WASHINGTON (AP) — Ensnarled in an impeachment investigation over his request for Ukraine to investigate a chief political rival, President Donald Trump Thursday called on another nation to probe former Vice President Joe Biden: China.
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“China should start an investigation into the Bidens,” Trump said in remarks to reporters outside the White House. Trump said he hadn’t directly asked Chinese President Xi Jinping to investigate Biden and his son Hunter but said it’s “certainly something we could start thinking about.”
Trump and personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani have also tried to raise suspicions about Hunter Biden’s business dealings in China, leaning on the writings of conservative author Peter Schweizer. But there is no evidence that the former vice president benefited financially from his son’s business relationships.
Trump’s requests for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to dig up dirt on Biden, as well as Giuliani’s conduct, are at the center of an intelligence community whistleblower complaint that sparked the House Democratic impeachment probe last week.
Trump’s comments came as he publicly acknowledged that his message to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and other officials was to investigate the 2020 Democratic presidential contender. Trump’s accusations of impropriety are unsupported by evidence.
“It’s a very simple answer,” Trump said of his call with Zelenskiy. “They should investigate the Bidens.”
Trump has sought to implicate Biden and his son in the kind of corruption that has long plagued Ukraine. Hunter Biden served on the board of a Ukrainian gas company at the same time his father was leading the Obama administration’s diplomatic dealings with Kyiv. Though the timing raised concerns among anti-corruption advocates, there has been no evidence of wrongdoing by either the former vice president or his son.
Trump lays down the foundation of his own demise every day out of his own mouth. He’s lost his marbles and no one is defending him. No one has the guts to stop him. All this as long time GOP operative Volker is testifying before the IMPEACHMENT HEARING in Congress. What a yutz he is.
The old man clearly has dementia publicly making a statement like that. He seems more unhinged than usual this week and his lawyer Rudy Guiliani seems to have also lost his mind. What’s the next bizarre thing Trump will do? where are the Trump children? Shouldn’t they be involved getting him the help he needs from qualified mental health professionals?
The most serious matter is that this man has command access to the nuclear arsenal
People must simply decide. Do you find it objectionable for the President to beg for help from the Russians, Chinese and Iranians or not? There can be no doubt he does this, but we must decide if we care.
Oh please. Like the impeachment is going to be bipartisan. Everyone knows the Biden’s are corrupt. Joe Biden with or without dirt would have not mace it to the end of the primaries. He can barely stay awake.
Everyone knows the democratic party paid Russia for dirt on Trump And that Hillary And the dnc are the ones that need to be indicted for collution. Same goes up with ukraine and China. Hillary was on national tv asking China to get dirt in Trump and no one is screaming bloody murder.
Is comical the democrats are so worried about cow farts, yet are the biggest single source of bull manure.
Impeachment Will never pass the Senate anyways. You are just making independent and undecided voters run into Trump’s arms everyday with your stupid attacks and calls for economic recession, impeachment and more illegal aliens that will come and steal jobs from blacks and Latinos mainly.