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10. Why the alleged Joe Biden 'Ukraine conspiracy' doesn't hold up

Reply to Hoyt (Reply #6)

Fri Sep 20, 2019, 07:10 PM

Sep 2019

"The investigation into Burisma, Hunter Biden’s employer, had ground to a halt long before the prosecutor was sacked. A subsequent probe into the company’s owner was opened because of a request from Ukrainian legislators, not because of prosecutorial initiative. There is, in short, no there there; the bloggers are putting two and two together — and coming up with 22."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/05/08/why-joe-bidens-alleged-ukraine-conspiracy-doesnt-hold-up/

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crazytown

I just posted this to you on another thread but I think it bears repeating, Hoyt.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Politifact: Hunter's directorship at the Ukrainian gas company posed a conflict of interest for Joe. [View all] pnwmom Sep 2019 OP

From the Intercept: "there is simply no truth to the rumor" emulatorloo Sep 2019 #1

I agree with that particular article, but Glenn Greenwald's The Intercept is not a source pnwmom Sep 2019 #4

Someone is on an anti-Biden spree n/t PhoenixDem Sep 2019 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author Celerity Sep 2019 #7

Hunter should have had a golf course or hotel in Ukraine. rickford66 Sep 2019 #3

I think I need to alert this for repeating GOP talking points EveHammond13 Sep 2019 #5

Hope you are right, but I don't see how urging Ukraine to fire Hoyt Sep 2019 #6

See bolded quote from my post above emulatorloo Sep 2019 #8

He was doing that before Hunter showed up. We were Hortensis Sep 2019 #9

Why the alleged Joe Biden 'Ukraine conspiracy' doesn't hold up Cha Sep 2019 #10

That clearly helps. Biden needs to get that out too because it will Hoyt Sep 2019 #12

Thanks Hoyt! Hoping trump and Cha Sep 2019 #13

Dotard does not get to say a single thing about it! treestar Sep 2019 #11

The thing is that if it really was a conflict of interest Bettie Sep 2019 #14

Just taking the position created a conflict of "interest." But there is no evidence pnwmom Sep 2019 #15

My point is actually that the Bettie Sep 2019 #16

Right. Because they knew there wasn't anything there. n/t pnwmom Sep 2019 #17

And it hasn't been taken up since the election either. hedda_foil Sep 2019 #18

Joe has leverage on both sides of the aisle n/t Bidenator Sep 2019 #19