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Trump condemns impeachment investigation Democrat summons to White House

2019-10-03T00:05:22.349Z


[Washington 2nd Reuters]-US President Trump argued on the 2nd about the impeachment investigation that the opposition Democratic Party is proceeding over a telephone conference with the Ukrainian President. Meanwhile, the Democratic Party is


[Washington 2nd Reuters]-US President Trump argued on the 2nd about the impeachment investigation that the opposition Democratic Party is proceeding over a telephone conference with the Ukrainian President. On the other hand, the Democratic Party has indicated a policy to issue a subpoena to the White House for submission of related documents for the meeting.

At a joint press conference with the Finnish president, Mr. Trump accused Reuters of the question of impeachment research, “It ’s the fake news media that contributes to this flick”. In a telephone conference with Mr. Zelensky, he said that the Ukrainian corruption issue was in mind and mentioned that the US has contributed a large amount of money to Ukraine. “I don't want to fund a corrupt country,” he said.

In a telephone conference in July, Mr. Trump raised a suspicion that pressured Mr. Zelensky in search of the investigation of former Vice President Biden, a promising candidate for the Democratic Party of the Opposition, in order to favor the US presidential election next year. . In response, the Democratic House of Representatives launched a formal investigation last week for Trump impeachment.

Chairman of the House Surveillance and Government Reform Commission, Cummings, expressed his intention to issue a subpoena on the 4th requesting the White House to submit Ukrainian documents. Chief Schiff of the House Information Special Committee, who leads the investigation, expressed serious concerns at the press conference on the possibility of the testimony being interrupted by the Trump administration. He pointed out that such acts by Mr. Trump and Mr. Pompeo are regarded as a justice disturbance.

The Trump administration has repeatedly rejected Democratic demands for impeachment investigations. Secretary of State Pompeeo expressed his intention to reject five swearing testimonies from the State Department officials requested by the House Committee, which conducts impeachment investigation. [nL3N26M3RT]

On the 2nd, Mr. Trump and Mr. Zerensky attended the telephone conference in July and admitted that he was listening to the conversation, but Mr. Trump said that the political corruption of the Eastern European countries, economic measures, He said that the content was in line with US policy such as the elimination of the Russian threat in Ukraine, and expressed his understanding that the meeting was appropriate. [nL3N26N2HO]

Russia's President Vladimir Putin also said that there was no evidence that Mr. Trump had put pressure on Mr. Zerensky's telephone conference, and pointed out that there was no problem in requesting an investigation of alleged corruption.

Source: asahi

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