"Nobody can put pressure on me, I'm the president of an independent country, only one person can put pressure on me - just my son, who is six years old," said Ukraine's President, Volodymyr Selenskyj, the reporter on the state television network Rossiya 24 in New York.
For days, US President Donald Trump has been under pressure for attempting to persuade Selenskyj, during a telephone conversation, to investigate Joe Biden's son. Biden wants to become the next presidential candidate of the Democrats. Nancy Pelosi, spokeswoman for the Democrats in the House of Representatives, has announced that she intends to initiate impeachment proceedings against Trump.
Biden's son, Hunter Biden, has worked for the board of the Ukrainian gas company Burisma since 2014. This belongs to a former minister of ex-president Viktor Yanukovych; against the owner was investigated for corruption.
Did Trump want to negotiate a deal?
Trump is said to have asked Selenskyj several times to work with his lawyer Rudy Giuliani to initiate the investigation against Hunter Biden. At the time of the telephone conversation with Selensky, Trump returned an already promised military aid for Kiev in the millions; Meanwhile the money was released.
The allegation is in the air, Trump may have wanted to negotiate a deal: financial support for Kiev against information from Ukraine for a smear campaign against a political competitor - Biden. Trump has indirectly confirmed to have talked to Selenskyj about the Democratic US politician.
Selenskyj is in a difficult situation. He goes to Trump's request and urges the judiciary to investigate Hunter Biden, the charge would be that he had interfered to the disadvantage of the Democrats in the US presidential election. If he lets Trump run aground, he has the White House against him.
