So:
In 2014, the Obama administration backs a revolution in Ukraine, intended to turn that nation away from Russia. Joe Biden, then vice-president, becomes the administration’s go-between with Ukraine. That makes Biden a powerful guy, as far as Ukraine is concerned. Biden’s kid Hunter ends up being on the board of a corporation over there, and gets millions siphoned into his bank account.
Next thing you know, there’s a Ukrainian prosecutor looking into corruption involving the corporation that’s funnelling money to Biden’s son. Biden goes over there and tells Ukraine that if they don’t fire the prosecutor, he’ll block a billion-dollar U.S. loan guarantee. Within hours, the prosecutor is fired. (There’s audio of Biden boasting about this.) That’s obstruction of justice at the highest level.
Now, the president of the U.S. is said to have called Ukraine asking them to look into this. There are no threats made, nor goodies offered — just a request for an investigation.
And this is a Trump scandal?
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https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/436816-joe-bidens-2020-ukrainian-nightmare-a-closed-probe-is-revived
And at the top of the heap?
(Note the date.)
https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Empires-American-Political-Corruption/dp/0062569368?SubscriptionId=AKIAILSHYYTFIVPWUY6Q&tag=duckduckgo-ffnt-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=0062569368
https://babylonbee.com/news/trudeau-claims-he-was-known-as-corn-pop-until-a-cool-white-dude-turned-his-life-around
I’m more skeptical about Trump’s role here, but yeah Biden really smells with this. It pisses me off quite a bit actually, because I know so many colleagues who are working their asses off yet still struggling to get by. Then you have this twerp getting this cushy sinecure, which even if not illegal is definitely slimy and unbecoming. I can’t imagine my own pop ever pulling this, and while I’m no angel God knows I would never want something like this; my conscience would nag me. Bring us back the days of Honest Abe, who actually turned down a lawyer’s fee because he knew it was too excessive. Or Truman, who was amazed at discovering that he would actually receive a significant sum for his memoirs.
The thing is, this is getting dangerous now. We’re in the end of ancient regime territory, apres moi le deluge, with Washington and its denizens taking on the roles of Versailles and its corrupt aristocracy.