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Trump says he's becoming victim of a 'coup' | TheHill

posted onOctober 2, 2019
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Article snippet: MORE. The White House last week released a rough transcript of the July 25 call between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, which showed Trump urging Zelensky to get in touch with his personal attorney and the attorney general to investigate possible wrongdoing by Biden. A whistleblower complaint made public last Thursday shed further light on how the White House sought to conceal the contents of the call by limiting those who had access to the transcript. Trump's tweet on Tuesday mirrored the rhetoric he deployed during former special counsel should be arrested for treason for his exaggerated description of Trump's call with Zelensky. Trump has also been fiercely critical of the whistleblower, deriding them as partisan and questioning whether they are loyal to the country. The president said Monday that the White House is trying to find out who the whistleblower is, and he has claimed that he has the right to interview the individual, despite protections in place to keep the person's identity anonymous. Democrats and some Republicans have pushed back against Trump's attacks on the whistleblower, saying the individual followed the proper protocols in filing their complaint. "No one should be making judgments or pronouncements without hearing from the whistleblower first and carefully following up on the facts," Sen.  Link to the full article to read more

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