Whistleblower complaint related to Pres. Trump's Ukraine call sparked referral to DOJ's criminal division about whether Trump potentially violated campaign finance law. The division determined there was no campaign finance violation, DOJ says.
The Department of Justice revealed Wednesday that the whistleblower complaint related to President Trump's controversial phone call with the Ukrainian president sparked a referral to the DOJ's criminal division about whether Trump potentially violated campaign finance law.
The official said there was no disagreement among the prosecutors in the criminal division, even among career prosecutors, that the call did not amount to a potential campaign finance violation. The Assistant AG for the Criminal Division made the"final call" to conclude the matter, and said Attorney General William Barr was"not involved in the analysis by the criminal division.
"According to the ICIG, statements made by the President during the call could be viewed as soliciting a foreign campaign contribution in violation of the campaign-finance laws," the OLC opinion said."In the ICIG’s view, the complaint addresses an “urgent concern” for purposes of triggering statutory procedures that require expedited reporting of agency misconduct to the congressional intelligence committees.
"There's a lot of talk about Biden's son, that Biden stopped the prosecution and a lot of people want to find out about that," Trump said, according to the memorandum of the call, which is not verbatim."So whatever you can do with the attorney general that could be great." "I will have Mr. Giuliani give you a call and I am also going to have Attorney General Barr call and we will get to the bottom of it," Trump promised, according to the memo.
"The President has not spoken with the Attorney General about having Ukraine investigate anything relating to former Vice President Biden or his son," 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.
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