Thread by @HeidiNBC

👉FLAG: Trump letter to Pelosi contains verifiable falsehoods on #ImpeachmentEve

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(According to NBC’s @spettypi a WH lawyer DID review the letter, though some changes were rejected.)

Trump (Pg. 2) offers a DISCREDITED PREMISE for investigating Joe Biden:

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@spettypi TRUMP: “VP Biden used his office and $1 billion dollars of U.S. aid money to coerce Ukraine into firing the prosecutor who was digging into the company paying his son millions of dollars.” …. “Even J. Biden admitted just days ago in an interview with NPR that it looked bad.”

@spettypi FACT CHECK: Shokin was NOT digging. This has been documented:

1. “The investigation into Burisma Holdings had been dormant for more than a year:”
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

@spettypi 2. “It turns out that the investigation had already been shelved when Biden acted:"

washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/…

@spettypi Trump also twists Biden’s NPR interview, in which he, actually, acknowledges HUNTER says he “made a mistake” by joining Burisma board because “the appearance looked bad” and gave Giuliani “an excuse” for a “Trumpian defense.”

Here is the transcript: npr.org/2019/12/09/785…

@spettypi Finally, and I’ll dust this off as much as necessary:

Shokin was a Kremlin-aligned holdover whose ouster was supported by Republican senators Rob Portman and Ron Johnson, the IMF and … pretty much all of Western democracy.

@spettypi Finally, and I’ll dust this off as much as necessary:

Shokin was a Kremlin-aligned holdover whose ouster was supported by Republican senators Rob Portman and Ron Johnson, the IMF and … pretty much all of Western democracy.

@spettypi The Ukrainian parliament voted him out. Also, there is NO evidence Joe Biden advocated for his son’s placement on the Burisma board.

ft.com/content/e1454a…

irishtimes.com/news/world/eur…