President Trump is wrong to suggest that former Ukrainian chief prosecutor Viktor Shokin was “very good” and “very fair.” Then-Vice President Joe Biden was right to push Shokin out of office. He was a deeply corrupt Ukrainian swamp monster.

I note this in light of the newly released transcript of President Trump’s July 25 call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. That transcript shows Trump told Zelensky he believed Shokin was “very good” and “very fair.” Shokin was fired in 2016 after Biden rightly threatened to withhold U.S. aid from Kiev unless Shokin was fired.