President Trump asked his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, to "Look into" Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden 's son and said he would direct his personal lawyer and the attorney general to reach out to Mr. Zelensky to "Get to the bottom of it," according to a document released by the White House designed to memorialize a July phone call between the leaders.
The president on the call raised a discredited claim that his lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, has been pressing for months: that Mr. Biden as vice president called for the ouster of Ukraine's prosecutor general to protect his son, Hunter, who sat on the board of a company whose owner the prosecutor had investigated.
Ukraine's prosecutor general in May said he had no evidence of wrongdoing by Mr. Biden or his son.
Mr. Trump pointed to Mr. Mueller's testimony before Congress a day earlier, which he said was "incompetent," but added that "a lot" of the special counsel investigation had "started with Ukraine.
Lawmakers are continuing to investigate whether there was a link between the request that Ukraine investigate Mr. Biden and the administration's decision to put a hold on nearly $400 million in aid to Ukraine this summer.
On Tuesday, Mr. Trump confirmed he had asked Mr. Mulvaney to do so, saying he was frustrated that Europe wasn't spending enough to help Ukraine.
They didn't take into consideration that Mr. Trump was withholding aid to Ukraine when they analyzed whether Mr. Trump was committing a campaign-finance violation.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/white-house-to-release-transcript-of-trumps-ukraine-call-as-impeachment-efforts-begin-11569403803?mod=article_inline
The president on the call raised a discredited claim that his lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, has been pressing for months: that Mr. Biden as vice president called for the ouster of Ukraine's prosecutor general to protect his son, Hunter, who sat on the board of a company whose owner the prosecutor had investigated.
Ukraine's prosecutor general in May said he had no evidence of wrongdoing by Mr. Biden or his son.
Mr. Trump pointed to Mr. Mueller's testimony before Congress a day earlier, which he said was "incompetent," but added that "a lot" of the special counsel investigation had "started with Ukraine.
Lawmakers are continuing to investigate whether there was a link between the request that Ukraine investigate Mr. Biden and the administration's decision to put a hold on nearly $400 million in aid to Ukraine this summer.
On Tuesday, Mr. Trump confirmed he had asked Mr. Mulvaney to do so, saying he was frustrated that Europe wasn't spending enough to help Ukraine.
They didn't take into consideration that Mr. Trump was withholding aid to Ukraine when they analyzed whether Mr. Trump was committing a campaign-finance violation.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/white-house-to-release-transcript-of-trumps-ukraine-call-as-impeachment-efforts-begin-11569403803?mod=article_inline
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