Trump admits he discussed Biden during call with Ukrainian president

Donald Trump.
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President Trump on Sunday acknowledged that he talked about former Vice President Joe Biden's son, Hunter, during a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in July, but defended the conversation, saying he was talking about "all of the corruption taking place."

Trump told reporters he congratulated Zelensky on his election, and told him "we don't want our people like the vice president and his son creating to the corruption already in the Ukraine." Trump and his lawyer Rudy Giuliani have been accusing Hunter Biden of corruption linked to his business in Ukraine, with little evidence, and Giuliani has publicly said he did pressure Ukrainian officials to investigate the Bidens.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.