'We've never had a president of the United States who mortgaged our foreign policy interests,' Watergate journalist Carl Bernstein added.
Trump's Ukraine scandal began after a whistleblower complaint alleged that Trump pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate 2020 Democratic front runner Joe Biden and his son in a July 25 phone call, as Trump held up U.S. aid to Ukraine.
Trump initially acknowledged discussing concerns of"corruption" around the Biden family with Zelensky and was reportedly fine with releasing the transcript of the call, believing it would show he did nothing wrong. Trump is calling the scandal a"witch hunt," as he did former Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into election interference and collusion with Russia in the 2016 election.
Watergate journalist Carl Bernstein, author of the book"A Woman in Charge: The Life of Hillary Rodham Clinton," speaks during a taping of"Meet the Press" at the NBC studios August 5, 2007, in Washington, D.C. Bernstein spoke about similarities between the ongoing impeachment inquiry and the Watergate scandal Friday.Bernstein added,"This is a grave, grave moment—we've never had a president of the United States who mortgaged our foreign policy interests.
The journalist added that the difference between the Trump and Nixon scandals is that in the latter, Republicans were willing to call on the president to leave office and vote on the articles of impeachment.
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