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“I would like you to do us a favor”: Trump Asked Ukraine President to Investigate Bidens, Speak to Giuliani and Barr

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The party is over.

The White House has released the transcript of the phone call this past July between Donald Trump and Ukraine president Zelenssky. Trump clearly asks Zelenssky to investigate Joe Biden and his son. It’s stunning. Trump tells Zelenssky over and over that he will have Attorney General William Barr call him about it. He also says that Rudy Giuliani will call. You must remember that Giuliani is Trump’s personal lawyer, not a US government employee.

Trump’s words to Zelenssky will be repeated over and over again. “I would like you to do us a favor.” Here’s the full transcript.

 

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Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009, where he covered Michael Jackson, and previously wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine in the mid-1990s, where he covered the O.J. Simpson trial. He also edited Fame magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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