CNN declines to air Trump 2020 ad pushing Biden-Ukraine connection

By Mike Brest

Published October 3, 2019 6:57pm ET

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CNN declines to air Trump 2020 ad pushing Biden-Ukraine connection — Republican presidential candidate, businessman Donald Trump, speaks during the Republican presidential debate sponsored by CNN, Salem Media Group and the Washington Times at the University of Miami, Thursday, March 10, 2016, in Coral Gables, Fla. | (Wilfredo Lee/AP)

CNN has declined to air a Trump campaign ad that attempts to highlight Joe Biden and his son Hunter’s connections to Ukraine.

The 30-second video, titled “Biden Corruption,” seeks to highlight the former vice president’s role in getting Viktor Shokin, the top Ukrainian prosecutor, fired around the time he was investigating Hunter’s company for corruption. Neither Biden has been implicated in any illegal activities or wrongdoing.

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