Trump asked Ukraine's president for a “favor” involving political investigations
Reporting and findings
- documented
The White House call memorandum records Trump asking President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to “do us a favor” and raising CrowdStrike and the Bidens after Zelenskyy discussed buying United States weapons.
- The White House: Memorandum of Telephone Conversation: President Trump and President ZelenskyyPages 2–4; memorandum caution on page 1
Summary and current status
The official call memorandum documents the request; it was not a verbatim transcript.
People and organizations
- July 2019 Trump-Zelenskyy calldocumented presidential call
- Donald J. Trumppresident making the request
Relationships in this file
- Donald J. Trumpasked Ukraine's president for a favor involving investigationsJuly 2019 Trump-Zelenskyy call