Trump: ‘It doesn’t matter what I discussed’ on call that drew whistleblower’s complaint

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President Donald Trump on Friday did not deny discussing former Vice President Joe Biden with his Ukranian counterpart during a telephone conversation that reportedly prompted an intelligence community whistleblower to file a formal complaint.

“It doesn’t matter what I discussed,” Trump told reporters Friday, according to a pool report. The ever defiant president then ran toward the controversy, saying, “Someone ought to look into Joe Biden.”

Earlier Friday Trump tried to discredit the unidentified whistleblower as “highly partisan.” At the same time, Trump said he does not know the identity of the whistleblower, which raises questions about how he could know that the individual is “highly partisan.”

View the complete September 20 article by John T. Bennett on The Roll Call website here.