Trump prodded Ukraine leader on Biden claims

In the call, Trump alleged that Biden sought to interfere with a Ukrainian prosecutor's investigation of the former VP's son Hunter.

Update: 2019-09-25 15:34 GMT
Lawmakers have made Trump's request last summer that Ukraine investigate former Vice President Joe Biden the centrepiece of the probe. (Photo: File)

New York: President Donald Trump repeatedly prodded Ukraine's new leader to work with Rudy Giuliani and the US attorney general to investigate Democratic political rival Joe Biden, according to a rough transcript summarizing the call released on Wednesday.

In the call, Trump raised unsubstantiated allegations that Biden sought to interfere with a Ukrainian prosecutor's investigation of the former vice president's son Hunter.

"There's a lot of talk about Biden's son, that Biden stopped the prosecution and a lot of people want to find out about that," Trump said to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

The conversation between the two leaders is one piece of a whistleblower's complaint, which followed the July 25 call.

The complaint is central to the formal impeachment inquiry launched Tuesday by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

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