A good
summary from Sheryl Attkinson of the only part of the impeachment testimony that bore on what would be the nub of the controversy if sane people were running the show.
George Kent, Deputy Asst. Secretary of State testified that the Obama administration pressed Ukraine to investigate the Ukrainian energy company Burisma long before President Trump sought an investigation.
Kent agrees today that Burisma should be “fully investigated,” as President Trump has asked.
Kent explained the history of Burisma corruption. He alleged that Burisma CEO Mykola Zlochevsky, formerly part of the pro-Russian Ukrainian government (2010-2012), was guilty of self dealing and corruption. Zlochevsky then went on to found Burisma, the largest private gas company in that nation.
Kent stated that in December 2014, a bribe was paid within Ukraine to make an investigation into Zlochevsky’s crimes “go away.” Kent says the bribed official fled Ukraine as the U.S. pressed Ukrainian officials to answer why prosecutors closed the case.
Read the whole thing, there's lots more.
3 comments:
Byron York, Sharyl Atkisson, John Solomon have all become must-reads for me, just to stay sane in this nutty atmosphere.
It infuriates me that even with the aid of probably illegal and abusive surveillance of peripheral members of the Trump campaign (useful only as a fig leaf to allow upstream surveillance of their real targets), these jackwagons couldn't make their case against Trump. The press had dealt out constant coverage of "what-if???" scenarios, backed by anonymous sources and hearsay.
But journalists who actually back up their coverage with actual government documents, obtained legally by FOIA are dismissed as "conspiracy theorists".
/end rant
John Solomon has been my hero for a while.
You know he's hit a nerve when you see journalists openly attacking him for doing the investigative spadework they can't be bothered to do.
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