Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forumA broken clock is............The Intercept comes to Joe Biden's defense in l'affair Rudy in Ukraine.
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A Republican Conspiracy Theory About a Biden-in-Ukraine Scandal Has Gone Mainstream. But It Is Not True.
https://theintercept.com/2019/05/10/rumors-joe-biden-scandal-ukraine-absolute-nonsense-reformer-says/
VIRAL RUMORS that Joe Biden abused his power as vice president to protect his sons business interests in Ukraine in 2016, which spread last week from the pro-Trump media ecosystem to The New York Times, are absolute nonsense, according to Ukraines leading anti-corruption activist. That evaluation is backed by foreign correspondents in Kiev and a former official with knowledge of Bidens outreach to Ukraine after President Viktor Yanukovych was deposed in a popular uprising in 2014.
In an interview with The Intercept, Daria Kaleniuk, an American-educated lawyer who founded Ukraines Anti-Corruption Action Center, expressed frustration that two recent front page stories in The New York Times, on how the conspiracy theory is being used to attack Biden, failed to properly debunk the false accusation. According to Kaleniuk, and a former anti-corruption prosecutor, there is simply no truth to the rumor now spreading like wildfire across the internet.
The accusation is that Biden blackmailed Ukraines new leaders into firing the countrys chief prosecutor, Viktor Shokin, to derail an investigation he was leading into a Ukrainian gas company that the vice presidents son, Hunter, was paid to advise.
The truth, Kaleniuk said, is that Shokin was forced from office at Bidens urging because he had failed to conduct thorough investigations of corruption, and had stifled efforts to investigate embezzlement and misconduct by public officials following the 2014 uprising.
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they tear into the NYT's and its reporter Ken Vogel for spreading bullshit too
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
hlthe2b
(101,713 posts)I sincerely hope that we don't see this crap continue (at least from those promulgating on the "Left" but, I'm a realist.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Cha
(295,899 posts)kinda shocking!
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
BannonsLiver
(16,161 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Fact is, there is proven massive, institutionalized corruption among the kleptocrat players on one side, and on another other side was an energy company Biden's son was on the board of directors of and which was under attack by the first.
And on a third, U.S. government side, VP Biden had excellent, independent reason to responsibly hold up a massive infusion of American money until a corrupt official was removed.
It doesn't look good because of the intersection of interests, but pointing out that Biden's job and his son's company had intersecting interests at one point is all anyone avidly looking into this for 4 years has been able to do.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
bloom
(11,635 posts)The false story - because the Intercept did also. Probably more so. I had had a post about it - which was removed.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
bluedigger
(17,077 posts)All I see on my FB feed are anti-Biden Intercept stories.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden