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CNN Refused to run this Trump ad because it has “assertions that have been proven demonstrably false by various news outlets.” This is FAKE NEWS.
The content of the ad has been proven accurate, even in regard to Biden's intent. The Biden Campaign however, tried to force Facebook to remove the ad. Facebook said no!
Below is Trump's Facebook ad
CNN Refused to run this Trump ad because it has “assertions that have been proven demonstrably false by various news outlets.” This is FAKE NEWS.
The content of the ad has been proven accurate, even in regard to Biden's intent. The Biden Campaign however, tried to force Facebook to remove the ad. Facebook said no!
Below is Trump's Facebook ad
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The only assertion (and there is only one) that CNN and the Washington Post, both notorious political hacks that get things right less often than a broken clock, could argue is that Joe Biden didn't demand the firing of the prosecutor in order to protect his son. It is true that no one can know the heart of a man save that man and God Himself. However, one can look at the surrounding circumstances and any alternative actions that may be available in order to infer intent as closely as possible. Francis Menton, writing for the Manhattan Contrarian, a great article worth reading, makes this point on the matter:
In courtroom litigation, motive or intent are often an issue, despite their not being directly observable. As the best-known example, the crime of murder requires intent to kill; without that, it’s only manslaughter, carrying a much lighter penalty. But because the intent cannot be directly observed, it must always be inferred from the surrounding circumstances. For example, the prosecution proves from direct evidence that the husband walked in on his wife and her lover in bed, pulled out a gun, and killed the lover. You can’t directly observe the motive inside the husband’s brain, but is anyone going to believe that this was an “accident”? You make the obvious inference of the intent to kill from the observable facts.
So in order to make a reasonable inference on Joe Biden's intent we must look at the observable facts. In this case there are many to observe, which makes the inference a bit easier in this case. We once again refer back to Francis Menton and his report:
- Burisma is and has been a large company in the natural gas business, based in Ukraine. Going back to early 2014, the principal owner of Burisma has been a wealthy Ukrainian named Mykola Zlochevsky. Zlochevsky was an ally of then Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych.
- Yanukovych and his political party were closely allied with the Putin regime in Russia.
- In February 2014, Yanukovych was ousted in something they call the “Euromaidan Revolution.” He fled Ukraine, and went into exile in Russia. At about the same time, Zlochevsky also fled Ukraine for Russia.
- Also in [June] 2014, as a result of the revolution, a new man named Petro Poroshenko took office as President of Ukraine.
- In March 2014 Vice President Joe Biden became the “point man” for U.S. relations with Ukraine.
- In April 2014, Biden’s son Hunter Biden joined the board of directors of Burisma, at compensation of $50,000 per month (or $600,000 per year). (Some sources put Hunter’s compensation even higher.) Hunter Biden had no previous experience in the energy industry. The $600,000 per year is far more than companies of comparable size typically pay for directors. The younger Biden continued to serve on the Burisma board all the way into 2019.
- In early 2015, the new government of Ukraine appointed Viktor Shokin as head prosecutor to investigate allegations of corruption in the country. As one of his actions, Shokin opened an investigation into Burisma and Zlochevsky (who continued as the principal owner of Burisma despite having fled to Russia).
- In early 2016 Shokin was seeking to arrange an interview of Hunter Biden as part of his investigation of Burisma and Zlochevsky. (From John Solomon at The Hill, September 26, “Shokin told me [that at the time he was fired] he was making plans to question Hunter Biden about $3 million in fees that Biden and his partner, Archer, collected from Burisma through their American firm.”) For background and time line concerning Hunter Biden's business dealings, review this article in the National Review.
- In March 2016, at the time that Shokin was seeking to arrange the interview of Hunter in the Burisma investigation, Joe Biden explicitly threatened Ukraine with the loss of $1 billion or more of U.S. loan guarantees unless they promptly fired Shokin. Joe Biden has openly and publicly bragged about using the threat of withdrawal of the U.S. loan guarantees to get Shokin fired. At this link you will find a video of Biden speaking at an event put on by the publication Foreign Affairs in 2018. Here is the key quote: “So they said they had—they were walking out to a press conference. I said, nah, I’m not going to—or, we’re not going to give you the billion dollars. They said, you have no authority. You’re not the president. The president said—I said, call him. (Laughter.) I said, I’m telling you, you’re not getting the billion dollars. I said, you’re not getting the billion. I’m going to be leaving here in, I think it was about six hours. I looked at them and said: I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor [Shokin] is not fired, you’re not getting the money. Well, son of a b-tch. (Laughter.) He got fired.”
- After Shokin was fired, the investigation of Burisma/Zlochevsky was dropped or at least suspended.
So those are the observable facts. So the question is did Joe Biden have any personal interest in demanding Shokin be fired? I think clearly the answer is yes. Can we deduct that Biden's intent in demanding that Shokin be fired was,at the very least, to protect his son Hunter? Any fair minded person would say yes. If Joe Biden had nefarious motives these facts would substantiate such a claim. Therefore, for CNN, and The Washington Post to claim that the Trump video has “assertions that have been proven demonstrably false by various news outlets.” is simply untrue. The facts don't lie, and those facts support the proclamation of Biden's corrupt intentions. Clearly, the CNN and The Washington Post's assertion is FAKE NEWS!