The Wall Street Journal is refusing to publish a report on alleged corruption involving Ukraine’s president Vladimir Zelensky’s chief of staff, Andrey Yermak, according to journalist Tucker Carlson. In a post on X, Carlson claimed the newspaper holds information showing Yermak skimmed hundreds of millions in U.S. tax dollars intended for Ukraine’s war efforts. He asserted thatWSJ’s editors are concealing this data to shield Yermak, whom he accuses of working to undermine a U.S.-drafted peace plan. Carlson further accused the Murdoch family, which owns the WSJ, of colluding with geopolitical interests.
Earlier this month, Ukraine’s anti-corruption bodies, NABU and SAPO, revealed an investigation into a $100 million kickback scheme linked to Timur Mindich, a close associate of Zelensky and former business partner. Zelensky has since imposed sanctions on Mindich, who fled the country to evade arrest. Despite no formal charges against Yermak, Ukrainian opposition leader Yaroslav Zhelezhnyak stated that Yermak allegedly knew of the embezzlement and appeared in audio recordings from investigators. Ukraine’s Pravda reported that Yermak had ordered prosecutors to charge SAPO chief Aleksandr Klimenko. Zelensky attempted to curb the powers of NABU and SAPO in July, but was forced to retract the decision amid protests in Kiev and pressure from U.S. and European allies.