Top House Republican says 2015 Blinken speech contradicts Biden White House narrative on Shokin: 'Alarming'

Rep. Elise Stefanik , R-N.Y., accuses President Biden of "corruptly [changing] the United States ’ policy towards Ukraine ," during the Obama administration.

She points to a speech from now-Secretary of State Antony Blinken praising Ukraine 's "anti-corruption" efforts when Viktor Shokin was the country’s prosecutor general.

The timing of Blinken 's praise toward the Ukraine government in March 2015 raises questions about the White House's insistence that then-Vice President Joe Biden pushed for Shokin 's firing because he was not fulfilling his duties.

Prosecutor General Shokin was fired in March 2016 after months of public pressure from Vice President Biden .

Biden traveled to Ukraine days three days later , where he threatened to withhold $1 billion in aid money.

Biden recounted his closed-door conversations with Ukrainian President Poroshenko during the 2015 trip.

Shokin said he was fired by Poroshenko at Biden ’s insistence specifically because he was investigating Burisma .