{"id":2012555,"date":"2023-08-25T20:46:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T00:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fired-ukrainian-prosecutor-accuses-joe-biden-of-corruption-they-were-being-bribed\/"},"modified":"2023-08-25T20:47:51","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T00:47:51","slug":"fired-ukrainian-prosecutor-accuses-joe-biden-of-corruption-they-were-being-bribed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fired-ukrainian-prosecutor-accuses-joe-biden-of-corruption-they-were-being-bribed\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian Prosecutor Claims Biden Involved in Corruption: &#8216;Bribes Were Given&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffired-ukrainian-prosecutor-accuses-joe-biden-of-corruption-they-were-being-bribed%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2012555&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Fired Ukrainian Prosecutor Accuses Joe Biden of Corruption: &#8216;They Were Being Bribed&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>In a shocking revelation, the Ukrainian \u200cprosecutor who was\u2062 fired at\u2062 the insistence of then-U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is now alleging that his dismissal was due to corruption within the Biden family.<\/p>\n<p>In\u200d 2016, Biden exerted pressure on\u2062 the\u2062 Ukrainian government to remove Viktor Shokin\u2062 from his position. Shokin was investigating \u2063the energy company Burisma, where Biden&#8217;s son Hunter served \u2063on the board.<\/p>\n<p>The elder\u200c Biden\u2062 openly boasted about this incident during a 2018 event held by the Council on Foreign Relations. He proudly explained that \u2064he had threatened to withhold $1 billion\u200b in aid to Ukraine unless Shokin was fired.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>WARNING: The following video contains language that\u200b some viewers will find offensive.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">MUST WATCH: Here\u2019s Joe Biden in 2018 bragging about using his power to hold\u200d up $1 BILLION in U.S. loans unless Ukraine fired the prosecutor \u2062investigating Burisma \u2013 a corrupt Ukrainian\u2064 oil company paying his son $50,000 a month.<\/p>\n<p>Biden needs to\u2062 explain his conflict of interest!\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bDhaKjFNZN\">pic.twitter.com\/bDhaKjFNZN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ronna McDaniel (@GOPChairwoman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GOPChairwoman\/status\/1176872944347353089?\">September 25, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>In an upcoming interview\u2064 on Fox News,\u200c Shokin reveals that \u2062he\u200d firmly believes he was a victim of corruption.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI \u200ddo not want to deal in unproven facts, but my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fired-ukrainian-prosecutor-accuses-joe-biden-of-corruption-they-were-being-bribed\/\" title=\"Ukrainian Prosecutor Claims Biden Involved in Corruption: 'Bribes Were Given'\">firm personal\u2062 conviction<\/a> is that, yes, this was the case,\u201d Shokin stated through a \u2064translator.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey were being bribed. The\u200c fact that Joe Biden \u2062gave away $1 billion\u200d in U.S.\u2064 money in exchange for my dismissal, my firing \u2014 isn&#8217;t that alone a case of corruption?\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Viktor Shokin \u2013\u2062 The Ukrainian Prosecutor Joe Biden BRAGGED\u200c about getting FIRED speaks out<\/p>\n<p>SHOKIN: \u201cThe fact that Joe Biden gave away one billion dollars \u200c\u2013 in exchange for my dismissal, my firing. \u2013 Is that alone a case of corruption?\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gy3VCc6JqE\">pic.twitter.com\/gy3VCc6JqE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DailyCaller\/status\/1695164616731509222?\">August 25, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>In July, Republican Sen. Charles \u2063Grassley released an FBI <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grassley.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/fd_1023_obtained_by_senator_grassley_-_biden.pdf\">form<\/a> containing\u200c allegations that the Bidens \u200creceived millions of dollars\u200c in bribes \u2064while Joe was vice president.<\/p>\n<p>The document, which \u200ddetails\u200c information provided by\u200c a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wray-declines-to-confirm-fbis-use-of-geolocation-data-to-track-capitol-rioters-but-says-it-would-not-surprise-me\/\" title=\"Wray Declines to Confirm FBI\u2019s Use of Geolocation Data to Track Capitol Rioters But Says It \u2018Would Not Surprise Me\u2019\">confidential human source<\/a>&#8221; to the FBI\u2064 in June 2020, states \u2062that Hunter Biden was\u2063 hired by Burisma to protect \u2064the company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fbi-report-claim-burisma-cfo-literally-said-hired-hunter-protect-us-dad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">through his father<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The source also claimed that a top Burisma executive felt compelled to pay the Bidens $5 million each\u2063 in exchange for Shokin&#8217;s firing.<\/p>\n<p>Devon Archer, a former business partner of Hunter Biden, has since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/house-oversight-committee-releases-full-devon-archer-transcript-page-45-looks-bad-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">testified<\/a> to Congress that Burisma executives asked Hunter to \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/devon-archer-bombshell-hunter-biden-called-dc-get-ukrainian-prosecutor-investigating-burisma-fired\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">call D.C.<\/a>\u201d to seek assistance with the pressure they were facing from Shokin&#8217;s office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey requested\u200b Hunter, you know, help them with some of that pressure,\u201d \u2064Archer said. \u201cYou know, \u200dgovernment pressure from Ukrainian government investigations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Just five \u2064days after\u200c that call, Joe Biden delivered a <a href=\"https:\/\/obamawhitehouse.archives.gov\/the-press-office\/2015\/12\/09\/remarks-vice-president-joe-biden-ukrainian-rada\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">speech<\/a> in\u2064 Ukraine, stating, \u200c\u201cThe office of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-kamala-harris-gavin-newsom-and-all-the-democrats-in-hunter-bidens-laptop\/\" title=\"Exclusive: Kamala Harris, Gavin Newsom, And All The Democrats In Hunter Biden\u2019s Laptop\">general prosecutor desperately<\/a> needs reform.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p><em>All content\u200c created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rnc-chair-issues-warning-to-trump-weeks-before-first-gop-debate\/\" title=\"RNC Chair warns Trump ahead of first GOP debate.\">nonpartisan \u2062newswire service<\/a>,\u2063 is \u200cavailable without charge to any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/union-membership-plummets-to-record-low\/\" title=\"Union Membership Plummets to Record Low\">legitimate news publisher<\/a> that can provide a \u2064large audience. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>All republished articles must include our logo, our reporter\u2019s byline and their DCNF affiliation. For any questions \u2064about \u2062our guidelines or partnering with us, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fired-ukrainian-prosecutor-accuses-joe-biden-corruption-bribed\/\">Fired Ukrainian Prosecutor Accuses Joe Biden of Corruption: \u2062&#8217;They Were Being Bribed&#8217;<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ukrainian prosecutor, fired under pressure from Joe Biden, claims his dismissal was linked to corruption involving the Biden family. 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