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Am I right in thinking there's always been something to this? As VP, Biden got his failson a cushy job (that AFAIK he wasn't at all qualified for) at a natural gas company in Ukraine, one of the most corrupt countries in Europe.

Is it just American lib tribalism that prevents them from saying this was not completely on the level, since it's mostly Trumpers going on about Hunter Biden? Obviously they've made up some bullshit too, but the Burisma thing to me is undeniable. I'm assuming there's an element of "Ukraine can't be criticized" at this point too.

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[–] frogloom@hexbear.net 20 points 10 months ago

it’s extremely obvious that there’s corruption, but libs will say that it’s legal so it’s okay. it’s only bad if it’s illegal corruption.

[–] FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 19 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I don't think there is that much more to it than nepotism.

America does industrial corruption, this kind of shit is too low level.

Ukraine literally has a privatisation online store for selling state assets to the west at a huge discount.

[–] chickentendrils@hexbear.net 15 points 10 months ago

Hey! Stop looking at the President's crack-addled son's previous 80K/mo gig on the board of directors at a foreign fossil fuel conglomerate, whose owner at the time is currently wanted by the Ukkkrainian police for bribing prosecutors. Cheeto!

[–] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 14 points 10 months ago

Yeah but it doesn't seem worse than any other given president so the hysterics are just funny

[–] nat_turner_overdrive@hexbear.net 13 points 10 months ago

It's not a coincidence that Biden is backing this Ukraine travesty and used his influence when he was VP to meddle with Ukraine's legal system while his fuckup son was mysteriously on the board of Burisma. I don't know what the details are but there's definitely some kind of corruption going on.

[–] MaxOS@hexbear.net 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Apparently George W. Bush appointed Hunter to be on the board of directors of Amtrak.