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| Democrat Sen. Jeanne Shaheen shuts down Cruz questions on Biden family corruption allegations |
| 2022-12-01 |
| [FoxNews] New Hampshire Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen and Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz got into a heated exchange Tuesday after Shaheen shut down Cruz's questions for an ambassador nominee concerning allegations that then Vice President Joe Biden pressured Ukrainian officials to fire the country's top prosecutor in 2016. Cruz accused the Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairwoman of "covering" for Biden after Shaheen prevented nominee George Kent from answering his questions during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. Kent, who is Biden's choice to be the next ambassador to Estonia, had previously testified as a witness during former President Trump's first impeachment inquiry and told lawmakers that he raised concerns about Hunter Biden's lucrative service on the board of a Ukrainian natural gas company – only to be rebuffed by the Biden administration. The gas company, Burisma Holdings, was under investigation in 2016 by Ukraine's top prosecutor, Viktor Shokin, who himself faced allegations of corruption. In 2018, Biden admitted that while he was vice president, he pushed Ukrainian officials to fire Shokin by threatening to cancel $1 billion of loan guarantees. Cruz asked Kent, "Do you think Joe Biden holding a billion dollars hostage to force the Ukrainian government to fire the prosecutor that is investigating the corrupt oligarch who's paying his son a million dollars a year? Did getting that prosecutor fired benefit that oligarch?" Related: Jeanne Shaheen: 2022-03-04 Dem Senators blame evil Oil Companies for lack of production, high prices Jeanne Shaheen: 2021-12-16 Biden Joint Chiefs Nom Embraces ‘Gender Advisers' for Troops Jeanne Shaheen: 2021-05-12 Democrats' HR1 election bill boosted by liberal dark money group financed by foreign national Related: Ted Cruz: 2022-11-27 Texas Dems Look for the Silver Lining Ted Cruz: 2022-10-05 Biden will attend a fundraiser at Rupert Murdoch's son James multi-million dollar Manhattan home on Thursday to raise more money for Democrats in bid to avoid midterms bloodshed Ted Cruz: 2022-09-15 3 Planeloads of Migrants Arrive at Martha's Vineyard Airport - 1 from San Antonio, 2 from Florida Related: George Kent: 2022-02-04 US diplomat in Kiev sent classified email in 2016 warning that Hunter Biden's business dealings in Ukraine 'undercut the anti-corruption message' his VP father was advancing George Kent: 2022-02-04 Classified State Dept email: Hunter Biden undercut US anticorruption efforts in Ukraine George Kent: 2020-09-20 Norm Eisen: Legal Hatchet Man and Central Operative in the “Color Revolution” Against President Trump |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #1 Looks like the reboot craze has spilled over from movies into State Dept nominees. At least Scooby Doo used new villains each week. Everything else was recycled but there was variety among the perpetrators. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2022-12-01 13:55 |