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Calls for Trump Impeachment Grow After Trump Ukraine Leader Conversation

VOA News

   VOA Ukrainian service reporter Myroslava Gongadze contributed to this
   report

   Democratic lawmakers are considering formally launching an impeachment
   investigation into President Donald Trump Tuesday, following news
   reports that he froze Congressionally-approved funding for Ukraine
   while pushing the country to investigate one of his political rivals.

   Facing mounting pressure, the president pledged Wednesday to release
   the "complete, fully declassified and unredacted" transcript of his
   phone call with Ukraine's leader that is at the center of a debate
   between Congress and the White House over a whistleblower complaint.

   News reports had said Trump pressured Ukraine's president to
   investigate leading Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and his
   son, Hunter, who served for years on the board of a Ukrainian gas
   company.

   "You will see it was a very friendly and totally appropriate call. No
   pressure and, unlike (former Vice President) Joe Biden and his son, NO
   quid pro quo! This is nothing more than a continuation of the Greatest
   and most Destructive Witch Hunt of all time!," Trump said on Twitter
   Tuesday.

     VOA's Ukrainian Service spoke to Ukrainian President Volodymyr
     Zelensky before his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on
     Tuesday at the United Nations General Assembly where he said, "We
     want the U.S. to always support
     Ukraine."[1]#UNGA[2]https://t.co/aYiYjxY1H0
     [3]pic.twitter.com/pLs6S3QBXX
     -- The Voice of America (@VOANews) [4]September 24, 2019

   Earlier he confirmed he had told his staff to withhold about $400
   million in aid to Ukraine days before a phone call with the Ukrainian
   President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

   "As far as withholding funds, those funds were paid," Trump said. "But
   my complaint has always been, and I'd withhold again and I'll continue
   to withhold until such time as Europe and other nations contribute to
   Ukraine."

   Trump has insisted he did nothing wrong during the phone call but also
   acknowledged, "there was pressure put on with respect to Joe Biden.
   What Joe Biden did for his son, that's something they should be looking
   at."

   Biden to call on Congress to impeach Trump

References

   1. https://twitter.com/hashtag/UNGA?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
   2. https://t.co/aYiYjxY1H0
   3. https://t.co/pLs6S3QBXX
   4. https://twitter.com/VOANews/status/1176569238116548609?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

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