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Joe Biden, repeatedly telling the American public to believe the unlikely scenario that Russia blew up its own Nord Stream pipeline, may not have been telling the truth at all, according to a new column from constitutional expert and law professor Jonathan Turley.

The submerged pipeline was blown up by saboteurs in the waters near Denmark and Sweden in 2022, and a number of suspects emerged, including Ukraine.

Turley noted the truth remains unknown, but now German prosecutors appear to be zeroing in on key Ukrainian individuals.

That's despite Biden's repeated claims to Americans that it was all the Russians.

Turley explained, "This week, a German court issued an arrest warrant for Ukrainian Serhii Kuznietsov, which may finally confirm what was long suspected: that Ukraine was responsible for the 2022 sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines in the waters near Denmark and Sweden.

"The Biden administration may have been given prior warning. It was allegedly told years ago by a Ukrainian whistleblower that a six-person team of Ukrainian special forces was planning to rent a boat, dive to the sea floor and blow up the Nord Stream project. The operation was reportedly led by Gen. Valerii Zaluzhnyi, commander-in-chief of Ukraine's armed forces," he explained.

But after the attack, Biden and media operatives "fueled speculation that Russia had destroyed its own pipeline, despite evidence and logic to the contrary. It was another convenient claim of a Russian false-flag operation that allowed the Biden administration to ignore the possibility that Ukraine had not only engaged in environmental crimes but had also knowingly lied to its allies."

He said the Biden explanation often has been questioned. And the truth may soon be coming as a German court issued an arrest warrant for a Ukrainian "in a move that could prove an embarrassment for not just Volodymyr Zelensky but Joe Biden."

"The suggestion of a Russian attack on a Russian pipeline never seemed logical. However, the administration was funneling billions in support for Ukraine, funding that now exceeds an estimated $180 billion. Having Ukraine sabotage pipelines to our allies would hardly be opportune when many were questioning the costs to U.S. citizens," Turley noted.

"The Biden administration was not alone in running interference for Ukraine, as Zelensky denied responsibility despite mounting evidence to the contrary. When another alleged Ukrainian saboteur was found in Poland, a Polish court blocked the extradition to Germany and ordered his release. The reason? The judge did not base the decision on Ukrainian denials. Instead, he declared that the act had been committed in the name of a just war.

Authorities in Italy took another direction. When the arrest warrant was issued for Kuznietsov, he was ordered extradited.

"If the investigators are correct, it was not just the Ukrainian government that was lying to us. Biden was also presumably informed by the intelligence agencies of this evidence. Yet Biden kept suggesting anyway that the Russians were covering up the truth. He told the public, 'The Russians are pumping out disinformation and lies. We will work with our allies to get to the bottom [of precisely what happened] Just don't listen to what Putin's saying. What he's saying we know is not true,'" the column explained.

And now, while Germans are working to find the truth, "the question is whether the American public will ever be given transparency on our own government's alleged complicity or knowledge. The public was asked to pump billions into a war while the administration allegedly covered up an attack by Ukraine on a Western pipeline — and then may have misled the public. The public also has a right to know if the CIA was told in advance that this attack was coming and either gave tacit approval or said nothing to our allies."

The attack left three of four Nord Stream pipelines inoperable. They were providing natural gas from Russia to Europe.

Russia sought, unsuccessfully, a United Nations investigation. Denmark and Sweden each launched reviews, which failed to identify those responsible. Germany's investigation continues, and it has identified seven suspects, including former members of a diving school in Kyiv.