Twitter has removed a video that President Donald Trump posted, which featured former Vice President Joe Biden and his son in a music video clip, after a claim from the song’s copyright holder.
The video, which is accompanied by the caption “Look at this photograph,” appears to be the president’s attempt to defend his interactions with the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, which is at the center of an impeachment inquiry.
A recently released transcript of a July 25 call with Zelensky revealed that Trump had requested Ukraine to look into CrowdStrike, a technology firm that was hired by the Democratic National Committee after an alleged hack. In the same call, Trump also asked Zelensky to look into Biden’s alleged misconduct in his dealings with Ukraine. In 2018, Biden admitted that he pressured the Ukrainian government to remove a prosecutor in charge of the probe into private Ukrainian energy company Burisma, where Biden’s son, Hunter, was a board member.
The contents of the call prompted an anonymous whistleblower, who cited secondhand information, to make a complaint against the president, alleging that Trump had acted improperly in the call. The House launched their inquiry accusing the president of violating the constitution and abusing his power.
Twitter’s removal of the video did not stop Donald Trump Jr. from resharing the video on his own account.
“Not sure why Twitter wouldn’t want you to ‘Look at this Photograph,’” Trump Jr. wrote.
Biden has denied that he used his influence to get the top prosecutor fired and also said he and his son have done nothing wrong.
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