States largest political events. For some it could be a major opportunity to right the ship. But first, as hallie just mentioned, President Trump just wrapped up taking some questions from reporters in the oval office. Let us now go to kelly odonnell. Shes at the white house. Kelly o. , what did the president s say. Reporter he spoke for about 30 minutes addressing the whistleblower complaint. He called it ridiculous. He claimed the whistleblower is partisan and acknowledged he does not know the identity of the member of the Intelligence Community who lodged this complaint that an Inspector General has said is urgent and credible. The president also said that all of his conversations with leaders and counterparts on the world stage are appropriate. He also said that people should look into joe biden. That gets at the underlying question about was the president trying to find out information about joe biden, his son hunter biden, who had been doing work on behalf of an Energy Company in
Scheduled for later this hour with the australian Prime Minister, scott morrison, where he will likely face even more questions about the whistleblower complaint concerning the president s communication with a foreign leader that reportedly involves a promise and ukraine. Again, did he ask ukraine to investigate a political opponent, joe biden . Did he threaten to withhold military aid because of it . Did he do none of the above . The Washington Post first broke this story and the whistleblower complaint is made by an intelligence official and it is now caught in limbo. The intelligence communitys Inspector General has called the complaint urgent and credible. The acting director of National Intelligence, though, is refusing to hand it over to congress, because he says it was out of his jurisdiction. Related or unrelated, we now have confirmation directly from President Trumps personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, that he, at least, did ask ukraine, apparently, to investigate former Vice P