While leaving the White House for a trip to Florida, US President Donald Trump told reporters on Thursday (October 3rd) that China should be interested in Joe Biden, who could be his opponent in the next presidential election. in the United States in 2020, as well as his son and businessman, Hunter Biden.
"And by the same token, China should open an investigation into the Biden because what happened in China is just as bad as what happened in Ukraine," said Donald Trump.
Without providing evidence so far, Donald Trump and his lawyer Rudy Giuliani accuse the former vice president of unduly favoring his son's business in Ukraine and China.
In a telephone interview in July, the US president asked his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate Joe and Hunter Biden on suspicion of corruption, the latter having been a director of a Ukrainian gas company.
This request, initially reported by a whistleblower, led the Democratic-backed House of Representatives to open an investigation into impeachment proceedings.
"A fundamental violation of the oath of president"
Donald Trump has frozen $ 400 million of military aid to Ukraine just before submitting his application to Volodymyr Zelensky, the Democrats suspect the Republican President of embezzling US diplomacy for personal purposes.
Reacting to the latest statements by Donald Trump, the Democratic chairman of the House's Intelligence Committee ruled that the White House tenant had broken his oath of office by asking China to investigate Joe Biden.
"That the US President incites a foreign country to interfere once again to promote his campaign by investigating an adversary is a fundamental violation of the oath of office.That jeopardizes our elections. This should be condemned by every member of this institution, Democrats and Republicans, "Adam Schiff told the press.
The committee members of the House auditioned Thursday Kurt Volker. The diplomat resigned last Friday as Donald Trump's special envoy for Ukraine after the publication of the whistleblower's testimony, whose identity remains unknown. In this testimony, it is written that Kurt Volker is trying to "limit the damage" caused by the pressures that Rudy Giuliani wants to exert on Ukraine.
With Reuters