the streets to demand Shokin resign because they were Hunter Biden fans. They didn't even know who Hunter Biden was, just that Shokin was corrupt and everyone in Ukraine wanted him fired...
If you want to argue facts, I'll be glad to oblige you. But you're relying on Trump's pathetic attempt to revise history, so you're at a distinct disadvantage from the outset...For starters Trump tried to portray Shokin as a crusading reformer, but as you can see the actual reformers in Ukraine identified Shokin as the problem...The most pro-US of the Ministers (Vitalyi Kasko) resigned on Feb 15, 2016 and called Shokin out by name...
"In this farewell press conference, Kasko cited
corruption and sabotage by General Prosecutor Viktor Shokin in combatting corruption and instituting the rule of law.
“The same political interference, direct and total pressure on investigators and prosecutors, intentional professional degradation, inaction and impunity hide behind the screen of an allegedly reformed body,” Kasko said. “
The Prosecutor General’s Office is currently a dead body, and no one believes in its independence and efficiency anymore.”
Kasko was one of several Ministers who resigned in protest of Shokin's attempts to subvert the PG Office, and his continued ties to the YANUKOVYCH regime. Since you're so well versed in Ukrainian history, you no doubt know that Yanukovych is the pro-Putin politician from the Donetsk region who had been forced to flee to Russia after the revolution which led to Putin annexing Crimea in revenge...He's the dictator that Manafort helped to get "elected", and he looted Millions from Ukraine when he left...
"Kasko’s move follows other high-profile resignations by ministers and others who said they could no longer work because of top politicians’ attempts to obstruct their anti-corruption efforts.
While several ministers returned conditionally, Economy Minister Aivaras Abromavicius has quit for good — citing obstruction from a key presidential ally in parliament, Ihor Kononenko, who denies wrongdoing.
The developments come as Shokin, despite working for a year in one of the most corrupt and lawbreaking nations in Europe, has failed to submit a single high-profile criminal case to court.
Kasko said he resigned after Shokin deprived him of much of his authority. He said that Shokin had turned his office into a completely corrupt institution, with all attempts to change the system being derailed.
“The current leadership of the prosecutor’s office has once and for all turned it into a body where corruption dominates, and corrupt schemes are covered up,” he said in his letter of resignation. “…Ukrainians expected this law enforcement agency to prosecute the Yanukovych regime’s corruption and other crimes following the (2013-2014) Revolution of Dignity but it has turned into a tool of political intimidation and profiteering once and for all.”
In this farewell press conference, Kasko cited corruption and sabotage by General Prosecutor Viktor Shokin… - Feb. 15, 2016. By Oleg Sukhov and Alyona Zhuk
www.kyivpost.com
Trump tried to convince stupid people that Shokin was a good guy, and lots of stupid people (who can't actually do research) fell for it