“I would like you to do us a favor though,” Mr. Trump said, asking Mr. Zelensky’s government to work with Attorney General William P. Barr and Mr. Giuliani to pursue the investigations. “The server, they say Ukraine has it.”He went on to bring up the Bidens. “Biden went around bragging that he stopped the prosecution, so if you can look into it.”What Mr. Trump first said in private to Mr. Zelensky, he later said in public. In early October, answering questions from reporters outside the White House, Mr. Trump repeated and expanded on his calls for foreign help in investigating the Bidens. “I would say that President Zelensky, if it were me, I would recommend that they start an investigation into the Bidens,” Mr. Trump said.

Source: New York Times February 05, 2020 07:52 UTC