President Trump Responds Says He Has The Right To Request Assistance From Foreign Governments To Investigate Corruption

Daily Mail: Trump lashes out at 'pillaging' Bidens and insists his controversial requests for foreign governments to investigate the father and son was about 'corruption NOT politics'

* Donald Trump maintained Friday that he was right to request assistance from foreign governments to investigate alleged corruption
* Said asks he made of China and Ukraine were not politically motivated
* But he could not provide an example of of a time he asked a foreign government to investigate anyone not named Clinton or Biden
* Defended himself from a barrage of misconduct allegations on his way to a wounded warrior visit
* Claimed his desire for an investigation into the Democratic presidential candidate was not linked to a China trade deal
* Or a meeting at the White House for the Ukrainian president or a belief he could lose the 2020 presidential election to Joe Biden
* 'I don’t care about Biden’s campaign. I care about corruption,' he insisted
* Said he always thought Biden would lose the primary to one of his competitors

Donald Trump maintained Friday that he had an 'obligation' to request assistance from foreign governments to investigate alleged corruption and asks he made of China and Ukraine were not politically motivated in any way.

Trump insisted that the foreign investigations he's demanding are about Hunter Biden 'pillaging these countries and hurting us,' not his father's bid to become the next President of the United States.

While he could not provide an example of of a time he asked a foreign government to investigate anyone not named Clinton or Biden, Trump slapped down a barrage of misconduct allegations on his way out of the White House for a wounded warrior visit.

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Update #1: Trump says his request for China to investigate Joe Biden will not affect trade talks (CNBC)
Update #2: Trump Challenges House On Impeachment Vote. Pelosi: No Requirement For That (NPR)

WNU editor: President Trump's poll numbers are holding steady .... Here’s why Trump’s poll numbers are defying the impeachment mess (CNBC).

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