Democrats call President Trump's apparent effort to have Ukraine investigate former VP Biden and his family 'the most profound violation of the presidential oath of office' yet — one for which 'there has to be consequences.'
that allegation centers on a"promise" Trump made. In a letter to colleagues Sunday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the administration"will be entering a grave new chapter of lawlessness which will take us into a whole new stage of investigation" if Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire fails to provide the complaint when he testifies in front of the House on Thursday.
Administration officials said Sunday that such transcripts are not released so that foreign leaders and the president can discuss matters candidly, but Schiff said there should be no privilege afforded to discussions that"involve potential corruption or criminality." Some Republicans also expressed concern about the phone call. Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., told"Meet The Press" that while he didn't"know the context" of the phone call between Trump and Zelensky or"what was said,""it is not appropriate for any candidate" to"ask for assistance from a foreign government.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on ABC's"This Week" if Biden"behaved inappropriately, if he was protecting his son and intervened with the Ukrainian leadership in a way that was corrupt, I do think we need to get to the bottom of that." He said he'd allow the White House to explain why they have not released the transcript of the phone call, calling it"rare" that such a transcript would be released.
"The conversation I had was largely congratulatory, with largely corruption, all of the corruption taking place and largely the fact that we don't want our people like Vice President Biden and his son creating the corruption already in the Ukraine and Ukraine has got a lot of problems," Trump said."The new president is saying that he's going to be able to rid the country of corruption, and I said that would be a great thing, we had a great conversation.
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