Trump impeachment inquiry: Ukraine ex-minister rejects Biden claim

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: BBC

Ukrainian ex-Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin has rejected claims by US President Donald Trump over the sacking of ex-chief prosecutor Viktor Shokin.
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Mr Klimkin, who was serving as foreign minister when Mr Shokin was sacked in 2016, said there was "definitely" no evidence that his removal was for anything other than corruption.

"The whole sense of this push was to sort out, to deliver on reforms in Ukraine," he said. "It was not about the prosecutor general. It was about prosecutor offices which were systemically corrupt."

He said it was important to have a full reshuffle of the offices, and pressure was coming from the whole international community, not just Mr Biden or the US individually.

Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-49856788

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(headline means 'claim about Biden', of course)

This confirms what every other trustworthy source says, of course, but being the Foreign Minister at the time gives him authority.

[tblue37]

1. Your title suggests that he is contradicting Biden, not lies about Biden. nt

[Green Line]

3. That's what I thought when I read it

[groundloop]

6. Someone should tell the BBC they need to use better English

[jayfish]

7. Yes. -NT-

[onetexan]

2. article has misleading headline -implies Biden is claiming something that the former FM is rejecting

Maybe you should change thread header to "Former FM confirms Biden's innocence"?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

5. Read the posting rules for this forum again. . . . nt

[duforsure]

4. Media should be repeating this around the clock

But they won't.

[mysteryowl]

8. Plus, living room TV's need to have this information provided.

Main stream media is not yet reporting this. - that I know of.