{"id":6309,"date":"2020-02-02T19:07:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-02T23:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=6309"},"modified":"2020-02-02T19:07:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-02T23:07:00","slug":"bidengate-joe-bidens-in-big-trouble-with-the-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=6309","title":{"rendered":"BIDENgate: Joe Biden&#8217;s in Big Trouble with the Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Ukrainian &#8216;Son Of A Bitch Who Got Fired&#8217; Files Criminal Complaint Against Biden For Abuse Of Power<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p>The Ukrainian prosecutor who\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Q0_AqpdwqK4?t=3118\">Joe Biden bragged<\/a>\u00a0about getting fired, Viktor Shokin, has\u00a0<strong>filed a criminal complaint in Kiev against the former Vice President for abusing his power<\/strong>, according to<em>\u00a0<\/em>French news outlet\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.les-crises.fr\/breaking-news-prosecutor-shokin-files-a-complaint-against-joe-biden-for-interference-in-ukraine-s-legal-proceedings\/\">Les Crises<\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>(confirmed by multiple sources according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/trending\/fired-ukrainian-prosecutor-says-joe-biden-abused-his-power-files-federal-complaint-against-him\/\"><em>PJ Media<\/em><\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/biden%20shokin%201.jpg?itok=eNwe_hUi\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/biden%20shokin%201.jpg?itok=eNwe_hUi\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/biden%20shokin%201.jpg?itok=HzyJoMEz 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/biden%20shokin%201.jpg?itok=HzyJoMEz 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/biden%20shokin%201.jpg?itok=HzyJoMEz 1x, https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/biden%20shokin%201.jpg?itok=HzyJoMEz 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/biden%20shokin%201.jpg?itok=HzyJoMEz 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/biden%20shokin%201.jpg?itok=eNwe_hUi 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/biden%20shokin%201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"290\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"39369af9-ed69-4fda-97c7-aea37320e801\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/complaint-1.jpg?itok=eZGxB-Xy\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/complaint-1.jpg?itok=eZGxB-Xy\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/complaint-1.jpg?itok=cWkOOqm4 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/complaint-1.jpg?itok=cWkOOqm4 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/complaint-1.jpg?itok=cWkOOqm4 1x, https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/complaint-1.jpg?itok=cWkOOqm4 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/complaint-1.jpg?itok=cWkOOqm4 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/complaint-1.jpg?itok=eZGxB-Xy 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"caption caption-img\" role=\"group\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/complaint-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"253\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"6a5f2f3e-b7b0-47a8-8359-67fcf57359fa\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><figcaption><em>Via Les Crises<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Shokin writes in his complaint:<\/p>\n<p><strong>During the period 2014-2016, the Prosecutor General\u2019s Office of Ukraine was conducting a preliminary investigation into a series of serious crimes<\/strong>\u00a0committed by the former Minister of Ecology of Ukraine Mykola Zlotchevsky and by the managers of the company \u201cBurisma Holding Limited \u201c(Cyprus), the board of directors of\u00a0<strong>which included, among others, Hunter Biden, son of Joseph Biden, then vice-president of the United States of America.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The investigation into the above-mentioned crimes was carried out in strict accordance with Criminal Law and was under my personal control as the Prosecutor General of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Owing to my firm position on the above-mentioned cases regarding their prompt and objective investigation, which should have resulted in the arrest and the indictment of the guilty parties,\u00a0<strong>Joseph Biden developed a firmly hostile attitude towards me which led him to express in private conversations with senior Ukrainian officials, as well as in his public speeches,\u00a0<u>a categorical request for my immediate dismissal<\/u>\u00a0from the post of Attorney General of Ukraine in exchange for the sum of US $ 1 billion in as a financial guarantee<\/strong>\u00a0from the United States for the benefit of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>* * *<\/p>\n<p>Shokin says that due to &#8220;continued pressure from the Vice President of the United States Joseph Biden to oust me from the job by blackmailing the allocation of financial assistance, I, as the man who places the State interests above my personal interests,\u00a0<strong>I agreed to abandon the post of Prosecutor General of Ukraine.