From 2016, reporting about December, 2015...That doesn't answer the question...Again, not a single news article from 2015 through now corroborates his recent claim of investigating Burisma.You keep saying that investigation ended before Shokin got fired. The only proof on that is WSJ article with intent to accuse Trump of wrongdoing.
Why no mention of Shokin's deposition?
If he was holding a grudge, he could have complain about it long ago. So why he acted now?
According to his deposition, he did it to clear his name. Read paragraph 9, where he realized the actual reason for him being dismissed.
The affidavit also reads, "facts mentioned at this statement have not been verified by the notary."
And it appears he didn't sign that affidavit ...
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So why on Earth should anyone ignore every news article on the subject, and ignore every historical recollection on the subject; only to believe the one person who was fired because of Biden, who didn't sign his sworn statement which wasn't verified, and was working directly with Trump's personal attorney to gain entrance into the U.S..?
Right...
Original statement is given in Russian. This is the translation.
Notary's job is not to verify facts in the statement, but to be impartial witness in giving of the statement.
Why on Earth should anyone ignore every news article on the subject, and ignore every historical recollection on the subject; only to believe the one person who was fired because of Biden, who didn't sign his sworn statement which wasn't verified, and was working directly with Trump's personal attorney to gain entrance into the U.S..?
What early news? The article you linked to is from September this year, and it was revised few times already.
Shokin simply saying that he was asked to resign without knowledge that was on Biden's request. When he find out what's the real reason he was asked to resign, he gave his statement.
Tell me, what Shokin has to gain by giving his statement?
Ukraine Day 776: With Prosecutor General Out Of The Way, Has Poroshenko Turned A Corner On Corruption?
In a last September, the United States ambassador, Geoffrey Pyatt, said corruption was as dangerous for Ukraine as was the Russian support for a military insurgency in eastern Ukraine. And on a visit last December, Vice President Joseph Biden Jr. said corruption was eating Ukraine "like a cancer." Among the examples Mr. Pyatt cited was the seizure in Britain of $23 million in illicit assets from the former Ukrainian ecology minister, Mykola Zlochevsky; Mr. Shokin's office, however, declared that there was no case against the minister, and the money was released.
It was reported then that Shokin wasn't investigating Burisma.
Uhm, riiight....
According to the text you provided Shokin was ousted for not providing evidence against Zlochevsky to Britain. Fine, for the sake of argument, let's say he was fired for being corrupted.
The new prosecutor general also did not provide any evidence against Zlochevsky, and guess what, he wasn't fired. Wonder why? Maybe because there was no evidence. If you read Shokin's statement, he provided the answers, but you chose to cherry pick part of the article that isn't telling the complete story.