Trump just tweeted a big call for transparency from Joe Biden, his son Hunter, and Democrats who used influence to try and force Ukraine to do their bidding:
I have informed @GOPLeader Kevin McCarthy and all Republicans in the House that I fully support transparency on so-called whistleblower information but also insist on transparency from Joe Biden and his son Hunter, on the millions of dollars that have been quickly and easily….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 25, 2019
….taken out of Ukraine and China. Additionally, I demand transparency from Democrats that went to Ukraine and attempted to force the new President to do things that they wanted under the form of political threat.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 25, 2019
Smart move by Trump. He’s also bringing this up in a news conference right now.
Since he’s been transparent on this, he’s now calling for them to be transparent. With respect to Joe Biden and his son Hunter, I doubt they will comply because Biden has the most to lose.
With respect to Democrats, Trump is speaking about Senator Chris Murphy who we wrote about this morning, who went to Ukraine and basically told them not to investigate Biden or they would risk Democrat support.
In this news conference, Trump also mentioned Senators Leahy, Durbin, and Menendez who tried to use their influence to get Ukraine to reopen investigations into Trump earlier this year.
Here’s a clip from the ongoing news conference:
Trump says the Democrats, not him, threatened Ukraine's president for political gain pic.twitter.com/0nu4cYyIRT
— Bloomberg TicToc (@tictoc) September 25, 2019