The whistleblower affair surrounding US President Donald Trump and a foreign head of state is becoming ever more explosive. While the White House dismisses the scandal as a hysteria of the media and the political opponent, exactly this now requires plain text.
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has asked Trump to publish the text of the controversial conversation immediately.
Biden referred to US media reports Friday, according to which Trump had phoned Ukrainian President Volodymyr Selenskyj on July 25, urging him to publish compromising information about Biden's son Hunter.
"If those allegations are true, then President Trump's willingness to abuse his power and humiliate our country knows no bounds," Biden said. The former US Vice President spoke of "clear corruption". The least is that Trump "immediately published the transcript of the call in question, so that the American people can judge for themselves."
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Trump called the "Washington Post" suspicion against him "ridiculous" by a secret service employee. The conversation with the foreign politician concerned was not "sensitive" but "completely appropriate". In the short message service Twitter Trump spoke of an attack of the "radical-left Democrats".
Another Fake News story out there - It never ends! Virtually anytime I speak on the phone to a foreign leader, I understand that there are many people in the United States. No problem!
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 19, 2019The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump's "about eight times" phone call had attempted to target Selenskyj on the activities of Hunter Biden, who worked for a Ukrainian gas company since 2014 as Biden's US vice president. For this purpose, Trump has asked Selenskyj to work with his lawyer Rudy Giuliani.
According to the Washington Post, managing National Intelligence Director Joseph Maguire made sure Congress was not informed about the content of the phone call. The Democrats in Congress reacted outraged. Biden is the favorite with the Democratic presidential candidates. He could thus compete against Trump in November 2020.