Ex-top Ukraine prosecutor claims refusal to open Hunter Biden inquiry a reason for firing

Published May 7, 2021 12:00am ET



A former top Ukraine prosecutor said he believes one reason he was fired last year was for refusing to open an investigation into a Ukrainian gas company that employed Hunter Biden, the 51-year-old son of President Joe Biden, on its board.

Rouslan Riaboshapka, who served as prosecutor general of Ukraine from August 2019 to March 2020, pointed to the recently released transcript of a July 2019 call between Andriy Yermak, chief of staff to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and former President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani.

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