Justice Department: Trump never asked Barr to talk to Ukraine
by Jerry Dunleavy
| September 25, 2019 12:06 PM
The Justice Department said Tuesday that President Trump never told Attorney General William Barr to contact Ukraine about any investigation of 2020 Democratic front-runner Joe Biden, apparently distancing itself from Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani’s actions.
“The president has not spoken with the attorney general about having Ukraine investigate anything relating to former Vice President Biden or his son,†DOJ spokeswoman Kerri Kupec said. “The president has not asked the attorney general to contact Ukraine — on this or any other matter. The attorney general has not communicated with Ukraine — on this or any other subject. Nor has the attorney general discussed this matter, or anything relating to Ukraine, with Rudy Giuliani.â€
The DOJ released the statement following the White House’s release of a transcript of the controversial July 25 phone call between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in which Trump suggests that Ukraine should investigate Biden and his son Hunter, who was on the board of a company owned by Ukrainian oligarch Mykola Zlochevsky. Zlochevsky was being investigated by top prosecutor Viktor Shokin.
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