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by ceejayoz 951 days ago
The point is that the EU, IMF, US, and Ukraine itself appears to have wanted Shokin gone; he raided anti-corruption groups on pretenses; his prosecutors were demonstrably corrupt; public protests against him occurred, and Ukraine's parliament voted to get rid of him.

In opposition to all those facts, we have... Shokin himself being grumpy over being fired.
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meeuwer 951 days ago
Just curious, how do you rationalize Hunter's employment at Burisma? Was it his business acumen or maybe background in natural gas? Or something else altogether?
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ceejayoz 951 days ago
The same mildly sleazy stuff that tends to happen with politicians' children; companies hoping to garner favor. Same reason Jenna Bush and Meghan McCain wind up working for big media conglomerates. Hunter Biden's hardly unique in this regard.

What's in question is whether it works, which I suspect varies from politician to politician. The assertions of Joe Biden having acted based on Hunter's desires, thus far, don't seem compelling.

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meeuwer 951 days ago
A cushy job at a domestic propaganda outlet is a bit different from selling access to a top US official to foreign oligarchs. That's if you believe that it was strictly about 10% for the Big Guy and didn't involve undue political influence in the other direction, which is more than plausible judging by the level of political mobilization against the prosecutor guy.
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jacquesm 951 days ago
> A cushy job at a domestic propaganda outlet is a bit different from selling access to a top US official to foreign oligarchs.

You're mixing up your different administrations I think.

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jacquesm 951 days ago
It may simply have been that people thought that it would give them access. Or did you really think that Trump's children have incredible insight into world politics, the Palestinian question or immigration?
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meeuwer 951 days ago
This is funny. Did you assume I was rooting for Trump because of my comments about the Bidens? Sorry, I don't have a dog in this race. In my book if something looks like corruption it is likely corruption, regardless of which side of the uniparty one's dad is on.
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jacquesm 951 days ago
You could have made that exact argument wherever Hunter Biden would turn up. It's a cheap shot at best and given that the 'rabid right' can't let go of it it's getting more than a bit annoying. Focus on the stuff that matters, Hunter Biden isn't it.
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