Ukraine's former president says he discussed investments with Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani in 2017, but never discussed Ukrainian companies with U.S. officials. Like many Ukrainians, Poroshenko is trying to distance himself from the US impeachment inquiry.
Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko speaks to media prior the parliament session in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday Oct. 2, 2019.
“We definitely do not want to be involved in the political process inside the United States,” Poroshenko, now a Ukrainian lawmaker, told reporters in parliament Wednesday. Giuliani wants Ukraine to investigate Biden, whose son Hunter served on the board of the Ukrainian gas company Burisma. Trump asked Zelenskiy to “look into” the Bidens in a July phone call that is now at the center of an impeachment inquiry.
But they are worried about one thing: that Ukraine’s role in the Trump affair strengthens Russia’s hand, and hobbles the politically inexperienced Zelenskiy just as he’s trying to tackle the problems that matter to them most: corruption and an armed conflict with Russian-backed separatists in the east that has divided their nation.
A rough transcript of the July phone call between Trump and Zelenskiy shows the Ukrainian leader flattering Trump, criticizing the U.S. ambassador and European leaders, and saying Ukraine’s chief prosecutor is “my guy.”
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