Responding to the release of a memorandum from a July phone call with President Trump on Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said at the UN that he doesn’t want be involved in “democratic, open elections” in the U.S.
ZELENSKY: “I think you read everything. I think you read text. I’m sorry, but I don’t want to be involved to democratic open … elections. Elections of USA. No. Sure, we had, I think, good phone call. It was normal. We spoke about many things, and I — so I think and you read it that nobody pushed me.”
TRUMP: “In other words, no pressure.”
The big picture: The memorandum released by the White House confirmed that Trump asked Zelensky to work with his attorney Rudy Giuliani and Attorney General Bill Barr to investigate unsupported corruption allegations against Joe Biden.
View the complete September 25 article by Zachary Basu on the Axios website here.