allegedly pressured lutsenko's presented cess -- because that officials company burisma and former vice president biden's son. mr. lutsenko also claimed he had never received 4.4 million in u.s. funds intended for his office and that there was a tape of a ukrainian official saying he was trying to help hillary clinton win the 2016 election. finally, mr. lutsenko publicly claimed that ambassador yovanovitch had given him a do not prosecute list containing the names of her supposed allies and allegation the state department called an outright fabrication and mr. lutsenko later retracted. he said that as a result of these allegations ambassador yovanovitch would face serious problems in the united states. public opinion polls indicated ukrainians generally did not believe mr. lutsenko's allegations. and march 22 president poroshenko issued a statement in support of ambassador