Yuri Letsenko News Today

Murray, thanks to both of you. Thanks for watching our msnbc special. Find me on weeknights. Its the beet, 6 00 p. M. Eastern. It started as a 30minute phone call between two president s. It erupted into a fullscale scandal that now threatens to bring down donald trump. Today im announcing the house of representatives is moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry. Our president sacrificed our National Security and our constitution for his personal political benefit. Theyve been trying t...

Why is rudy over there now, chris? because theyre all corrupt. this whole trump team is corrupt. thats the bottom line. i think rudy giuliani ultimately ends up in jail for fara violations or some other type of violation related to disclosure and receiving foreign money. >> facing such serious legal consequences, youd think donald trumps personal and tv lawyer, rudy giuliani, would opt to lay low, maybe even hide out at mar-a-lago if he needed a change of scenery. but no. instead, he did what an...

Help giuliani with his conspiracy theories in exchange for, i dont know, some sort of guarantee that he will remain in his office. >> he saw the winds of power shifting, and he decides, ill cooperate with giuliani, because it will help me, help me keep my job? is that what youre saying? >> this is what im saying. >> remember, the u.s. government has tremendous influence in ukraine. letsenko left office in august. could it be that he wants back in? what do you say to your critics who say that you...

And heres where the story gets interesting. ukraines prosecutor general at the time was named victor shokin. it was his job to oversee the investigation into burisma. >> was he an effective prosecutor? >> totally uneffective. he was appointed with the idea to fight against corruption, to be independent. but he has no credibility and no ability to investigate. he is just crooked. >> shokin quickly earned a reputation for protecting powerful friends, including the exiled president, viktor yanukovy...

Prosecuting burisma, the gas company, or lots of other corruption issues. and there was a general agreement that it was time to get him out. >> viktor shokin was formally let go with a vote in ukraines parliament. a new prosecutor general, yuri letsenko, took over the case and moved quickly. burisma was ordered to pay back taxes. hunter biden was found to have broken no laws because the corruption occurred before he joined the board. hunter left the burisma board early this year. >> letsenko as ...

Wasnt doing an adequate job in prosecuting burisma, the gas company, or lots of other corruption issues. and there was a general agreement that it was time to get him out. >> victor shokin was formally let go with a vote in ukraines parliament. a new prosecutor general, yuri letsenko, took over quickly. burisma was ordered to payback taxes. hunter biden was found to have broken no laws because the corruption occurred before he joins the board. hunter left the burisma board early this year. >> le...

His post. help giuliani with his conspiracy theories in exchange for, i dont know, some sort of guarantee that he will remain in his office. >> he saw the winds of power shifting, and he decides, ill cooperate with giuliani, because it will help me, help me keep my job? is that what youre saying? >> this is what im saying. >> remember, the u.s. government has tremendous influence in ukraine. letsenko left office in august. could it be that he wants back in? what do you say to your critics who sa...