https://archive.vn/Nj5G3
Derkach, responsible for leaking the call, is facing his own legal problems. Derkach, a pro-Russian Ukrainian politician, was sanctioned by the US Treasury Department last week on charges of foreign interference in the US election.
Derkach has been repeatedly identified as a malign actor by US intelligence agencies, notably gaining attention after meeting with Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani last year to provide information on Biden.
While speaking to the then-vice president, Poroshenko could be heard saying that Biden played "an enormous role in bringing peace to my country, and actually save my country. This is my real feeling."
Biden thanked Poroshenko for his kind words before divulging some of his plans for after he left the White House.
"Well, you're awfully generous. I don't plan on going away. As a private citizen, I plan on staying deeply engaged in the endeavor that you have begun and we have begun.
"At least that's my objective, that's my objective. But if I go beforehand, I'm worried that they don't know enough, they will think I'm trying to game them. They will think I am trying to put them in a corner. They will question my motives in going before they are fully briefed. And I'm sure you understand that, you're a good negotiator," Biden said toward the end of the leaked conversation.
Derkach, responsible for leaking the call, is facing his own legal problems. Derkach, a pro-Russian Ukrainian politician, was sanctioned by the US Treasury Department last week on charges of foreign interference in the US election.
Derkach has been repeatedly identified as a malign actor by US intelligence agencies, notably gaining attention after meeting with Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani last year to provide information on Biden.
While speaking to the then-vice president, Poroshenko could be heard saying that Biden played "an enormous role in bringing peace to my country, and actually save my country. This is my real feeling."
Biden thanked Poroshenko for his kind words before divulging some of his plans for after he left the White House.
"Well, you're awfully generous. I don't plan on going away. As a private citizen, I plan on staying deeply engaged in the endeavor that you have begun and we have begun.
"At least that's my objective, that's my objective. But if I go beforehand, I'm worried that they don't know enough, they will think I'm trying to game them. They will think I am trying to put them in a corner. They will question my motives in going before they are fully briefed. And I'm sure you understand that, you're a good negotiator," Biden said toward the end of the leaked conversation.
https://www.sott.net/article/441528-Oopsies-Joe-Bidens-2016-call-with-ex-Ukraine-President-Petro-Poroshenko-is-leaked
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