{"id":5257,"date":"2019-09-25T09:49:57","date_gmt":"2019-09-25T14:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/?p=5257"},"modified":"2019-09-26T06:03:27","modified_gmt":"2019-09-26T11:03:27","slug":"trump-asked-ukraine-president-to-help-with-doj-probe-of-2016-election-interference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/politics\/trump-asked-ukraine-president-to-help-with-doj-probe-of-2016-election-interference-20190925","title":{"rendered":"Trump Asked Ukraine President To Help With DOJ Probe Of 2016 Election Interference"},"content":{"rendered":"

On July 25, President Trump spoke to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the phone- something that a large part of media and Democrats misrepresented as an abuse of office, causing them to open a formal impeachment inquiry on Tuesday, September 24. On Wednesday the transcript of the phone call was released, and instead of containing thirty minutes of pressuring Mr. Zelensky to dig up dirt on former Vice President Joe Biden, it was, instead, largely about attempting to get to the bottom of foreign interference in U.S. elections.<\/p>\n

A Phone Call<\/h2>\n

A phone transcript, released on Wednesday, contained a conversation between two world leaders.<\/p>\n

Trump, congratulates Mr. Zelensky on his party’s win in recent elections, the two presidents discuss ways to come together and work on energy independence, how to up the European Unions support of Ukraine, and how to restrain Russia via sanctions.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, the day before the official transcripts of the call were released [1]<\/sup><\/a>, an official impeachment inquiry was formed- after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi claimed that the phone call was a violation of the law.<\/p>\n

On September 25, Trump authorized the release of the transcripts to the public, fully declassified.<\/p>\n

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….You will see it was a very friendly and totally appropriate call. No pressure and, unlike 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!<\/p>\n

\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 24, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n