It’s all a hoax, folks, says Trump
THE question of whether or “There was no pressure,” promised. Mr Trump had been not US President Donald nn-
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ment investigation into Mr Mr Zelensky to “look into” ica, with the release d of a White Trump’s actions, setting in Hunter Biden’s actions ahead House transcript of the contrain the first such proceedings of the 2016 election, he did not versation yesterday only in the US since the 1990s threaten to withhold US aid if ramping up the discord. impeachment of Bill Clinton. the probe did not happen.
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