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2025-02-08 12:30:30 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 723437FF6789B0BD750DAA2B361318BA272B439A23CC485E2D61AA616276874A
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The claim is accurate. The 1 billion dollar loan guarantees Biden threatened to withhold were from the USAID program. The guarantees were confirmed in June 2016, 3-4 months after Biden used them as leverage to have the Prosecutor General of Ukraine removed. https://2012-2017.usaid.gov/news-information/press-releases/sep-30-2016-usaid-announces-us-issuance-1-billion-loan-guarantee-government-ukraine
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