Trump Says Hell Consider Releasing Transcript Of Call With Ukraine Leader

(Politico) ELEANOR MUELLER 09/22/2019 11:05 AM President Donald Trump on Sunday said he would consider releasing a transcript of a phone call he had with Ukraines leader even though two of his Cabinet secretaries said only hours earlier that such conversations must remain private." Well make a determination about how to release it releasing it saying what we said" the president told reporters in Houston. It was an absolutely perfect conversation. The problem is when youre speaking to foreign leaders you dont want foreign leaders to feel that they shouldnt be speaking openly and good. … You want them to be able to express themselves without knowing that not every single word is going to be going out and going out all over the world." News reports say that Trump pressured officials in Ukraine to undertake an investigation that would damage former Vice President Joe Biden his potential Democratic opponent in 2020. A whistleblower complaint said to involve the presidents actions is now the focus of a battle over congressional review. Those seeking an investigation want to know whether Trump in a July 25 call with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine made U.S. aid contingent on the countrys looking into Bidens son Hunter who had business dealings there. On Sunday morning Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said that the details of Trumps call shouldnt be made public. Those are private conversations between world leaders" Pompeo said on Fox News Sunday." I would leave whether that should be released" to the White House he added.