Secretary of State Antony Blinken gave a 2015 speech praising Ukraine’s 'anti-corruption' efforts just months before the Obama administration pushed for Viktor Shokin's firing.
The White House press secretary ignored a question about the growing belief among Americans that Biden took part in his son's foreign business dealings.: Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y.
From left to right, Rep. Elise Stefanik, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Hunter Biden and President Biden.Republicans claim that Biden’s push for Shokin’s firing was linked to Hunter’s work with Burisma, but the White House has said he was fired because he was not effectively prosecuting corruption.
Stefanik told Fox News Digital that the video of Blinken's remarks"is further evidence that the Obama-Biden Administration thought the Ukrainian government and Prosecutor General Shokin were indeed successfully combating corruption in Ukraine. The letter cited then-Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland, who
Comer’s letter also said that on Nov. 5, 2015, Biden participated in a call with then-Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and"provided no indication that the United States’ policy regarding Ukraine required the dismissal of Prosecutor General Shokin." Biden traveled to Ukraine days three days later, where he threatened to withhold the loan unless Shokin was fired., Biden recounted his closed-door conversations with Poroshenko during the 2015 trip. He explained how he told Ukrainian officials the U.S. would withhold up to $1 billion in aid money earmarked for the country if Shokin remained in his position.
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