Hunter Biden

Republican Rep Jim Jordan claims

Burisma executives requested Hunter Biden get “help from D.C.” to address “government pressure.” Joe Biden then threatened to withhold aide from Ukraine unless Ukrainian Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin was fired, Who just happened to be investigating Burisma!

Former historian and Twitter/X maven Josh Marshall fires back:

Each level of this set of claims is a lie. These are the fake allegations that Trump pressed in his perfect call with Zelensky that led to his own impeachment.

Sadly, without giving any links to his claim, but in the ensuing commentary it appears that Marshall believes that US already knew Shokin was corrupt and were already trying to eliminate him.  So Hunter Biden's claimed intervention presumably could not happen because it was not necessary (though, that is not actually disproof of the intervention...).

Responding to a WashPo article on the subject, a commenter writes:

Not only is there not a single documented official statement or memorandum from any government or even NGO calling for Shokin to be fired before Joe got that call from Dubai, every written communication on the subject from the US State Department, USAID, the EU, etc praises the progress on corruption being made by Ukraine and the SP’s office!!

https://justthenews.com/accountability/russia-and-ukraine-scandals/eu-memo-directly-undercuts-joe-bidens-narrative-about

https://nypost.com/2023/09/08/despite-bidens-claim-europeans-werent-trying-to-oust-ukraine-prosecutor-targeting-hunters-firm/

https://justthenews.com/accountability/russia-and-ukraine-scandals/biden-boomerang-newly-released-state-memo-casts-doubt

There was only one entity looking to fire Shokin - Burisma!!

In fact, the only written materials documenting issues related to Burisma were official communications critical of Biden’s immediate family reaping MILLIONS from the most corrupt company in Ukraine, the subject of major corruption investigations!! Senior State Department officials said they were nervous that the Bidens’ money grubbing was undermining the US’ Government’s efforts in Ukraine. Indeed Ukrainain newspapers were roundly reporting on Hunter Biden’s carpetbagging profiteering off Burisma’s vile and corrupt CEO, Zlochevsky.

And now we also know an FBI source said the Zlochevsky was complaining he was held up to pay $10 million in bribes to the Bidens even after he hired Hunter to take care of getting Shokin off his back!!

Now add to that the bank records that show $6 million in payments from Burisma, $9 million in payments from CEFC, and $3 million from K. Baturina, and you have $18 million in payoff money from people and companies known for global corruption of government officials. They didn’t pay off private citizens, They paid off powerful government officials for services rendered. Pray tell, what else could Hunter Biden POSSIBLY offer them worth that kind of cash??