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Trump Attacks Democrats Over Whistleblower Complaint Hearing

Patsy Widakuswara

   WASHINGTON - Still seething over the whistleblower complaint that
   triggered a House of Representatives impeachment query, President
   Donald Trump returned to Washington on Thursday lashing out at
   congressional Democrats and the news media and darkly hinting at
   retribution for government officials who assisted the whistleblower in
   accusing the president of misusing his powers of office.

   Trump returned to the White House from several days in New York
   attending the U.N. General Assembly. He returned the same time the
   House Intelligence Committee was holding a hearing on the
   administration's delay in submitting the whistleblower's complaint to
   Congress.

   The complaint asserts that Trump in a July 25 phone call sought help
   from the new president of Ukraine in digging up dirt about former Vice
   President Joe Biden and his son that would hurt Biden's prospects of
   winning the Democratic presidential nomination and challenging Trump in
   2020.

   Military assistance

   Trump instructed his chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, to hold back nearly
   $400 million in military assistance for Ukraine at least a week before
   the call, according to The Washington Post, to put pressure on the
   Ukrainian leader --a claim Trump bitterly disputes.

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