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Trump Denies Pressuring Ukraine to Probe Company Linked to Biden's Son

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   U.S. President Donald Trump is denying he said anything "wrong" in a
   telephone conversation with the new president of Ukraine during which
   Trump allegedly urged him to investigate the son of former vice
   president and 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden.

   Democrats meanwhile stepped up their criticism of the president for
   what they characterized as an attempt to engage a foreign leader in a
   scheme to damage the candidacy of Trump's leading rival in the 2020
   campaign.

   Trump tweeted Saturday morning he had a "perfectly fine and routine
   conversation" on July 25 with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy
   and that, "Nothing was said that was in any way wrong."

   Trump accused Democrats and the news media of ignoring allegations
   against the Bidens and creating a false story about him.

   "The Fake News Media and their partner, the Democrat (sic) Party, want
   to stay as far away as possible from the Joe Biden demand that the
   Ukrainian Government fire a prosecutor who was investigating his son,
   or they won't get a very large amount of U.S. money, so they fabricate
   ... a story about me ..."

     The Fake News Media and their partner, the Democrat Party, want to
     stay as far away as possible from the Joe Biden demand that the
     Ukrainian Government fire a prosecutor who was investigating his
     son, or they won't get a very large amount of U.S. money, so they
     fabricate a.....
     -- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) [1]September 21, 2019

   Trump urged Zelenskiy about eight times during their conversation to
   investigate Biden's son, according to news reports citing people
   familiar with the matter. The sources were quoted saying Trump's intent
   was to get Zelenskiy to collaborate with Trump lawyer Rudolph Giuliani
   on an investigation that could undermine Biden.

   Ukrainian Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko on Saturday denied Trump had
   pressured Zelenskiy during the call, telling the media outlet Hromadski
   that Ukraine would not take sides in U.S. politics even if the country
   was in a position to do so.

References

   1. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1175387095814348802?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

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