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Trump Asks Ukraine’s Leader to ‘Do Us a Favor’ and Also Urges Inquiry of Biden
The excerpted story below was run in very dramatic print on the front page of "The New York Times". In my opinion, it does not do justice to the egregious actions of Donald Trump; Rudy Giuiliani; William Barr; and The State Department as managed by Donald Trump, however. As today has passed, the actions of the people named above have become clearer and they appear to be totally beyond the bounds of normalcy. In fact, they seem to represent a conspiracy to extort Ukraine to support Donald Trump personally or be deprived of the military equipment to fight its war against Russia, which has invaded it and annexed its terrirory (Crimea). Trump was withholding $390 million of aid that has been appropriated by Congress when he made this phone call asking for the "favor" of having President Zelensky meet with Giuliani and talk to Barr about Vice President Biden!
"WASHINGTON — President Trump urged the president of Ukraine to contact Attorney General William P. Barr about opening a potential corruption investigation connected to former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., according to a transcript of a July phone call at the center of accusations that Mr. Trump pressured a foreign leader to find dirt on a political rival.
'I would like you to do us a favor,' Mr. Trump said in response to President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine raising the prospect of acquiring military equipment from the United States. The president then also asked for another inquiry: that the Ukrainians examine an unsubstantiated theory about stolen Democratic emails.
After a whistle-blower raised concerns about Mr. Trump’s dealings with Ukraine, the director of national intelligence and the inspector general for the intelligence community each referred the complaint for a possible criminal investigation into the president’s actions, according to a Justice Department official.
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During the call, Mr. Trump told Mr. Zelensky that he should be in touch with both Mr. Barr and the president’s personal lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani, according to the transcript released by the White House on Wednesday.
'There is a lot of talk about Biden’s son, that Biden stopped the prosecution, and a lot of people want to find out about that,' Mr. Trump said to Mr. Zelensky during the call, according to the transcript. 'So whatever you can do with the attorney general would be great.'
The five-page document distributed by the White House includes a cautionary note indicating that it was 'not a verbatim transcript' but instead was based on 'notes and recollections of Situation Room Duty officers' and national security staff. But senior administration officials said voice recognition software was used in preparing the 'memorandum of telephone conversation,' which included long, direct quotations.
The Justice Department said Wednesday that Mr. Barr was unaware that Mr. Trump had told Mr. Zelensky that he would contact him. The department said that Mr. Barr has never spoken with Mr. Trump about working with Ukraine to investigate anything related to the Bidens and that he has never spoken with Mr. Giuliani about 'anything related to Ukraine.'
Though rooting out widespread corruption in Ukraine has long been an American foreign policy goal, Mr. Trump referenced Mr. Biden, a leading Democratic candidate for president, during the call. Mr. Trump and Mr. Giuliani have long pushed for Ukrainian officials to examine whether there was any improper overlap between Mr. Biden’s dealings with Ukraine while in office and his son’s position on the board of a Ukrainian energy company."
Point of Information. There are references Trump makes to "the prosecutor" Vice President Biden wanted fired. Trump words his statements as if the firing of a prosecutor in Ukraine were some nefarious plot to protect Hunter Biden who was on the board of a Ukrainian corporation. Trump's rants are about a corrupt prosecutor general, Viktor Shokin, whom Vice President Biden insisted be fired while he he Mr. Biden was publicly representing President Obama. All our European allies agreed with this firing.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/25/...action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage
The excerpted story below was run in very dramatic print on the front page of "The New York Times". In my opinion, it does not do justice to the egregious actions of Donald Trump; Rudy Giuiliani; William Barr; and The State Department as managed by Donald Trump, however. As today has passed, the actions of the people named above have become clearer and they appear to be totally beyond the bounds of normalcy. In fact, they seem to represent a conspiracy to extort Ukraine to support Donald Trump personally or be deprived of the military equipment to fight its war against Russia, which has invaded it and annexed its terrirory (Crimea). Trump was withholding $390 million of aid that has been appropriated by Congress when he made this phone call asking for the "favor" of having President Zelensky meet with Giuliani and talk to Barr about Vice President Biden!
"WASHINGTON — President Trump urged the president of Ukraine to contact Attorney General William P. Barr about opening a potential corruption investigation connected to former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., according to a transcript of a July phone call at the center of accusations that Mr. Trump pressured a foreign leader to find dirt on a political rival.
'I would like you to do us a favor,' Mr. Trump said in response to President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine raising the prospect of acquiring military equipment from the United States. The president then also asked for another inquiry: that the Ukrainians examine an unsubstantiated theory about stolen Democratic emails.
After a whistle-blower raised concerns about Mr. Trump’s dealings with Ukraine, the director of national intelligence and the inspector general for the intelligence community each referred the complaint for a possible criminal investigation into the president’s actions, according to a Justice Department official.
(snip)
During the call, Mr. Trump told Mr. Zelensky that he should be in touch with both Mr. Barr and the president’s personal lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani, according to the transcript released by the White House on Wednesday.
'There is a lot of talk about Biden’s son, that Biden stopped the prosecution, and a lot of people want to find out about that,' Mr. Trump said to Mr. Zelensky during the call, according to the transcript. 'So whatever you can do with the attorney general would be great.'
The five-page document distributed by the White House includes a cautionary note indicating that it was 'not a verbatim transcript' but instead was based on 'notes and recollections of Situation Room Duty officers' and national security staff. But senior administration officials said voice recognition software was used in preparing the 'memorandum of telephone conversation,' which included long, direct quotations.
The Justice Department said Wednesday that Mr. Barr was unaware that Mr. Trump had told Mr. Zelensky that he would contact him. The department said that Mr. Barr has never spoken with Mr. Trump about working with Ukraine to investigate anything related to the Bidens and that he has never spoken with Mr. Giuliani about 'anything related to Ukraine.'
Though rooting out widespread corruption in Ukraine has long been an American foreign policy goal, Mr. Trump referenced Mr. Biden, a leading Democratic candidate for president, during the call. Mr. Trump and Mr. Giuliani have long pushed for Ukrainian officials to examine whether there was any improper overlap between Mr. Biden’s dealings with Ukraine while in office and his son’s position on the board of a Ukrainian energy company."
Point of Information. There are references Trump makes to "the prosecutor" Vice President Biden wanted fired. Trump words his statements as if the firing of a prosecutor in Ukraine were some nefarious plot to protect Hunter Biden who was on the board of a Ukrainian corporation. Trump's rants are about a corrupt prosecutor general, Viktor Shokin, whom Vice President Biden insisted be fired while he he Mr. Biden was publicly representing President Obama. All our European allies agreed with this firing.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/25/...action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage
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