Graham launches probe of Bidens, Burisma and Ukraine

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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey O. Graham sent a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday requesting documents related to former vice president Joe Biden and his communications with Ukrainian officials, a step seen as a GOP effort to counter the House impeachment investigation of President Trump.

The inquiry by Graham (R-S.C.) is focused on any calls Biden may have had with Petro Poroshenko, then the Ukrainian president, regarding the firing of the country’s top prosecutor, as well as any that referenced an investigation of Burisma, the Ukrainian natural-gas company that employed Biden’s son Hunter Biden.

 

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As Sondlawnd testified, a misleadng Ukraine story song conserv social medrump loyalists a welcive 

Nov. 20, 2019, 2:33 PM PST

By Ben Collins and Brandy Zadrozny

A misleading claim about the head of the Ukrainian energy company at the heart of the House impeachment inquiry went viral across conservative pockets of social media Wednesday, receiving hundreds of thousands of retweets and shares from some of the president’s most ardent online supporters.

The incorrect story, first disseminated by the finance blog ZeroHedge, claimed that Mykola Zlochevsky, the head of Burisma, a Ukrainian energy company, had been indicted over money laundering related to the Biden family. Hunter Biden, son of former Vice President Joe Biden, was previously on Burisma’s board of directors.

 

 

In fact, there was no announcement of an indictment. Ukraine’s chief prosecutor, Ruslan Ryaboshapka, announced in October his office would conduct a wide-ranging review of all previous cases involving Burisma, and Wednesday said he was including possible embezzlement in the investigation, according to Reuters.

ZeroHedge apparently misconstrued the original Russian article from the Interfax-Ukraine News Agency, which did not mention an indictment. The Interfax-Ukraine News Agency operates as part of Interfax, a Russian news outlet.

But that didn’t stop allies of President Donald Trump from widely disseminating the false account of an indictment, seizing on some truthful elements while wildly extrapolating others to offer conservatives and Trump loyalists a welcome alternative to the day’s news, in which Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, implicated numerous members of the Trump administration in the ongoing impeachment inquiry.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/graham-launches-probe-into-bidens-burisma-and-ukraine/2019/11/21/5a5675b4-0ca5-11ea-97ac-a7ccc8dd1ebc_story.html?outputType=amp

 

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"Graham’s document request suggests he is seeking to legitimize Trump’s accusations that Biden, then vice president, put pressure on Ukraine to fire its lead prosecutor to protect his son, a claim without evidence that has been disputed by officials familiar with the investigation."

 

Well, we certainly know based on Biden's own words that he put pressure on the Ukraine to fire its lead prosecutor.  As to if he did it to protect his son, well, that is just presumption, which seems as good as anything now days in DC.

 

 

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2 hours ago, Bill & Katya said:

"Graham’s document request suggests he is seeking to legitimize Trump’s accusations that Biden, then vice president, put pressure on Ukraine to fire its lead prosecutor to protect his son, a claim without evidence that has been disputed by officials familiar with the investigation."

 

Well, we certainly know based on Biden's own words that he put pressure on the Ukraine to fire its lead prosecutor.  As to if he did it to protect his son, well, that is just presumption, which seems as good as anything now days in DC.

 

 

That alone facilitates an investigation. DOS communications also point to this being a motivating force, along with Biden's speech, which not only point to a high probability of criminal actions, but also criminal mindset. The only people that wouldn't want this investigated are either the corrupt elite themselves (which is why by default one should assume nothing will happen), or those on the left who believe any and all use of criminal justice should be aiming at Trump, those around Trump, or those they disagree with, and no one else. 

Edited November 22, 2019 by Burnt Reynolds

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12 minutes ago, Burnt Reynolds said:

That alone facilitates an investigation. DOS communications also point to this being a motivating force, along with Biden's speech, which not only point to a high probability of criminal actions, but also criminal mindset. The only people that wouldn't want this investigated are either the corrupt elite themselves (which is why by default one should assume nothing will happen), or those on the left who believe any and all use of criminal justice should be aiming at Trump, those around Trump, or those they disagree with, and no one else. 

But that is just Joe.  He's alright, he is always above board, heck he is a dedicated public servant that sacrifices for us (please don't notice that he has also increased the wealth of himself and his family the whole time).