Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada Andriy Derkach on press-conference may 19, introduced audio recordings of conversations of people who sound similar to the former Vice President of the United States Joseph Biden, former U.S. Secretary of state John Kerry and ex-President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko. They discuss the resignation of Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin in exchange for financial assistance. Details — in the material of RTVI.
Derkach said that the record he gave some investigative journalists, and put their Petro Poroshenko. The first entry is dated 3 December 2015. It allegedly Secretary of state John Kerry asks the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko to dismiss the General Prosecutor Victor Shokin.
“I would Like to encourage you to consider the possibility of solving the problem of replacement of the Prosecutor General Shokina, because it is, in my opinion, blocked the reform of the purification of the Prosecutor General,” said the man with the voice, similar to the head of the state Department. He added that this issue concerned about Biden.
the Following entry was made on 22 March 2016, four days before the resignation of Shokin. It allegedly had a conversation Biden and Poroshenko.
the Voice, like Poroshenko, said that this is a strong motivation. As a candidate for the post of new head of the Department he invited the then leader of the Bloc of Petro Poroshenko “Solidarity” Yury Lutsenko. “If you think that a politically motivated person doesn’t quite fit with your point of view, I withdraw my offer. No one knows what I’m going to offer Lutsenko,” said the man with the voice of the President of Ukraine.
In October 2019, former acting Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yuriy Sevruk said that the former Vice President US and the current presidential candidate of the Democrats, Joe Biden personally asked Poroshenko to dismiss Shokin. In the words of Biden, the decision to dismiss the authorities of Ukraine adopted after he threatened to leave Kyiv without the financial assistance of $1 billion.
Shokin led the corruption investigation against the gas company Burisma. Biden’s son hunter in 2014 became part of her reign. According to Sevruk, the inquiry is not concerned Biden Jr., but there were people who feared that it may affect them.
in the Summer of 2019 against U.S. President Donald trump began investigating due telephone conversation with President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky. Democrats in the House of representatives felt that the us leader to put pressure on the Ukrainian counterpart, because in exchange for the assistance requested to resume the investigation of Burisma and the company’s relationships with Biden Jr.
So, the tramp, in the opinion of political opponents who have abused the power for personal gain. Already twhen Joe Biden was named one of the main rivals of the current President in the White house. This phone call was the reason to run against the President in impeachment proceedings. In December 2019, the House of representatives has accused trump of the abuse of power and obstruction of the work of the Congress, but the Republican majority in the Senate acquitted the President on both charges.