<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"max-width-video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"fitvid822684\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q0_AqpdwqK4?start=3118\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>* * *<\/p>\n<p>In November, the\u00a0<strong>State department released\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/state-department-releases-detailed-accounts-biden-ukraine-corruption\">detailed accusations<\/a>\u00a0against the Bidens levied by Shokin and his successor, Yiury Lutsenko<\/strong>. In them, Shokin claims:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He [Shokin] became involved in a case against Mr. Mykola Zlochevsky the former Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine.\u00a0<strong>The case was opened as a result of Mr. Zlochevsky giving himself\/company permits to drill for gas and oil in Ukraine<\/strong>. Mr. Zlochevsky is\u00a0<strong>also the owner of Burisma Holdings<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mr. Shokin stated that there are documents that list five (5) criminal cases in which Mr. Zlochevesky is listed, with the main case being for issuing illegal gas exploration permits. The following complaints are in the criminal case.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Mr. Zlochevsky was laundering money<\/li>\n<li>Obtained assets by corrupt acts bribery<\/li>\n<li>Mr. Zlochevsky removed approximately twenty three million US dollars out of Ukraine without permission<\/li>\n<li>While seated as the Minister he approved two addition entities to receive permits for gas exploration<\/li>\n<li>Mr. Zlochevsky was the owner of\u00a0<strong>two secret companies<\/strong>\u00a0that were part of Burisma Holdings\u00a0<strong>and gave those companies permits which made it possible for him to profit while he was the sitting Minister<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&#8220;Mr Shokin further stated that there were several\u00a0<strong>Burisma board appointments were made in 2014 as follows:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Hunter Biden<\/strong>\u00a0son of Vice President Joseph Biden<\/li>\n<li>Joseph Blade former CIA employee assigned to Anti-Terrorist Unit<\/li>\n<li>Alesksander Kwasnieski former President of Poland<\/li>\n<li><strong>Devon Archer<\/strong>\u00a0roomate to the Christopher Heinz the step-son of Mr. John Kerry United States Secretary of State<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&#8220;<strong><u>Mr. Shokin stated that these appointments were made by Mr. Slochevsky in order to protect himself.<\/u>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Shokin then details how in July 2015,\u00a0<strong>&#8220;US Ambassador Geoffrey R. Pyatt told him that the investigation has to be handled with white gloves, which according to Mr. Shokin, that implied do nothing.\u00a0<\/strong>On or about September 2015 Mr. Pyatt gave a speech in Odessa where he stated that the cases\u00a0<strong>were not investigated correctly and that Mr. Shokin may be corrupt<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mr. Shokin further stated that on February of 2016\u00a0<strong>warrants were placed on the accounts of multiple people in Ukraine. There were requests for information on\u00a0<u>Hunter Biden<\/u>\u00a0to which nothing was received.<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;It is believed that\u00a0<u>Hunter Biden receives a salary, commission plus one million dollars<\/u>.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko\u00a0<\/strong>[who Joe Biden threatened to withhold $1 billion in US loan guarantees]\u00a0<strong>told Mr. Shokin\u00a0<u>not to investigate Burisma as it was not in the interest of Joe and\/or Hunter Biden<\/u>.\u00a0<\/strong>Mr. Shokin was called into Mr. Poroshenko&#8217;s office and told\u00a0<strong>that the investigation into Burisma and the Managing Director where Hunter Biden is on the board, has caused Joe Biden to hold up one billion dollars in US aid to Ukraine.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mr. Shokin stated that on or around April of 2016 Mr. Petro Poroshenko called him and told him he had to be fired as the aid to the Ukraine was being withheld by Joe Biden. Mr. Biden told Mr. Poroshenko that he had evidence that Mr. Shokin was corrupt and needed to be fired. Mr. Shokin was dismissed in April of 2016 and the US aid was delivered within one and one half months.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;On a different point\u00a0<strong>Mr. Shokin believes the current Ambassador Marie L. Yovanovitch denied his visa to travel to the US. Mr. Shokin stated that she is close to Mr. Biden.\u00a0<\/strong>Mr. Shokin also stated that there were leaks by a person named Reshenko of the Ukrainian State Secret Service about the Manafort Black Book. Mr. Shokin stated that there is\u00a0<strong>possible deceit in the Manafort Black Book<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/ukrainiain-son-bitch-who-got-fired-files-criminal-complaint-against-biden-abuse-power\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/ukrainiain-son-bitch-who-got-fired-files-criminal-complaint-against-biden-abuse-power<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukrainian &#8216;Son Of A Bitch Who Got Fired&#8217; Files Criminal Complaint Against Biden For Abuse Of Power<\/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-6309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6309","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=6309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6309\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}