Viktor Shokin = Corrupt

[Third Party]

Keep on believing Trumps lies folks. Give him another term and see what you get. This is a conservative source saying this.



Trump endorses Ukraine's swamp monster, prosecutor Viktor Shokin
by Tom Rogan
September 25, 2019

President Trump is wrong to suggest that former Ukrainian chief prosecutor Viktor Shokin was "very good" and "very fair." Then-Vice President Joe Biden was right to push Shokin out of office. He was a deeply corrupt Ukrainian swamp monster.

I note this in light of the newly released transcript of President Trump's July 25 call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. That transcript shows Trump told Zelensky he believed Shokin was "very good" and "very fair." Shokin was fired in 2016 after Biden rightly threatened to withhold U.S. aid from Kiev unless Shokin was fired.

Trump needs to wake up to the facts, but he doesn't want to. After all, by presenting Shokin as a victim of Biden's effort to cover up son Hunter Biden's supposed criminal involvement with the Burisma Holdings group (of which Hunter was a director), Trump can portray his potential 2020 rival as corrupt. But hearing the president's description of Shokin, Zelensky must have thought Trump mad.

This is because as a prosecutor, Shokin was about as far away from "good" and "fair" as you can imagine. During his 2015-2016 tenure as chief prosecutor, Shokin did two things: He covered for the criminality of powerful figures close to then-President Petro Poroshenko, and he earned the ire of just about every anti-corruption group in Ukraine.

The specifics of Shokin's corruption are most obvious in what he did not do. As Bloomberg documented in May, Shokin was particularly opposed to investigating high-wealth individuals suspected of corruption. Why those individuals? Presumably because a little of their high wealth would find its way into Shokin's hands if he was able to make their problems go away. This obviously infuriated civil society activists who noticed that Shokin was stonewalling obvious investigative needs.

So when Shokin eventually was forced out under Biden's threats, it was not about protecting Hunter Biden but rather about protecting the rule of law in Ukraine. It's not as if Biden and the Obama administration were on their own here. The European Union also openly welcomed Shokin's firing. They were right to do so.

Trump endorses Ukraine's swamp monster, prosecutor Viktor Shokin

You still don't understand that Republicans hate Trump as much as Democrats. He has upset the good ole boys network for BOTH parties. We need need him in office until the swamp is drained.

 

[BluesLegend]

Sorry, whataboutism ain't going to cut it. Biden didn't do anything.

Biden says you are a big fat liar, here's Biden bragging about what he did..."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. "

 

[JGalt]

Whether Shokin is corrupt or not, is a moot point. He is not running for President, Joe Biden is running for President.

And Joe Biden has been proven to be corrupt. He even bragged about it in public.

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

Give him another term

As it stands now, I fully intend to do my part to make that happen.

 

[IM2]

Keep on believing Trumps lies folks. Give him another term and see what you get. This is a conservative source saying this.



Trump endorses Ukraine's swamp monster, prosecutor Viktor Shokin
by Tom Rogan
September 25, 2019

President Trump is wrong to suggest that former Ukrainian chief prosecutor Viktor Shokin was "very good" and "very fair." Then-Vice President Joe Biden was right to push Shokin out of office. He was a deeply corrupt Ukrainian swamp monster.

I note this in light of the newly released transcript of President Trump's July 25 call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. That transcript shows Trump told Zelensky he believed Shokin was "very good" and "very fair." Shokin was fired in 2016 after Biden rightly threatened to withhold U.S. aid from Kiev unless Shokin was fired.

Trump needs to wake up to the facts, but he doesn't want to. After all, by presenting Shokin as a victim of Biden's effort to cover up son Hunter Biden's supposed criminal involvement with the Burisma Holdings group (of which Hunter was a director), Trump can portray his potential 2020 rival as corrupt. But hearing the president's description of Shokin, Zelensky must have thought Trump mad.

This is because as a prosecutor, Shokin was about as far away from "good" and "fair" as you can imagine. During his 2015-2016 tenure as chief prosecutor, Shokin did two things: He covered for the criminality of powerful figures close to then-President Petro Poroshenko, and he earned the ire of just about every anti-corruption group in Ukraine.

The specifics of Shokin's corruption are most obvious in what he did not do. As Bloomberg documented in May, Shokin was particularly opposed to investigating high-wealth individuals suspected of corruption. Why those individuals? Presumably because a little of their high wealth would find its way into Shokin's hands if he was able to make their problems go away. This obviously infuriated civil society activists who noticed that Shokin was stonewalling obvious investigative needs.

So when Shokin eventually was forced out under Biden's threats, it was not about protecting Hunter Biden but rather about protecting the rule of law in Ukraine. It's not as if Biden and the Obama administration were on their own here. The European Union also openly welcomed Shokin's firing. They were right to do so.

