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Trump asked Ukraine president to investigate Biden's son eight times in one phone call: reports | TheHill

posted onSeptember 21, 2019
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Article snippet: MORE. The Wall Street Journal first reported Friday that Trump told Ukrainian President MORE, on the matter. The president's contacts with Ukraine have come under intense scrutiny after an intelligence whistleblower filed a complaint related to his communications with the nation. The White House declined a request for comment. Biden, exiting a campaign event shortly after the story broke, declined to address the report directly but called the allegations of any wrongdoing in Ukraine baseless. “Not one single credible outlet has given any credibility to his assertions — not one single one. And so I have no comment, except the president should start to be president," Biden told reporters. Trump was asked earlier Friday whether he had discussed Biden or his son with the Ukrainian president. Trump did not deny that he had, saying “it doesn’t matter what I discuss.” “But I will say this: Somebody ought to look into Joe Biden's statement, because it was disgraceful,” he added. The president has further dismissed the whistleblower complaint as a “political hack job” and decried the whistleblower as “partisan.” But Trump acknowledged that he has not read the complaint and that he does not know the individual’s identity. He also said he wasn’t aware of the specific call under scrutiny.  Trump’s allies have seized on Biden’s connection to Ukraine in an attempt to paint the former Delaware senator and front-runner for the 2020 Democratic nomination as corrupt. Biden’s son, ... Link to the full article to read more

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