Comments by "Jack Haveman" (@JackHaveman52) on "Hilton on the laughable hypocrisy of Dems’ desperate impeachment gambit" video.

@MrKGatl It was the company that Biden's son was working for that was being investigated. Specifically the founder of the company, Mykola Zlochevsky, who had fled the company in 2014 and was living in London. He was Hunter Biden's boss. This guy had 23 MILLION dollars frozen, in lieu of the results of investigations into his activities. Strangely, shortly after this prosecutor was fired, that 23 millions dollars was released. The following year Zlockevsky was cleared of all charges and he returned to the Ukraine. Next thing you know, he was accused of graft, the result of telephone conversations he had with the current president of the Ukraine at the time. He was also accused of giving out bogus licenses to his own companies when he was Ecology Minister back in 2012. He's left the country again and is now living in Monaco. You have to ask yourself why Hunter Biden was working for an energy company in the Ukraine. He had zero experience in energy, was drummed out of the American military for testing positive for drugs, he couldn't speak the language and his boss benefited from the firing of the prosecutor by his father. That final point might be the only reason he was worth the 63,000 dollars he was making a month as an executive there. Even Marie Yovanovitch was briefed on the poor image of Hunter Biden working for a man who was suspected of corruption. That was revealed in her testimony. It was also mentioned by George Kent in his testimony and was reported on by Politico 3 years ago. The Obama administration wasn't comfortable about this situation, at all, so why wouldn't Trump want to look into it. Especially, with the video available where Joe Biden brags about telling the Ukraines that he was taking his money home with him if they didn't fire this specific prosecutor. Maybe it WAS all innocent but if it had been Donald Trump Jr. working for Burisma and a corrupt owner, would you be so forgiving? I doubt it.
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@americangraffiti6192 Great comment. I agree fully. If you don't like Trump, don't vote for him. I don't like him either but right now, he beats the heck out of anything that the Democrats have. I'm going to set my personal feelings aside and try to assess what he's doing instead of disliking him and then declaring him guilty of every accusation out of that intense dislike. That's bias and it appears that most people don't realise that.
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@zynnfindo4776 If there was malfeasance surrounding the Biden's, an investigation would be the proper thing to do. It doesn't matter who Joe Biden is. Second, they still haven't established that Trump held that aid over Zelensky's head. The phone transcript doesn't say anything about the aid. Ambassador Taylor testified that Zelensky was unaware of any delay in the getting the aid. Zelensky and his Minister of Foreign Affairs have both publicly stated that there was no condition on that aid. So far, there is no evidence that Trump did anything wrong. Lots of accusations but accusations aren't proof of guilt and hearsay evidence isn't better than direct evidence. That's just nuts.
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@zynnfindo4776 Then why was Mykola Zlochevsky, the founder of Burisma living in London and had 23 million dollars in assets frozen? He was cleared AFTER that prosecutor was fired, the following year, and he moved back to the Ukraine. Now he's in trouble for graft and giving licenses to his own companies while he was Minister of Ecology in 2012. He's left the Ukraine again and is living in Monaco right now. The entire situation with the Biden's and Burisma was suspect. Zlochevshy is known to be a corrupt politician and businessman and he hired a guy, Hunter Biden, who had no experience, couldn't speak the language and who was kicked out of the military for failing a drug test. It would seem that the only asset Hunter possessed is that his father was the Vice President of the United States.
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@richarddefortune1329 This week's witnesses had better have more to show than the ones that gave testimony last week. They had nothing and admitted it. One week of nothing. Maybe they'll uncover something this week but I was sure they were going to get Trump with the Mueller report and that was a dud. I also little confidence in Schiff's assessment of facts. He said that he had incontrovertible proof that Trump colluded with the Russians yet he has yet to tell anyone what the proof is. I'm starting to think that the Democrats are trying too hard to wish impeachment. So far, they still haven't proved a thing. It even sounds as if you're wishing for an outcome instead of waiting to hear the testimony in an unbiased manner.
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@MrKGatl Then why was Mykola Zlochevsky cleared of all charges and his frozen assets released when all this was going on? Why is he now under more investigations? The guy has been suspected and accused of corruption for years and has even been called a "mob" boss by Ukrainian politicians and journalists. Even Marie Yovanovitch testified, on Friday, that she had been briefed on the Biden situation. It was an issue and an investigation is warranted, especially with that tape of Biden bragging about threatening to withhold aid unless they fired a prosecutor. A prosecutor who may well have been looking into Burisma in the past. With him gone and a new, friendlier prosecutor in place, that may well be to the advantage of Burisma, it's owner and founder and their employees. They still haven't established any bribery in these hearings. Not even close. All 3 witnesses have said, quite bluntly, that they have no knowledge of bribery. No bombshell evidence, in spite of what the MSM has been trying to push. We're all still waiting for that evidence. Maybe it will show up this week. Maybe not.
