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Recording of calls between Joe Biden, ex-Ukraine President Poroshenko leaked

By Lia Eustachewich

May 20, 2020 | 11:37am | Updated May 20, 2020 | 12:35pm
Recording of calls between Joe Biden, ex-Ukraine President Poroshenko leaked
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Leaked phone conversations between Joe Biden and then-Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko have been made public by a Ukrainian lawmaker.

Edited recordings of the calls were played at a news conference Tuesday in Kiev by Andriy Derkach, who has claimed he has proof showing that Burisma Holdings, the Ukrainian natural gas company that employed Biden’s son H****r B***n, paid then-Vice President Joe Biden $900,000 in lobbying fees.

Details of the conversations between Biden and Poroshenko have been previously reported.

Derkach said he received the leaked audio from “investigative journalists” — and that the recordings were made by Poroshenko himself.

Audio of the calls with English subtitles was later posted on YouTube.

In one conversation, Biden and Poroshenko discuss the aftermath of Ukrainian Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin’s ouster and the appointment of his replacement.

Joe BidenMatt Rourke/AP

“It’s going to be critical for him to work quickly to repair the damage that Shokin did,” Biden said in the call. “And I’m a man of my word. And now that the new prosecutor general is in place, we’re ready to move forward to signing that new $1 billion loan guarantee.”
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At the time, Biden was publicly pushing for reform of the prosecutor general’s office. Last year, Biden said he told Poroshenko that Ukraine would not receive the $1 billion unless Shokin was booted.

The released recordings do not mention H****r B***n or Burisma.

Derkach, a former member of the pro-Russia Party of Regions, has pushed for a corruption case against the Bidens. He and Rudy Giuliani, President Trump’s personal attorney, met in Kiev in December.

Derkach has previously claimed Biden pressured Ukraine in December 2015 to force Shokin’s resignation and dangled $1 billion in loan guarantees as an incentive.

Biden’s campaign responded to the release of the recording, claiming it was part of an ongoing effort by the Russians to hurt Biden.

“They heavily edited this, and it’s still a nothingburger that landed with a thud,” Biden spokesman Andrew Bates told the Washington Post.



Trump and others have alleged Biden pushed for Shokin’s removal because Shokin was investigating Burisma.

Poroshenko’s political party, European Solidarity, said the release of the recordings was designed to d**g Ukraine — a longtime US ally — into the US’ 2020 p**********l e******n.

Peewee Loc: San Antonio, TX

I posted a video of the Next News Network on the same thing at about the same time. You must have beat me by a nanosecond. As long as it gets out I'm a happy camper.

SWMBO

Gee I did not know it was a competitive event.I agree with you, the information should get out there, no matter who posts it.

Ferrous Loc: Pacific North Coast, CA

Listened to the whole thing... Even John Kerry was caught up in it. Ukraine corrupt politicos even changed their Constitution to take away investigations of corruption in their government from their Attorney General and hand it over to a whole new Agency investigating Corruption. (The Fox guarding the hen house)

They changed their Constitution to be able to hide their evil doings!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=suSyqAmiPi8&feature=emb_logo

As for our former Vice President and the Democrat's Great White Hope for the Presidency:

“It’s going to be critical for him to work quickly to repair the damage that Shokin did,” Biden said in the call. “And I’m a man of my word. And now that the new prosecutor general is in place, we’re ready to move forward to signing that new $1 billion loan guarantee.”

Lt. Rob Polans ret.

This is short, the one I have would take up about three pages. And there is much more in it. I didn't see A 'nothingburger.' This had details. A tiny preview "Hello Mr. President." Are they meddling in our e******n already?

Ferrous Loc: Pacific North Coast, CA

Three pages? How about three words... Quid Quo Pro.

newbear Loc: New York City

Peewee,

like you I knew about this recording for a couple of days now, but I did not think anyone on the OPP would be interested.

So many on here lap up the PRC propaganda served by a single person, so I have decided against battling the gullible multitudes, who mostly prefer to ridicule Joe Biden instead of recognizing him as a cunning mountebank.

But thank you (both) for introducing this important artefact, I hope the response will exceed my expectations.

Ferrous Loc: Pacific North Coast, CA

I think of Joe Biden as a tool of his handlers who are the real Puppet Masters...
As for China... We are being told by them to not question them or be prepared for another Cold War.

1st, China Nukes us with this Invisible Plague... and now threatens us with War once they have destroyed our Economy and weakened our Moral.

Do we need a catchy slogan like "Remember the Alamo" or "Remember Pearl Harbor" to wake us up and fire up our fortitude to Fight?