Alas for Biden, his past is catching up with him, again<\/strong>.<\/p>\n While Politico<\/em><\/a> and Marketwatch<\/em><\/a> have dinged Biden over free-trade fails and comments on China, perhaps most damning is a late Wednesday article in the New York Times<\/em><\/a> slamming the former vice president’s major Ukraine conflicts. <\/strong>We reported on this nearly four weeks ago<\/em><\/a> following reporting and interviews with key players by The Hill<\/em><\/a>‘s John Solomon, and it looks bad<\/strong> for Joe<\/strong>.<\/p>\n At the heart of the matter is Biden’s role in threatening Ukraine if they didn’t immediately fire their top prosecutor, General Viktor Shokin – who was leading a wide-ranging corruption investigation into a natural gas firm – Burisma Holdings – which Biden’s son, Hunter, sat on the board of directors. <\/strong><\/p>\n Biden openly bragged about this at a January CFR event.<\/p>\n In his own words, with video cameras rolling, Biden described how<\/a> he threatened Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in March 2016 that the Obama administration would pull $1 billion in U.S. loan guarantees<\/strong>, sending the former Soviet republic toward insolvency, if it didn\u2019t immediately fire Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin. –The Hill<\/em><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/joe%20and%20hunter%201_0.jpg?itok=C2AeowBS)
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