{"id":4994,"date":"2020-01-21T08:58:39","date_gmt":"2020-01-21T12:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=4994"},"modified":"2020-01-21T08:58:39","modified_gmt":"2020-01-21T12:58:39","slug":"bidengate-biden-so-desperate-to-cover-up-ukraine-crime-spree-hes-outright-threatening-the-msm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=4994","title":{"rendered":"BIDENgate: Biden So Desperate to Cover Up Ukraine Crime Spree He&#8217;s Outright Threatening the MSM!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Biden campaign warns media not to spread \u2018debunked\u2019 claims about his activities in Ukraine or else<\/h1>\n<p><!--more--><div id=\"attachment_4995\" style=\"width: 778px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4995\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/5e2613f585f540627869094e.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4995\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/5e2613f585f540627869094e.jpg 768w, http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/5e2613f585f540627869094e-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4995\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 AFP \/ Getty Images North America \/ Spencer Platt<br \/>13849<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p>RT.com<\/p>\n<p>Joe Biden\u2019s presidential campaign has issued a warning to the media cautioning journalists against spreading what he called \u201cdebunked\u201d theories about his controversial role in having a Ukrainian prosecutor removed from office.<\/p>\n<p>In the memo first reported by NBC News, Biden\u2019s campaign accuses President Donald Trump of\u00a0<em>&#8220;spreading a malicious and conclusively debunked conspiracy theory&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0that the former VP engaged in wrongdoing when he pressured Ukraine to fire former Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin.<\/p>\n<p>Biden has previously bragged about his role in having Shokin fired, even admitting on camera that he presented an ultimatum to Ukrainian authorities, threatening to withhold a billion-dollar loan guarantee unless the prosecutor was given the boot. It emerged later that Biden\u2019s own son Hunter sat on the board of the Burisma energy company which Shokin had been investigating for corruption.<\/p>\n<p>The memo, described as\u00a0<em>\u201cunusual\u201d<\/em>\u00a0by NBC News, demands that\u00a0<em>&#8220;any media organization referencing, reporting on, or repeating\u201d<\/em>\u00a0claims that Biden engaged in wrongdoing\u00a0<em>&#8220;must state clearly and unambiguously that they have been discredited and debunked by authoritative sources.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The memo instructs journalists that it is\u00a0<em>\u201cnot sufficient\u201d<\/em>\u00a0to say allegations against the Democratic candidate are\u00a0<em>\u201cunsubstantiated.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0They must tell readers there is a mountain of evidence which debunks them, it says. Any journalists or media organizations failing to adhere to Biden\u2019s standards in their reporting on his and his families\u2019 activities in Ukraine are accused of\u00a0<em>\u201cmalpractice.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Biden campaign issues memo to media warning them against spreading \u201cTrump misinformation\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Getting Nervous Joe? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bgOVb0EymY\">https:\/\/t.co\/bgOVb0EymY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bennyjohnson\/status\/1219324374416875520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 20, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The memo comes as Republicans call for Hunter Biden to testify during Donald Trump&#8217;s impending Senate impeachment trial. Trump was impeached last month by the US House Representatives for\u00a0<em>\u201cabuse of power\u201d<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>\u201cobstruction of Congress\u201d<\/em> relating to the alleged claim that he withheld aid from Ukraine in an effort to force an investigation into Biden\u2019s involvement with Burisma and his role in Shokin\u2019s firing.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A day before the opening of Donald Trump&#39;s Senate impeachment trial, Joe Biden&#39;s campaign is issuing a preemptive strike, sending an unusual open memo to the media warning against disinformation pushed by Trump and his defenders.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WitnessesAndDocuments?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WitnessesAndDocuments<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Tm3LhGXRVM\">https:\/\/t.co\/Tm3LhGXRVM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jon Cooper (@joncoopertweets) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joncoopertweets\/status\/1219279855034019840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 20, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>However, even if Biden\u2019s claim that he was not motivated by his son\u2019s position on Burisma\u2019s board when he insisted on Shokin\u2019s sacking is true, he has already publicly admitted to threatening to withhold money from Ukraine unless authorities did his bidding \u2014 which, somewhat ironically, is exactly what Democrats impeached Trump for last month.<\/p>\n<p>One campaign that did not get Biden&#8217;s memo is that of Bernie Sanders, which has earned criticism from the left for calling Biden\u00a0<em>&#8220;corrupt&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0in an attack ad. Among the critics was liberal economist Paul Krugman.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is a really bad look. It illustrates everything that makes many Democrats distrust the Sanders team \u2014 and the buck stops with the candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EY1QL7YbXx\">https:\/\/t.co\/EY1QL7YbXx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/paulkrugman\/status\/1219328159470051335?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 20, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s trial in the Senate is set to kick off this week and has been dismissed by his legal team as a\u00a0<em>&#8220;highly partisan and reckless obsession&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0engineered by Democrats who want him thrown out of office.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/478746-biden-warns-media-ukraine\/\">https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/478746-biden-warns-media-ukraine\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biden campaign warns media not to spread \u2018debunked\u2019 claims about his activities in Ukraine or else<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4994\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}