The $23 million that Vindman testified to ... was NOT American taxpayer money. That transfer occurred BEFORE the American $1 billion LOAN.
It was Ukrainian taxpayer dollars.
And it was part of the reason why the Ukrainian prosecutor general was fired.
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Timeline: Trump, Giuliani, Bidens, and Ukraine (updated)
While giving Shokin a last chance to shape up (Pyatt says, “We want to work with Prosecutor General Shokin so the PGO is leading the fight against corruption.”), the ambassador criticizes “officials at the PGO’s office” for not providing documents that were needed for the British investigation of Burisma owner Zlochevskiy and effectively allowing Zlochevskiy to transfer
$23 million of what Pyatt says were Ukrainian taxpayer assets to Cyprus. In other words, Pyatt is critical of the prosecutor’s office for
not aiding in investigations of Burisma’s owner, which was in line with Biden’s criticism that the office was blocking corruption investigations.
For example, in the case of former Ecology Minister Mykola Zlochevskiy, the
U.K. authorities had seized 23 million dollars in illicit assets that belonged to the Ukrainian people. Officials at the PGO’s office were asked by the U.K to send documents supporting the seizure.