BREAKING: President Trump repeatedly pushed for Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky to investigate former VP Joe Biden, and his son, Hunter, during a July 25 phone call, according to a transcript of the conversation released by the White House
Trump also asked the Ukrainian leader to work with his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, and US Attorney General William Barr on the issue, the call transcript reveals. "There's a lot of talk about Biden's son, that Biden stopped the prosecution and a lot of people want to find out about that so whatever you can do with the Attorney General would be great. Biden went around bragging that he stopped the prosecution so if you can look into it...
" Read MoreGiuliani, who serves as Trump's personal attorney, has long lobbied Ukraine to investigate Biden's call in 2016 to remove the country's top prosecutor, who at one point had been investigating a Ukrainian natural gas company connected to Hunter Biden. Read Trump's phone conversation with Volodymyr ZelenskyTrump also told Zelensky the US has been"very, very good" to Ukraine.
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