On July 22, 2019, the Washington Post wrote the fired prosecutor General Shokin believes his ouster was because of his interest in the company, end quote. Referring to Burisma, The Post further wrote that had he remained in his post, he would have questioned Hunter Biden on July 25, 2019. Three days later, President Trump speaks with President Zelensky. He says, the other thing, there's a lot of talk about Biden's son, that Biden stopped the prosecution, and a lot of people want to find out about that. (28:45–29:01)
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Asserts that the Washington Post reported Shokin would have questioned Hunter Biden if he remained in his position.
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