The President, Joe Biden and Ukraine

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Over the weekend, reports of a secret whistle-blower complaint against President Trump turned into allegations that the president had courted foreign interference from Ukraine to hurt a leading Democratic rival, former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. Mr. Trump called the allegations a “witch hunt” and accused Mr. Biden of corruption.

Guest: Michael S. Schmidt, who covers national security and federal investigations for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily (https://www.nytimes.com/thedaily).

Background reading:


President Trump acknowledged that he discussed Mr. Biden during a phone call (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/22/us/politics/trump-impeachment-whistle-blower.html?smid=pc-thedaily) with Ukraine’s president, but he did not directly confirm news reports (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/20/us/politics/trump-whistle-blower-ukraine.html?smid=pc-thedaily) that he had pressured the foreign leader for an investigation.
Here’s what we know about the role of Mr. Biden and his son (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/22/us/politics/biden-ukraine-trump.html?smid=pc-thedaily) Hunter in the controversy.


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