2023-09-15 21:03:30
This is false. The removal of Shokin was both an international effort and a bipartisan one on behalf of U.S. lawmakers. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(8-0-9) Author
2023-09-15 22:32:27
The claim that then Vice President Biden threatened to withhold US aid if Prosecutor Shokin was not fired is true and backed up by Biden's own public confession. No Note Needed. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(4-0-2) Author
2023-09-16 01:12:34
VP Biden stated on video that he coerced Ukraine into firing Prosecutor Shokin. [Link] Burisma owner Mykola Zlochevsky told FBI informant that he paid $5 million each to Hunter and then VP Biden to shake off a corruption investigation. It was recorded in a FBI FD-1023 form. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(3-0-2) Author
2023-09-16 02:28:00
The article cited below says: "Biden's dramatic version of the story significantly compressed the timeline, which actually took place through a series of diplomatic moves and phone calls in 2015 and 2016." The first Note has the right context. It was an international effort. NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(0-0-3) Author