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Here’s the readout of Donald Trump’s call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky

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President Donald Trump speaks on the phone with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in the Oval Office on Jan. 28, 2017.
John Kruzel
By John Kruzel
September 25, 2019
The White House has released a declassified summary of a July 25 telephone call between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The leaders discussed reviving a dormant Ukrainian government investigation into a Ukrainian energy company that Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, served as a board member on while his father was vice president.
 
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