Deep State Media Outlet NPR: "Questions Have Resurfaced" About Ukraine's Corruption

One of the ballsiest propaganda media moves is to just put a lie right in the headline:

Questions have resurfaced? No, the questions have always been there, as ITGuy says; you're just permitting them to be asked now, perhaps because your political priorities have shifted this week. Maybe the Deep State has decided a message needs to be sent to Zelenskyy that he is our dog and he must do as his masters wish, or maybe doggie won't get fed on schedule.

So I guess the fundamental corruption of the Ukrainian government is no long a QAnon Conspiracy Theory pushed by Russian Disinformation Fascists? At least, not for the next few days, anyway?

I'd like to "resurface some questions" about the corrupt oligarchy ruling the US government.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's dismissal of senior officials is casting an inconvenient light on an issue that the Biden administration has largely ignored since the outbreak of war with Russia: Ukraine's history of rampant corruption and shaky governance.

As it presses ahead with providing tens of billions of dollars in military, economic and direct financial support aid to Ukraine and encourages its allies to do the same, the Biden administration is now once again grappling with longstanding worries about Ukraine's suitability as a recipient of massive infusions of American aid.

Those issues, which date back decades and were not an insignificant part of former President Donald Trump's first impeachment, had been largely pushed to the back burner in the immediate run-up to Russia's invasion and during the first months of the conflict as the U.S. and its partners rallied to Ukraine's defense.

But Zelenskyy's weekend firings of his top prosecutor, intelligence chief and other senior officials have resurfaced those concerns and may have inadvertently given fresh attention to allegations of high-level corruption in Kyiv made by one outspoken U.S. lawmaker.

It's a delicate issue for the Biden administration. With billions in aid flowing to Ukraine, the White House continues to make the case for supporting Zelenskyy's government to an American public increasingly focused on domestic issues like high gas prices and inflation. High-profile supporters of Ukraine in both parties also want to avoid a backlash that could make it more difficult to pass future aid packages.

U.S. officials are quick to say that Zelenskyy is well within his right to appoint whomever he wants to senior positions, including the prosecutor general, and remove anyone who he sees as collaborating with Russia.

Yet even as Russian troops were massing near the Ukrainian border last fall, the Biden administration was pushing Zelenskyy to do more to act on corruption -- a perennial U.S. demand going back to Ukraine's early days of independence.

Yeah I remember when Biden demanded that the Ukrainian government fire a prosecutor probing his son's company, Burisma, or lose, what was it, $1.6 billion in US funding.

Corruption sure has been a top priority for the Biden Crime Family. So many business opportunities!

Now, questions have resurfaced about Hunter Biden's laptop.

Posted by: NPR

posted by Ace at 04:01 PM

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