Donald Trump urges China to investigate Joe Biden

US president defiant in the face of impeachment proceedings

Donald Trump
 
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Donald Trump has publicly called on China to investigate Joe Biden, in defiance of an impeachment investigation launched after he made a similar but private request of the Ukrainian prime minister.

“China should start an investigation into the Bidens,” the US president said. “What happened in China is just about as bad as what happened with Ukraine.”

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