President Trump reportedly pressured the president of Ukraine during a July phone call to investigate the son of Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden.
The Wall Street Journal first reported Friday that Trump told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky roughly eight times to work with his personal attorney, former New York MayorRudy Giuliani, 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.
NEW: @JoeBiden responds to report on Trump advocating for Ukrainian officials to investigate his son—he says not one outlet has given credence to the president’s assertions: @CBSNews pic.twitter.com/cf9GrioXNL
— Bo Erickson (@BoKnowsNews) September 20, 2019
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Trump asked Ukraine president to investigate Joe Biden's son eight times in one phone call: report https://t.co/BzQUVMPbq3 pic.twitter.com/kkE8kGRYHT
— The Hill (@thehill) September 21, 2019
It's funny, bullying Ukraine used to be Putin's job.
Back when we were a real country, anyway. https://t.co/HU9IFL1Oy4
— Molly McKew (@MollyMcKew) September 20, 2019
Seriously, how stupid do you have to be to shake down a foreign head of state to go after your domestic political foes in an OFFICIAL president-2-president phone call?
Federal records, anyone?
We all know Trump is lazy, dumb & arrogant, but this one takes the Cheeto Jesus cake.
— John Schindler (@20committee) September 20, 2019
Gosh, who possibly could have seen this coming?https://t.co/2xIVifc8xL
— John Schindler (@20committee) September 20, 2019
What ever for?https://t.co/xvgcA5eVGl
— John Schindler (@20committee) September 20, 2019
In a couple months, seems we went from “No Collusion” to “All Collusion, All The Time” https://t.co/thYNoeCZRu
— Clint Watts (@selectedwisdom) September 20, 2019
Two thoughts:
1. At this point, the only remedy is impeachment.
2. History will not be kind to Republicans who sold their soul and/or remained silent in the face of this President’s corrupt abuse of power and attack on our democratic institutions.
Have a good night.
— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) September 21, 2019
If you’re waiting on a life-and-death loan and the president of the bank calls you up and asks for a personal favor, you don’t need him to say the words “do it or you won’t get the loan” to grasp the potential consequences of refusing
— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) September 20, 2019
FRONT PAGE of @nytimes Saturday Edition:
"PRESIDENT ASKED UKRAINE'S LEADER FOR BIDEN INQUIRY" pic.twitter.com/2LJ55OVWHj
— Matt Rogers 🎙 (@Politidope) September 21, 2019
1. What Trump did from the WSJ story *alone* is impeachable.
2. The Biden story is false, but it is also irrelevant to what Trump has already done.
3. The whistleblower story is also now irrelevant to impeachment if the WSJ story is true, except that it makes it *worse*.— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) September 21, 2019
Well, he's also engaging in an astonishing abuse of power – far beyond Watergate – by trying to get a foreign power to do his bidding against a U.S. citizen and political opponent. Blocking release of the letter is just a part of that. https://t.co/eGzTSaKMDi
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) September 20, 2019
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