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https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-defends-conversation-with-ukraine-leader-11568993176
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-defends-conversation-with-ukraine-leader-11568993176
Trump Repeatedly Pressed Ukraine President to Investigate Biden’s Son
U.S. president didn’t mention foreign aid on July call with Volodymyr Zelensky
President Trump at the White House on Friday. PHOTO: EVAN VUCCI/ASSOCIATED PRESS
By
Alan Cullison,
Rebecca Ballhaus and
Dustin Volz
Updated Sept. 20, 2019 3:32 pm ET
President Trump in a July phone call repeatedly pressured the president of Ukraine to investigate Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden ’s son, urging Volodymyr Zelensky about eight times to work with Rudy Giuliani, his personal lawyer, on a probe, according to people familiar with the matter.
“He told him that he should work with [Mr. Giuliani] on Biden, and that people in Washington wanted to know” whether allegations were true or not, one of the people said. Mr. Trump didn’t mention a provision of foreign aid to Ukraine on the call, said this person, who didn’t believe Mr. Trump offered the Ukrainian president any quid-pro-quo for his cooperation on an investigation.
Mr. Giuliani in June and August met with top Ukrainian officials about the prospect of an investigation, he said in an interview. The Trump lawyer has suggested Mr. Biden as vice president worked to shield from investigation a Ukrainian gas company with ties to his son, Hunter Biden. A Ukrainian official earlier this year said he had no evidence of wrongdoing by Mr. Biden or his son.
After the July call between the two presidents, the Ukrainian government said Mr. Trump had congratulated the new president on his election and expressed hope that his government would push ahead with investigations and corruption probes that had stymied relations between the two countries.
The White House declined to comment. The Biden campaign didn’t respond to a request for comment. Last week, a Biden campaign spokesman said of Mr. Giuliani’s efforts to pressure Ukraine: “This is beneath us as Americans.”
Mr. Trump on Friday defended his July call with Mr. Zelensky as “totally appropriate” but declined to say whether he had asked the Ukrainian leader to investigate Mr. Biden, a former U.S. vice president. “It doesn’t matter what I discussed,” he said.
At the same time, he reiterated his call for an investigation into Mr. Biden’s effort as vice president to oust Ukraine’s prosecutor general. “Somebody ought to look into that," he told reporters.
In recent months, Mr. Giuliani has mounted an extensive effort to pressure Ukraine to do so. He told The Wall Street Journal he met with an official from the Ukrainian prosecutor general’s office in June in Paris, and met with Andriy Yermak, a top aide to Mr. Zelensky in Madrid in August. Mr. Giuliani told the Journal earlier this month that Mr. Yermak assured him the Ukrainian government would “get to the bottom” of the Biden matter.
The August meeting came weeks before the Trump administration began reviewing the status of $250 million in foreign aid to Ukraine, which the administration released earlier this month. Mr. Giuliani said he wasn’t aware of the issue with the funds to Ukraine at the time of the meeting.
He said his meeting with Mr. Yermak was set up by the State Department, and said he briefed the department on their conversation later. The State Department had no immediate comment.
The interactions between the president, Mr. Giuliani and Ukraine have come under scrutiny in recent days in the wake of a whistleblower complaint that a person familiar with the matter said involves the president’s communications with a foreign leader. The complaint, which the Washington Post reported centers on Ukraine, has prompted a new standoff between Congress and the executive branch.
Separately, lawmakers have been investigating whether the president or his lawyer sought to pressure the Ukrainian government to pursue probes in an effort to benefit Mr. Trump’s re-election bid.
choc_cardigan
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I hate the fact I live in this country and feel this. But for you maga trolls this 3d chess. You guys are about to have a rough 2020
Eye Cue DA COLI GAWD
Once tyranny starts, tyranny doesn't stop
Once that "Promise" is leaked, it's a wrap for Trump.
Book it ...
Book it ...
Hood Critic
The Power Circle
:queenhillary:
Eye Cue DA COLI GAWD
Once tyranny starts, tyranny doesn't stop
... for at least the second time.
Is what Hillary wanted to add but digressed lol
Mantis Toboggan M.D.
Drink wolf cola
It’s maybe the ugliest truth about this country. The only question now is if the riots will be reactive or proactive.Been saying this for years. Nothing's gonna change unless these people are afraid for their lives/safety or get killed.
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I am convinced this lady has never had any real intention of impeaching Dotard or holding him accountable. She just wants to continue to fund raise and hope he goes away in 2020. This might be the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard.
YaFingerDealMe
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Get rid of everybody and let’s start over
As long as people are angry enough for those fundraising dollars to come in..............................
choc_cardigan
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Koapa
Superstar
Im officially done with this lady. Who the hell is gonna pass that bill. Just the House right. Not the Senate.
So why waste that time. Just start the impeachment process already. If not, then remove the 25th Amendment dammit. That amendment was put in place for Presidents like this.
The problem is bigger than Pelosi, it's lack of checks and balances. We all want something to be done but the House doesn't really have the power to do much other than open investigations.
Subpoenas will be ignored. The courts are full of Trump cronies. And if the House impeaches the Senate is going to
and then Trump will claim exoneration.