(Bloomberg) -- Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani didn’t rule out the possibility that the president threatened to cut off aid to Ukraine over calls for an investigation into largely discredited allegations against former Vice President Joe Biden and his son.Giuliani first said in response
1 / 2 -- Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani didn’t rule out the possibility that the president threatened to cut off aid to Ukraine over calls for an investigation into largely discredited allegations against former Vice President Joe Biden and his son.
The episode is a preview of the kind of 2020 campaign the country will face if Biden becomes the Democratic nominee. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer demanded on Monday that Majority Leader Mitch McConnell “take immediate action” to keep Trump from withholding a whistle-blower complaint that’s at the center of the allegations. In a letter to McConnell, Schumer also asked the GOP majority to investigate the administration’s handling of security aid to Ukraine.
Story continues“I wouldn’t give Adam Schiff anything,” Giuliani said Monday, alleging without evidence that Schiff is “fixed” and “completely dishonest.”House Speaker Nancy Pelosi also signaled her readiness to take stronger action against Trump.
This time, Trump is accused of pressuring Ukraine into investigating the accusation that Biden tried to interfere in a Ukrainian corruption investigation involving a company connected to his son, Hunter Biden.Former President Barack Obama’s administration, led by Biden -- along with other Western nations -- pressured Ukraine in 2016 to fire then-prosecutor general Viktor Shokin on grounds of corruption. The country’s parliament voted to remove Shokin from office.
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