FLAG: Senators (jurors) listed at 2016 hearing in which testimony was given that ousting Shokin (frmr Kremlin-aligned prosecutor) was official U.S. policy:
GOP: Risch, Rubio, Johnson, Gardner, Perdue, Paul, Barrasso
DEM: Cardin, Menendez, Shaheen, Coons, Murphy, Kaine, Markey
GOP: Risch, Rubio, Johnson, Gardner, Perdue, Paul, Barrasso
DEM: Cardin, Menendez, Shaheen, Coons, Murphy, Kaine, Markey
V Nuland, then assis sec of state:
Before Shokin’s removal “reform legislation” .. “had been blocked for months.”
“By late fall of 2015, the EU and the United States joined the chorus of those seeking Mr. Shokin’s removal ....
Before Shokin’s removal “reform legislation” .. “had been blocked for months.”
“By late fall of 2015, the EU and the United States joined the chorus of those seeking Mr. Shokin’s removal ....
as the start of an overall reform of the Procurator General’s Office. U.S. Vice President Joe Biden spoke publicly about this before and during his December visit to Kyiv; but Mr. Shokin remained in place.“
"Reformers in civil society spoke up ... so did the U.S., the EU, and the IMF. In response, President Poroshenko called for the removal of Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin.”
IMPORTANTLY: "the first thing that we do is what we have
done throughout this ....
IMPORTANTLY: "the first thing that we do is what we have
done throughout this ....
which is to peg our assistance to those things
that the IMF and the EU need to see for reform. So in particular, we have pegged our next $1 billion loan guarantee, first and foremost, to having a rebooting of the reform coalition so that we know who we are working with ...
that the IMF and the EU need to see for reform. So in particular, we have pegged our next $1 billion loan guarantee, first and foremost, to having a rebooting of the reform coalition so that we know who we are working with ...
, but secondarily, to ensuring that the
prosecutor general’s office gets cleaned up."
prosecutor general’s office gets cleaned up."
@ThePlumLineGS correction: the comments are a combo of former Ukraine amb. Herbst and Nuland.
