Ukraine Holds More Surprises for Biden

U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden is about to learn an unpleasant lesson about Ukraine: Once you’ve stepped into the country’s politics, there’s no way to emerge unsullied. Recent developments suggest he’ll be fielding questions about a lot more that what President Donald Trump has already slung his way.

Consider the case of Ukrainian billionaire Dmytro Firtash, which could play into one of the conservative blogosphere’s favorite obsessions: the idea that Ukraine played a role in furthering the “witch hunt” — that is, U.S. Democrats’ efforts to find evidence of Trump’s connection to Russian election meddling.