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Texts show reactions to Trump demands on Ukraine

(AP) Three House committees have released dozens of texts between U.S. diplomats in Ukraine discussing how to handle a response to President Donald Trump’s demands that the country launch an investigation into Joe Biden’s family.

The release follows an almost 10-hour interview with former Ukrainian envoy Kurt Volker. Volker provided the text messages to the committees.

In the texts, Volker and two other diplomats discuss how to navigate Trump’s requests for the probe into his political rival.

In one exchange, Volker and Ambassador Gordon Sondland discussed a draft statement in which the Ukraine government would announce an investigation into the 2016 U.S. presidential election and into a company whose board Biden’s son served on.

Trump’s pressure on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is the subject of the House Democrats’ impeachment investigation.

2 comments

  1. This short summary of the referenced documents and conversation is exactly what I do not like about the main stream media. I see this is the AP summary – ditto. Taking facts (I have to assume they are.) and presenting them in a manner that leads the reader to a selected conclusion. In this case I am left with “evidence” that supports the Democrats’ impeachment initiative.

    Unless you are intending this, the main stream media will pick this narrative, verbatum, and use your posting in a manner to say “Look, even a far right reporting / talk show agrees with us.”

    I feel someone in your organization is being lazy – just like the main stream media.

  2. President Trump’s “DEMANDS” that Ukraine investigate the Bidens? I haven’t read a full transcript of the phone conversation, but I’ve listened to summaries written during the conversation. The summary transcript shows Trump requesting the investigation. It does not show him demanding a single thing. This is negative spin on the part of the Associated Press. And now it has been repeated by most major news outlets.

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