Friday, January 28, 2022

House Republicans Demand Release of Biden-Zelensky Transcript

Republicans in the House of Representatives are calling on President Joe Biden to release the transcript of his call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky about a possible Russian invasion of the country.

The House Republican Conference pointed to a video of Biden's remarks in 2019 calling on then President Donald Trump to release the transcript of a phone call he had with Zelensky.

The Twitter account for House Republicans sent a series of tweets on Thursday demanding that Biden release the transcript, as well as examples of Biden and other Democrats calling for the Trump-Zelensky transcript to be released in 2019.

The account's pinned tweet is currently a 2019 video of Biden calling for the release of the Trump-Zelensky transcript.

"I'm calling for the president to release the transcript of the call," Biden said at the time.

A transcript of the call showed that Trump had asked Zelensky to investigate Biden, who was then the former vice president and considered to be a strong contender for the Democratic presidential nomination.

CNN reported on Thursday that a senior Ukrainian official had said the call between Biden and Zelensky involved a disagreement about the "Risk levels" of a Russian attack.

https://www.newsweek.com/house-republicans-demand-release-biden-zelensky-transcript-disputed-cnn-report-ukraine-1673860 

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