Trump endorses Ukraine's swamp monster, prosecutor Viktor Shokin

ROFLMFAO

And Biden called Lutsenko 'solid'

Sorry, whataboutism ain't going to cut it. Biden didn't do anything.

Then who gives a shit if they reopen Burisma..have at it

Apparently you do. And you don't mind the waste of our money by Trump.

 

[IM2]

Whether Shokin is corrupt or not, is a moot point. He is not running for President, Joe Biden is running for President.

And Joe Biden has been proven to be corrupt. He even bragged about it in public.

Actually it is the point. Shokin is the prosecutor Biden was talking about. And you are being shown why it was the official US government position that he be removed. That's what Biden was talking about, not the bullshit you guy are blubbering.

 

[Lesh]

Whether Shokin is corrupt or not, is a moot point. He is not running for President, Joe Biden is running for President.

And Joe Biden has been proven to be corrupt. He even bragged about it in public.

It is NOT a moot point stupid. Shokin IS a corrupt Kremlin connected creep and Biden helped get him removed.

And you claim that doing so is a sign of corruption?

Yea...no

 

[IM2]

How Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Sabotaged the Reform Process

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/how-ukraine-s-prosecutor-general-sabotaged-the-reform-process

 

[CrusaderFrank]

List of all the other incidents where Quid Pro Joe stood up to "corrupt" foreign prosecutors:

End of list

 

[BluesLegend]

Dem's are squealing like stuck pigs, we took down Biden he's toast in 2020. Now all they have left is Warren

 

[Lesh]

Dem's are squealing like stuck pigs, we took down Biden he's toast in 2020. Now all they have left is Warren

"We took down Biden"

It's obvious that was the ONLY goal here.To use a foreign state to attack a political opponent...and it's backfiring badly on Trump.

And no. You haven't taken him down

 

[JGalt]

Dem's are squealing like stuck pigs, we took down Biden he's toast in 2020. Now all they have left is Warren

"We took down Biden"

It's obvious that was the ONLY goal here.To use a foreign state to attack a political opponent...and it's backfiring badly on Trump.

And no. You haven't taken him down

What's wrong with using a foreign state to attack a political opponent? Hillary Clinton and the DNC attempted to do the same thing to President Trump, didn't they?

Except they failed, because Trump is still President. Joe Biden on the other hand, will never be President.

 

[Lesh]

What’s wrong with it?

It violates the law

 

[Meister]

What’s wrong with it?

It violates the law

And you accepted it when Hillary did it.

 

[Ame®icano]

Whether Shokin is corrupt or not, is a moot point. He is not running for President, Joe Biden is running for President.

And Joe Biden has been proven to be corrupt. He even bragged about it in public.

Joe Biden is not running for president. He's running to be a Democrat's nominee for president.

That doesn't give him free pass for breaking law while he was in the office.

 

[JGalt]

What’s wrong with it?

It violates the law

If that were the case, why isn't Hillary Clinton in prison?

 

[Ame®icano]

Whether Shokin is corrupt or not, is a moot point. He is not running for President, Joe Biden is running for President.

And Joe Biden has been proven to be corrupt. He even bragged about it in public.

Actually it is the point. Shokin is the prosecutor Biden was talking about. And you are being shown why it was the official US government position that he be removed. That's what Biden was talking about, not the bullshit you guy are blubbering.

Excuse me, you lefties keep saying the same talking point - "it was official US position" without presenting any proof, article, link that was official US position. The only thing we've seen was actual Biden's position.

 

[Ame®icano]

List of all the other incidents where Quid Pro Joe stood up to "corrupt" foreign prosecutors:

End of list

You expect me to read all that?!

TL;DR

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Dem's are squealing like stuck pigs, we took down Biden he's toast in 2020. Now all they have left is Warren

"We took down Biden"

It's obvious that was the ONLY goal here.To use a foreign state to attack a political opponent...and it's backfiring badly on Trump.

And no. You haven't taken him down

Hillary was behind the Biden take down and now is going after Lizzy Cheekbones

 

[CowboyTed]

Viktor Shokin was appointed to prosecute CORRUPTION. That is why the international criminal, corrupt POS Biden, and his Kenyan boss Obama, had him fired when he was cracking down on Biden's crack addict son.

Listen you fool, this is the Washington Examiner, this is not a right wing paper...

Shokin was corrupt... blatantly so. Only a Russian sympathiser could contemplate any thing else...

But I have said it all along... Go and arrest Biden... Please do... See how long you would be laughed out of court...

This is another tissue of lies, otherwise Biden would be in jail... Ye are only good for bullshit, when we call it you fold...

Hillary was meant to be a crook too... Why didn't Trump charge her? Bill, Obama,....ditto...

If these are all crooks why no charges...