'I think it's ridiculous, it's a witch hunt,' Trump says about impeachment calls amid reports on his call with Ukrainian leader. 'When you see the read out of the call, which I assume you will at some point, you'll understand. That call was perfect.'
President Donald Trump on Monday insisted he put no pressure on the president of Ukraine to investigate Vice President Joe Biden and his son –- but added it “probably possibly” would have been okay had he done so.
He told reporters he is indeed considering releasing the transcript of his call with president of Ukraine in order to set the record straight, even as he said he doesn’t like the precedent it would sets to do so. The president insisted repeatedly that there was nothing wrong with his call, even as he defended the notion that it would be proper for Ukraine to root out any corruption. “I did not make a statement that you have to do this or I'm not going to give you. I wouldn't do that. I wouldn't do that,” Trump said. “With that being said, what I want is I want you know we're giving a lot of money away to Ukraine, and other places.
The president’s call with the newly-elected president of Ukraine over the summer has come under scrutiny in recent days after it was reported that an individual within the intelligence community filed a formal whistleblower complaint over concerns about the call. “The one who’s got the problem is Biden. If you look at what Biden did, Biden did what would they would like to have me to, except there’s one problem, I didn’t do it. What Biden did is a disgrace, what his son did is a disgrace,” Trump said.The president has stopped short of confirming what he told the president of Ukraine but has seemed to acknowledge that he did bring up the topic of the former vice president with the Ukrainian leader.
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