How did Ukraine wind up in the middle of calls to impeach Trump? And what's at stake?
The former Soviet republic, Europe’s second largest country in terms of land area, finds itself thrust into an unwelcome spotlight over President Trump’sinto digging up dirt on his potential rival in 2020, former Vice President Joe Biden.
Ukraine, with a population of about 45 million, is no stranger to superpower geopolitics. It sits next door to Russia, whichAnd it’s not the first time Ukraine has become embroiled in U.S. presidential politics. Trump’s former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, was imprisoned for illegal lobbying in Ukraine for about a decade beginning in 2004 and hiding the proceeds.who once played his country’s president on TV, was elected in May in a landslide.
Zelensky is scheduled to meet with Trump Wednesday at the United Nations, an encounter that’s been supercharged by the burgeoning controversy over a July 25 phone conversation that was flagged by a whistleblower from the U.S. intelligence community. That complaint is now the center of a decision Tuesday by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to call for impeachment proceedings against Trump.
Here’s a look at how Ukraine become part of the biggest story in American politics, and what’s at stake.The whistleblower filed a formal complaint last month after seeing or hearing something that sparked alarm. Multiple news accounts have since pinpointed the call between Trump and Zelensky. The intelligence community’s inspector general deemed the concern an urgent and credible threat to national security.
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