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@MrKGatl The Biden situation is that Hunter Biden was working for a man, who had fled the country and had 23 million dollars in bank assets frozen due to possible corruption. The situation is that Joe Biden had the prosecutor, who had led the investigation into Mykola Zlochevsky, Hunter's boss, fired and he did it by using American taxpayer money to put pressure on the Ukraine government to get it done. Had Donald Trump Sr. did that for the boss of Donald Trump Jr., would that seem right to you? I wouldn't like it....yet for some reason, you don't even want to acknowledge that this sounds a bit fishy. Is your hatred of Trump that deep, that you would allow that possible corruption to go unchecked, as long as it GETS Trump?
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@ljones98391 That's all I saw. "I was upset cause I lost my job". Well Duh. Who isn't upset when they lose their job?
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@richarddefortune1329 We do "what(?)" all the time. You never told me what it was the journalist described or what he thought would be quid pro quo. I have to know what he said to know what Mulvaney was confessing to. Zelensky didn't even know the money was being withheld for a period. Ambassador Taylor testified to that. Wouldn't that be an important detail in trying to get someone to do something for you? More to the point, both Zelensky and the Minister for Foreign Affairs for the Ukraine have said that there was no quid pro quo or, to use the updated term, bribery happening. It's rather difficult to prove bribery when the victim is unaware that he's being bribed or extorted or whatever term you use. There still might be evidence of Trump guilt but, so far, it hasn't even come close to a burden of proof.
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@MrKGatl It still hasn't been established that there was a bribe. Apparently, Sondland has testified and I'll see what he had to say but there was no evidence presented in last weeks testimony that proved a bribe. Maybe there is now with Sondland's testimony. I NEVER once said that the Biden's were under investigation. I said that Hunter's boss had fled the country and had 23 million dollars in assets frozen due to corruption allegations. That money was released AFTER the prosecutor was fired and the man was cleared of all charges and returned to the Ukraine. Isn't it convenient that that Zolchensky had an employee, Hunter Biden, whose father was the vice president of the United States and just happened to threaten to withhold money unless a specific prosecutor was fired. How convenient is that. Like I said earlier, if Donald Trump Sr. did that for the boss of Donald Trump Jr., you'd be losing your mind over it. Also, you fail to even mention Crowdstrike and the possibility of Ukraine meddling in the last election. This is rather selective research.
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@MrKGatl Zlochevsky's corruption went back to 2012, when he was Minister of Ecology. Hunter Biden started at Burisma in 2014, the year Zlochevsky fled the Ukraine and had his money frozen. 2 years later, at the end of 2016, that money was released, after the prosecutor was fired at the urging of Joe Biden and others. Strange and inconvenient that suddenly, everything was all good after this prosecutor was gone and that now, with a new president, who has declared a war on Ukraine corruption, Zlochevsky is once again, out of the country facing the same allegations he was cleared of 2 years prior. Is Hunter Biden or his father guilty of anything? I don't know but I do know that this doesn't exactly appear to be clean, either. As it stands, the Ukraine has it's aid, and has had it for months, and there is no information from the Ukraine on Hunter corruption of lack of it. Nothing. So they got their aid and did nothing to get it. All of this information is easy to find but it takes time and you have to sift through a lot of contradictory statements. You have to weigh it up and then check on the veracity of each claim. One thing is indisputable. Joe Biden did brag about getting that prosecutor fired. It's on video and is easily accessed here on YouTube if one wants to see it.
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@richarddefortune1329 You talk about a good investigator, yet you don't seem to know a thing about the corruption of Zlochensky, Hunter Biden's boss. What if Joe Biden pressured to get rid of a prosecutor to take the heat off of his son? Had Donald Sr. done that for Donald Jr. wouldn't that bother you? Or is this just selective outrage? If this was indeed a corrupt act, shouldn't it be investigated? I'd think so. I know you'd want it investigated if it was Donald Sr. doing it. I know this because you're insisting on his guilt right now for what is basically the same thing except Trump is wondering why a person could use American taxpayer money to pressure a foreign government that might be an advantage to his own son. This investigation wouldn't just help the American people but also the Ukrainian people, with a new president who ran on an anti-corruption platform. I would also ask you this. Do you really think that we should be giving aid to a country that we know is the most corrupt country in Europe? You'd think you'd be reluctant to do that. It seems that Trump was. However, the aid was given and if you could show me what the Ukrainians did to get it, that would be evidence to prove quid pro quo. As far as I've seen, the Ukraines did nothing. No investigation into Burisma, no information on Crowdstrike. They just got the aid after the American president was sure that the new Ukraine president was sincere in fighting corruption. That was for is own peace of mind. He never even mentioned it to Zelensky. They didn't even know that the money was being held back. Ambassador Taylor testified to it. How can you have any bribery when the person being bribed doesn't know he's being bribed. You have to tell your victim. This isn't about being for or against Trump. It's about facts. If Taylor says Zelensky didn't know and Zelensky and his Minister of Foreign Affairs didn't know, how is there bribery or quid pro quo. That's something that you're ignoring. Also the fact that the head of Burisma, at the time Biden withheld money, had fled to London and had 23,000,000 dollars of assets frozen due to an investigation. Hunter Biden's boss was avoiding prosecutors in the Ukraine and he is to this day. Once again, this isn't about being a Trump supporter. If you can't show whether Zelensky knew he was being bribed or not, you have no crime.
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