Vice President Mike Pence said on Wednesday that he has no objection to the White House releasing transcripts of his conversations with the Ukrainian president.
WASHINGTON – Vice President Mike Pence said on Wednesday that he has no problem with the White House releasing transcripts of his conversations with the Ukrainian president, a move he said White House lawyers are considering even as the administration has refused to turn over other documents requested by House Democrats as part of their impeachment inquiry.
Pence responded that he never discussed the Bidens with Zelensky, that Zelensky has said he was not pressured, that the summary of Trump's call with Zelensky doesn't show a quid pro quo and that the issue of military aid was"from my experience" not connected to Trump's interest in the Bidens. But when Pence was asked Wednesday by reporters if it's OK for Trump to ask a foreign country to investigate a political rival, the vice president denied that's what Trump has done.Text messages between U.S. diplomats released last week by House Democrats show a months-long effort to push Ukraine's newly elected president to publicly promise he would order an investigation into Biden's son and also probe a conspiracy theory about Ukraine's alleged role in the 2016 U.S.
The requested materials include those relating to Pence's in-person meeting with Zelensky in Poland in September and a call a few weeks later. Reporters asked Pence Wednesday whether he maintains the position he took on foreign interference during the 2016 vice presidential debate when he called it improper for the Clinton Foundation to have accepted tens of millions of dollars from foreign governments and foreign donors while she was secretary of state.
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