Here are all the documents that lay out the allegations in the Trump-Ukraine scandal
- There are several key documents surrounding the rapidly escalating Ukraine scandal that's threatening Donald Trump's presidency.
- The documents include a declassified whistleblower complaint, a memo on Trump's July 25 phone call with Ukraine's president, a summary of the call from the Ukrainian government, and the Trump administration's talking points on how to handle the scandal.
- The Ukraine scandal has led House Democrats to launch a formal impeachment inquiry into Trump.
A whistleblower complaint that centers around a July 25 phone call between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has sent shockwaves through Washington.
The complaint and ensuing scandal have sparked a formal impeachment inquiry into Trump.
In the call, Trump repeatedly urged Zelensky to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden. The whistleblower complaint said that White House officials were deeply disturbed by the call and worried they'd witnessed Trump "abuse his office for personal gain."
There are a lot of moving parts to this convoluted scandal and it can be difficult to follow, but there are several key documents that can help make sense of it all.
Here are the most important documents surrounding the Trump-Ukraine scandal:
- A memo on the July 25 phone call released by the White House that showed Trump repeatedly pressuring Zelensky to investigate Biden.
- A summary of the call from the Ukrainian government that said "Trump is convinced that the new Ukrainian government will be able to quickly improve image of Ukraine, complete investigation of corruption cases, which inhibited the interaction between Ukraine and the USA."
- The declassified whistleblower complaint, which alleges "Trump has used the power of his office to solicit interference from a foreign country in the 2020 US election."
- The Trump administration's talking points on the Ukraine scandal that the White House accidentally emailed to Democrats.
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- Nancy Pelosi said there's one key reason why she finally moved forward on impeachment