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Oct 9, 2019 · A C-SPAN video shows former Vice President Joe Biden confessing that he "bribed" Ukraine to drop the Burisma investigation. As an impeachment inquiry into U.S. President Donald Trump's actions ...
Mar 12, 2022 · Below are seven videos and images that circulated widely during the 2022 war in Ukraine. They include footage from a military simulation video game that spread like digital wildfire because people ...
Feb 24, 2024 · Since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2021, the Snopes newsroom has debunked countless false rumors about the violence. Jessica Lee Published Feb. 24, 2024
- Joe Biden Leveraged Aid to Remove Top Prosecutor as Part Anti-Corruption Efforts
- Our Rating: False
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It's true that Joe Biden leveraged $1 billion in aid to persuade Ukraine to oust its top prosecutor, Viktor Shokin, in March 2016. But it wasn't because Shokin was investigating Burisma. It was because Shokin wasn't pursuing corruption among the country's politicians. As European and American diplomats pressed Ukraine to clean up its corruption, th...
Based on our research, the claim that Joe Biden threatened to withhold $1 billion from Ukraine to save his son's job is FALSE. The then-vice president leveraged aid dollars to persuade the country to oust its top prosecutor as part of anti-corruption efforts endorsed by other international players that were unrelated to his son, Hunter Biden.
USA TODAY, Nov. 15, 2019, Explainer: Biden, allies pushed out Ukrainian prosecutor because he didn't pursue corruption casesUSA TODAY, Oct. 11, 2019, Trump's conspiracy theories thrive in Ukraine, where a young democracy battles corruption and distrustAssociated Press, Sept. 24, GOP-led Senate committees: Hunter Biden work in Ukraine a conflict of interest, impact 'unclear'USA TODAY, Oct. 18, A tabloid got a trove of data on Hunter Biden from Rudy Giuliani. Now, the FBI is probing a possible disinformation campaign.Jan 15, 2021 · FactCheck.org, Sep. 24, 2019, "Trump Twists Facts on Biden and Ukraine" Wall Street Journal, Sep. 23, 2020, "Hunter Biden’s Ukraine Work Raised Concerns With Obama Officials, GOP-Led Probe Confirms"
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Feb 23, 2023 · Biden’s official request came a few days after Ukrainian Finance Minister Sergii Marchenko told the Washington Post that Ukraine needed at least $2 billion per month in emergency economic aid ...
Aug 29, 2022 · If Your Time is short. A phone call recording from 2016 between then-Vice President Joe Biden and then-Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko was leaked in 2020, but as it recirculates in 2022, it ...
