Heres what i know. I know trump deserves to be investigated. He is violating every basic norm of a president. You should be asking him the question, why is he on the phone with a foreign leader trying to intimidate a foreign leader if thats what happened . You should be looking at trump. Trump is doing this because he knows ill beat him like a drum and he is using the abuse of power and every element of the presidency to try to do something to smear me. Everybody looked at this. And everybody said there is nothing there. This centers on a conversation President Trump had at the end of july with the ukrainian president which prompted a whistle blower complaint to the Intelligence Community Inspector General a source telling cnn during the call trump pressed ukraines president to investigate joe bidens son hunter who once worked for a Ukrainian Energy company. Its important to note there is no evidence of wrongdoing by either joe or hunter biden. In a tweet today the president insisted,
Abuse of power, a leasing a statement that reads in part if these reports are true, then there is truly no bottom to President Trumps willingness to abuse his power and debase our country. Weve got Team Coverage of this story. Matthew chance is in ukraine. But were going to begin with s Sarah Westwood at the white house. The president was talking more about this call today. Whats he saying . Reporter thats right, President Trump continuing to defend himself this morning calling this conversation a perfectly fine and routine discussion with the ukrainian president , also labeling this entire situation a ukraine witch hunt. A source says in a july 25th phone call between ukrainian president zelensky and President Trump, trump asked the ukrainians to investigate hunter biden, son of joe biden. Theres no evidence that he offered anything in return but that call is the subject of a controversial whistleblower complaint, one that an unknown person made to the Intelligence Communitys watchdog
Do more than deal with the Climate Change threat. Right now in battery park in new york city, a huge crowd is waiting to hear from teenage Swedish Environmental activist bretta thunberg who started a global movement. As this is unfolding, new developments in the potentially explosive whistle blower complaint by an Intelligence Officer regarding a phone call President Trump had with a foreign leader. New reporting from the Washington Post thursday night and the New York Times says ukraine is at the center of that complaint. Nbc news has not confirmed that, but in the oval office today, it was very much on President Trumps mind. I dont know the identity of the whistle blower meaning its a partisan person but i dont have any idea. I can say that it was a totally appropriate conversation. It was actually a beautiful conversation. Did you speak with joe biden during the conversation . I dont want to talk about any conversation other than to say great conversation. Totally appropriate conver
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