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The final impeachment theory

October 8, 2019

Recent allegations of bribery and potential abuse of power by President Donald Trump in exchange for getting dirt on presidential candidate Joe Biden is the latest scandal rocking Washington. House Democrats have announced that they are formally opening an inquiry into the impeachment of the President of the United States, which is something that doesn’t happen every day. 

 

Ukraine is a country in eastern Europe that was formally apart of the now collapsed Soviet Union. Historically, Ukraine has always had a rocky relationship with Russia, maybe more so now than previous years considering that in 2014, Russian troops invaded part of the country’s territory, the Crimea. Ukrainian citizens protested Russian involvement in their government, ousting President Victor Yanukovych for conspiring with Russia. Now, the United States and most of the world condemn Russia and warn against further interference in Ukrainian sovereignty. Later that same year, then Vice President, Joe Biden, went to Ukraine to deliver U.S. aid. Fast forward a few years to July 2019, and the Washington Post reported that a high-ranking intelligence official had filed a whistleblower complaint about promises that President Trump had made during communication and interaction with a foreign leader. Several news organizations reported that this whistleblower complaint involved President Trump promising aid to Ukraine if they dug up some dirt on Hunter Biden, Joe Biden’s son. Trump himself confirmed part of this story; Hunter Biden was a member of the board of a company called Burisma Holdings, the largest gas company in Ukraine, which was known to have ties to former president of Ukraine Victor Yanukovych. Hunter Biden remained a board member of Burisma until 2019. 

 

News reports are indicating that President Trump may have threatened to withhold 400 million dollars in military aid to Ukraine if it did not investigate Hunter Biden, among other things. The Trump administration had criticized the Obama administration for not providing lethal foreign aid to Ukraine in its fight against Russia. Earlier this year, Congress appropriated almost 400 million dollars in military aid, 250 million dollars in explicit military aid and 150 million dollars going through the state department that can be used for lethal force by the Ukrainians to buy military goods from the Americans. The argument of course being that Ukraine needs that military aid to help it fight against Russia in Crimea and it was even approved by the Pentagon and Congress. However, for months, President Trump froze that military aid. Some reports indicate that government employees were instructed to officiate, or even lie, to Congress regarding the reason why the money was frozen. 

 

 

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