Kurt Volker’s testimony shatters Trump’s justification for urging Ukraine to investigate the Bidens

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• The former US special representative to Ukraine in testimony to House lawmakers shattered President Donald Trump's central line of attack against former Vice President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden.
• Trump has alleged that Biden as vice president urged Ukraine to fire a prosecutor, Viktor Shokin, who was investigating a Ukrainian natural gas company Hunter worked for. But the newly released testimony makes clear that Shokin was not investigating Burisma or even corruption cases generally.
• Volker testified that Biden was executing US policy in pushing for Shokin to be ousted, adding that many countries wanted the prosecutor gone because he was not doing his job and not pursuing corruption cases.
• Though Volker's testimony did not offer new information, it's significant given it comes under oath from a former Trump administration appointee.
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Kurt Volker, the former US special representative to Ukraine, directly undermined the central premise behind President Donald Trump's attacks on former Vice President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden.

Trump has justified urging Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate the Bidens by suggesting the former vice president, while still in office, pressured the Ukrainian government to fire a prosecutor, Viktor Shokin, to the benefit of Hunter. 

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