“Trump's Impeachment Process Is Already Underway”. All Because of Phone Call With Zelensky

Biden demands transcript.

Senator from New Jersey and Democratic presidential candidate Cory Booker once again called for the impeachment of the sitting White House occupant Donald Trump — this time over his phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and politically motivated pressure on him.

Richard Painter, a law professor from Minnesota who served as an ethics lawyer in the administration of George W. Bush, says that “Trump's impeachment process is already underway”.

The scandal erupted after an unnamed U.S. intelligence official filed a complaint against the president over his communication with one of the foreign leaders.

According to the Wall Street Journal, that leader was Zelensky, and during the phone call Trump asked the Ukrainian president at least eight times to investigate allegations against the family of former Vice President Joe Biden.

Joe Biden, the frontrunner for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination next year, today demanded from Trump that he “immediately release the transcript of the phone call in question”.

Earlier, the U.S. House of Representatives announced the start of an investigation into attempts by U.S. President's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani to force Ukrainian authorities to conduct two politically motivated investigations under the guise of anti-corruption activity.       

The potential compromising material on Biden is linked to statements by former Ukrainian Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin. He claimed that his dismissal, which Biden openly contributed to, was related to an investigation into schemes at the oil and gas company Burisma, on whose board of directors Biden's son Hunter sat.

Meanwhile, Shokin's deputy Vitaliy Kasko stated that no investigation had actually been conducted at all and there had been no pressure from the U.S. in that direction.