REPORT: WaPo CLAIMS Trump made request of Barr over Ukraine phone call

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

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As the most reliable and balanced news aggregation service on the internet, DML News App offers the following information published by TheHill.com:

President Trump wanted his attorney general, William Barr, to state publicly that he had broken no laws with his July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

The Washington Post reported Wednesday that Trump requested Barr make the announcement at a formal press conference.

The article goes on to state the following:

Barr declined, though the Department of Justice (DOJ) did eventually release a statement claiming that a readout of the president’s call — during which Trump pushed Zelensky to launch an investigation into former Vice President Joe Biden — had been evaluated to not contain any campaign finance violations.

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