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Headline Roundup September 23rd, 2019

President Trump Says He Discussed Joe Biden With The Ukrainian President

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President Trump says he had a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in July during which he discussed Joe Biden and his son Hunter. Trump said he did nothing wrong, and that the reference to Biden and his son in the phone call had to do with corruption concerns over a possible connection between Hunter Biden's business interests in the Ukraine and Joe Biden's 2016 push to oust an Ukrainian prosecutor. Several prominent Democrat lawmakers are calling this phone call an abuse of power within the White House and grounds for Trump's impeachment.

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Trump: Biden discussed in Ukraine call
Trump: Biden discussed in Ukraine call

Washington Times

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President Trump confirmed Sunday that he spoke about former Vice President Joseph R. Biden in a midsummer call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky but said he did nothing wrong, as Democrats warned these latest charges may have “crossed the Rubicon” and into impeachment territory.

Leaving the White House on Sunday, Mr. Trump insisted the conversation that has consumed Washington for several days was “largely congratulatory.”

But, he added, “it was largely corruption — all of the corruption taking place. It was largely the fact that we don’t want our people,...

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Trump admits he discussed Biden with Ukraine, but says he was just worried about corruption
Trump admits he discussed Biden with Ukraine, but says he was just worried about corruption

Vox

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President Trump confirmed on Sunday that he discussed the family of former Vice President Joe Biden during a phone call with Ukraine’s president that sits at the center of a whistleblower’s complaint about alleged abuse of power within the White House. The president argued that he did not do anything wrong during the call, but several prominent Democratic lawmakers are calling the whistleblower complaint grounds for impeachment.

Speaking to reporters Sunday before heading to a rally with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Trump described his July 25 conversation with Ukrainian...

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Trump says he discussed Biden in call with Ukrainian president
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President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he discussed Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden and his son in a call with Ukraine’s president.

Trump’s statement to reporters about his July 25 call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky came as the Democratic leader of a key congressional panel said the pursuit of Trump’s impeachment may be the “only remedy” to the situation.

Trump’s call with Zelensky has been at the center of an escalating battle in Washington since Friday, when news outlets reported that Trump repeatedly asked the Ukrainian leader to...

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