U.S. President Donald Trump repeatedly pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to investigate Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s son, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.
In 2016, President Trump asked Russia to interfere in our elections. In 2020, he’s asking Ukraine to do the same.
If no one is above the law, then we have no choice but to impeach this president.
When will Congress have the courage to act? https://t.co/mHjkKSC3AK
— Beto O’Rourke (@BetoORourke) September 20, 2019
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In a July phone call, Trump urged Zelenskiy about eight times to work with Rudy Giuliani, his personal lawyer, on a probe, the newspaper said.
NEW: Trump in a July phone call repeatedly pressured the president of Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden’s son, urging Volodymyr Zelensky about EIGHT TIMES to work with Rudy Giuliani on a probe, people familiar with the matter say https://t.co/l9wFJWNOBg
— Dustin Volz (@dnvolz) September 20, 2019
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Trump did not mention a provision of foreign aid to Ukraine on the call, one of the people said, according to the Journal. This person did not believe Trump offered the Ukrainian president any quid pro quo for his cooperation on an investigation, the newspaper said.
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Trump made a promise to a foreign leader.
This is part of what he gets in return. https://t.co/jTQ7Jjpktk— Richard W. Painter (@RWPUSA) September 20, 2019
FFS. Are Republicans really going to now argue that if Trump threatened to withhold $250 million in US military aid from the Ukraine unless they dug up dirt on Biden and his son, that it doesn’t constitute an impeachable offense? What a complete crock of shit.
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) September 20, 2019
On phone w/ @ChrisMurphyCT as WSJ story broke. His immediate reaction when I read him the lede: “If it’s true that the president requested that the president of Ukraine interfere in an American election, we are in really dangerous, brand new territory.”https://t.co/Pt2kIxD2N0
— Robert Costa (@costareports) September 20, 2019
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