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Joe Biden Brags about getting Ukranian Prosecutor Fired

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A short clip of Joe Biden speaking about leveraging loan guarantees to get Ukraine's prosecutor general fired, with a partisan description framing it as corruption.

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@Whoppertime2025-04 · in “"Slow Pay, Low Pay or No Pay": Blue Cross Approved Surgeries Then Refused to Pay”

We can't prosecute the Biden family because they all got pre-emptive pardons. link Did Trump actually withhold foreign aid from Ukraine, or did he threaten to do so? ▶ this video Because if it was threatening to cut funding this is a pot calling the kettle black situation link And checking this NYTimes timeline, they say that the funds were released on September 20th. So the funding to Ukraine was not withheld, but delayed. The exact same thing that Joe Biden was doing. Saying in all caps "It's a great time to buy" before the stock market goes up 10% isn't insider trading, it's a politician delivering on his promises immediately.

@briandear2022-08 · in “Zuckerberg says FBI warning prompted Biden laptop story censorship”

If that illegal activity was connected to the person in public office, absolutely. The actions around the US forcing the firing of a prosecutor going after a company with whom Hunter has signifiant financial interests — that’s a pretty big deal. ▶ this video

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@kolanos2022-08 · in “Zuckerberg says FBI warning prompted Biden laptop story censorship”

> It’s definitely unsavory, but absolutely nothing compared to the conflicts of interest under Trump, ironically even in Ukraine. Remember the withheld US money used to blackmail for political dirt? Trump was asking the Ukrainian President to investigate whether Joe Biden pressured Ukraine to fire their top prosecutor, Viktor Shokin, because he was actively investigating Hunter Biden's involvement in Burisma. Here's Joe Biden bragging about getting the prosecutor fired. Ironically in this video Biden openly admits to threatening to withhold aid if the prosecutor isn't fired. [0] [0]: ▶ this video

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@hunterb1232022-03 · in “Nuclear war probabilities are useless - counter to the nuclear gambler’s ruin”

First off, I assume you're talking about the phone call that the Democrats impeached him for (leading to acquittal) to cover for the Burisma scandal. Accuse your enemy of what you're doing I suppose: ▶ this video Second, that aid was never held up and is separate from the Javelins that were sent anyway. What other President sent Ukraine weapons (not blankets) before this fiasco?

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@artificial2022-02 · in “Dmitri Alperovitc: “Putin speech is over. Chilling. War has begun””

Hunter was getting $50k a month from a Ukraine gas company. [0] There’s definitely a conflict of interest with the administration. Also Biden bragging about getting a prosecutor fired and threatening to withhold aid. [1] ▶ this video [0] link

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