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23 September 2019Joe Biden, Democratic candidate for the presidential elections on 3 November 2020, and his colleagues who preside over the House's investigative commissions, want to read the transcript of the telephone call that Donald Trump made on 25 July with the Ukrainian president and television magnate Volodymyr Zelensky. Reason: for Biden & Co. the dialogue between the presidents contains evidence of crime and this could provoke the impeachment (the state of accusation) towards the president of the United States, putting an end in advance to his mandate. "A new serious chapter of illegality", said the speaker of the Chamber, Nancy Pelosi.What the American president is blamed for
Trump, according to a "whistleblower", a mole from the American intelligence community later picked up by several American and world newspapers, is "guilty" of having put pressure on the Ukrainian president Zelensky to start an investigation (there are eight requests ) on Joe Biden and his son Hunter, a former member of the board of a Ukrainian gas and energy company (Burisma). So a new solicitation from a foreign country in view of the vote, as had already happened with Russia for the 2016 presidential elections (in that case the Russiagate judicial inquiry was opened).
Trump and his computer security advisor Rudy Giuliani, would consider Joe Biden - according to the latest American polls, he is no longer the favorite Democratic president, overtaken by Elizabeth Warren - involved in the dismissal of Viktor Shokin, the Ukrainian prosecutor who investigated the company Ukrainian gas company where Hunter worked.
Desperate Donald Trump knows that I can beat him, so now he's enlisting the help of a foreign government - once again. It is an abuse of power and violates every basic norm of the presidency.
We cannot give him four more years in the White House.https: //t.co/cqhkBUviAs pic.twitter.com/vXmH3lTW6k
Trump wanted a judicial inquiry capable of crippling his democratic rival, in exchange for US military aid to Ukraine. It would therefore be a crime of corruption. Jim Hemes, a democratic member, spoke of "extortion".
Republican response
Trump admitted that he spoke on the phone with Zelensky - the two will be seen on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York - but rejected any accusation of interference, talking about the "usual witch hunt". Also the Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Vadym Prystaiko, denied any kind of pressure on President Zelensky by Trump: "This is an attempt to involve Ukraine in the confrontation between Democrats and Republicans that is taking place in the United States" .
..Breaking News: The Ukrainian Government just said they weren't pressured at all during the "nice" call. Sleepy Joe Biden, on the other hand, forced to prosecute out of investigating his company by threat of giving big dollars to Ukraine. That's the real story!
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 23, 2019According to Trump, the whistleblower's complaint about alleged "promises" is simply "ridiculous". US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that if Biden "behaved inappropriately with the Ukrainian leadership protecting his son, it would be necessary to investigate further". Thursday the intelligence chief, Joseph Maguire, will have to testify before Congress.
Happy to have had a warm meeting with @VP. Grateful that the USA will change its position in support of Ukraine's territorial integrity and sovereignty. We have a lot of spheres for cooperation! Looking forward to meeting @realDonaldTrump to continue our productive dialog! pic.twitter.com/PqtfZqNQ5b
- Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) September 1, 2019