Trump slams 'partisan' whistleblower; Biden pushes back

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US President Donald Trump vigorously rejected a whistleblower's claim of wrongdoing, amid reports he used a call with Ukraine's president to pressure him to investigate the son of Trump's Democratic rival Joe Biden.

TRUMP AND THE WHISTLEBLOWER. In this file photo taken on July 23, 2019 US President Donald Trump addresses the Turning Point USA Teen Student Action Summit 2019 in Washington, DC. Photo by Nicholas Kamm/AFP

The Washington Post, citing two unnamed former US officials, said the complaint stemmed from Trump's communications with Ukraine, and a"promise" allegedly made by the president. Suspicions have focused on a July 25 call between Trump and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky, a former comedian elected in May.

"It means that he used the power and resources of the United States to pressure a sovereign nation -- a partner that is still under direct assault from Russia -- pushing Ukraine to subvert the rule of law in the express hope of extracting a political favor," Biden said in a statement. Zelensky inherited an armed conflict against pro-Russian rebels that has killed nearly 13,000 in five years and caused serious economic difficulties.

 

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