Pam Bondi notes that Hunter Biden joined the Burisma board while there was an *open* investigation into the company, emphasizing that word.
That emphasis cuts against her point: Any alleged misconduct predated Hunter Biden's work there.
That emphasis cuts against her point: Any alleged misconduct predated Hunter Biden's work there.
This appears to be the first time the White House team has articulated the Biden conspiracy theory in opening args.
No House witness testified there was anything wrong with Joe Biden's decision to fire Viktor Shokin, whom the EU, IMF, and U.S. wanted out.
Quite the contrary.
No House witness testified there was anything wrong with Joe Biden's decision to fire Viktor Shokin, whom the EU, IMF, and U.S. wanted out.
Quite the contrary.
"This was the prosecutor investigating Burisma: Shokin," Bondi says.
False. The EU, IMF, Ukrainian anti-corruption activists, and the United States -- including bipartisan Congress members then -- wanted Shokin out because he refused to pursue cases like Burisma's.
False. The EU, IMF, Ukrainian anti-corruption activists, and the United States -- including bipartisan Congress members then -- wanted Shokin out because he refused to pursue cases like Burisma's.
* Poor phrasing here: Biden's decision *to support* Shokin's firing.
