President Trump again invited foreign interference in a U.S. presidential election, publicly calling on China to investigate Democratic political rival Joe Biden
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Thursday again invited foreign interference in a U.S. presidential election by publicly calling on China to investigate Democratic political rival Joe Biden, the kind of request that has already triggered an impeachment inquiry in Congress.
Questioned about whether he had asked Chinese President Xi Jinping to investigate, Trump said: “I haven’t, but it’s certainly something we can start thinking about.”Trump’s appeal to China was particularly striking given that Washington and Beijing are locked in a bitter trade war which has damaged global economic growth. They are due to hold another round of talks in the United States next week.
Trump froze $400 million in U.S. aid to Ukraine shortly before he asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy for the favor, prompting accusations from Democrats that he had misused U.S. foreign policy and taxpayer money for personal political gain.House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy wrote to Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday asking that all efforts surrounding the impeachment inquiry be suspended until “customary rules and procedures are established”.
The investigation has angered Trump, whose volatile presidency survived a two-year federal probe that found Russia had intervened to help him win the White House in 2016.
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