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USA Today: False conspiracy theories allege connection between Biden victory and Ukraine

Published Jan. 16, 2021. Updated Jan. 16 at 1:15 am

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden gestures to the crowd after he delivered his speech in Wilmington, Delaware, on Nov. 7, 2020. Democrat Biden was declared winner of the U.S. presidency Nov. 7, defeating Donald Trump and ending an era that convulsed American politics, shocked the world and left the United States more divided than at any time in decades.

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The claim: Joe Biden was involved in corrupt behavior in Ukraine that is related to the November election

Since near the start of his campaign for the presidency, President-elect Joe Biden has been dogged by accusations of corruption relating to his involvement in the ouster of a top corruption prosecutor in Ukraine.