'Trump's words sound like a threat from the mafia': Democrats insist on impeachment of the US president

According to Speaker of the House of Representatives (Democratic Party) Nancy Pelosi, US President Donald Trump has committed acts that undermine the integrity of the election. Writes about this "Voice of America".

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Nancy Pelosi said the White House transcript of the July telephone conversation between Trump and Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky confirms the need for an investigation into impeachment against Trump.

“The promulgation of the decryption of this call by the White House confirms that the president has committed acts that undermine the integrity of our elections, the dignity of his office and our national security,” said Pelosi.

Meanwhile, Adam Schiff, head of the House Intelligence Committee, said the content of the conversation was even more unacceptable than expected. Schiff claims Trump's words sound like a threat from the mafia.

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In addition, Democratic legislators, chairpersons of the 4 committees of the House of Representatives, issued a joint statement calling for an investigation into the current president’s activities as part of the legal impeachment process.

The US Department of Justice did not find any law violations in a conversation with Trump Zelensky. Writes about this «РИА Новости».

According to a spokeswoman for the US Department of Justice, Kerry Kupek, the Department closed the case.

She stated that the president. In a conversation with US Attorney General William Barr, which is mentioned in the talks between the two leaders, he never raised the topic of the investigation in Ukraine of the case of former vice president Joe Biden.

In a conversation with Zelensky, Trump asked to resume the investigation of Hunter Biden, the son of former US Vice President Joe Biden. Biden Sr. leads the presidential race and may become Trump's opponent in the election.

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Published transcript confirmed that the American leader mentioned the investigation in a conversation with Zelensky. Democrats claim that the US president requested this in exchange for guarantees of assistance to Ukraine, but there is no direct indication in the transcript of the conversation.

Biden's son Hunter served on the board of directors of Burisma Group, one of the largest private gas companies in Ukraine. As US Vice President Biden Sr. in 2016, he demanded a tough anti-corruption policy from Kiev and, as part of this campaign, called for the resignation of the then acting prosecutor general who was investigating the activities of Burisma.

At the same time, Yury Lutsenko, who was the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, stated that he did not have information about offenses by Biden the elder or his son in the country.

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