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Trump doubles down on call to investigate Biden after whistleblower complaint: 'That's the real story' | TheHill

posted onSeptember 23, 2019
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Article snippet: MORE's dealings with Ukraine to be investigated amid reports of a whistleblower who is said to have raised concerns about the president's interaction with a foreign leader who may have been Ukraine's president. "Now the Fake News Media says I 'pressured the Ukrainian President at least 8 times during my telephone call with him.' This supposedly comes from a so-called 'whistleblower' who they say doesn’t even have a first hand account of what was said," the president tweeted Sunday evening. "Breaking News: The Ukrainian Government just said they weren’t pressured at all during the 'nice' call. Sleepy Joe Biden, on the other hand, forced a tough prosecutor out from investigating his son’s company by threat of not giving big dollars to Ukraine. That’s the real story!" he added. The Washington Post reported last week that a whistleblower in the intelligence community filed a complaint about Trump's interaction with a foreign leader.  On Friday, multiple outlets reported that Trump had pressured Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate Biden's son Hunter Biden during a July call. Trump has not denied that he urged Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden. Earlier Sunday, speaking to reporters outside the White House, Trump insisted there was no quid pro quo involved in the talks with the Ukrainian president, calling it a "perfect conversation." Instead, Trump has questioned why the media is not paying more attention to the Democratic front-runner's actions. He al... Link to the full article to read more

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