President Donald Trump did not ask Attorney General William Barr to contact Ukraine following a conversation the president had with Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky, according to the Justice Department (DOJ).
This comes after a transcript of the call (pdf) between the two leaders, that was released by the White House earlier in the day, revealed that Trump had told Zelensky that he would ask Barr to work with Ukraine on probing Joe Biden regarding comments the former Democratic vice president made about how he forced the termination of a top Ukrainian prosecutor by withholding loans. The prosecutor was allegedly investigating Burisma, the gas company where Hunter Biden served on the board of directors.
