Washington sources reported that US President Donald Trump openly called on china as well as ukraine to investigate his potential 2020 election rival Joe Biden, taunting Democrats seeking his impeachment for inviting foreign election interference. When speaking in Florida, President Trump blasted his accusers as "maniacs" pursuing "impeachment crap" as he sought to turn the tables on a probe that threatens to make him only the third US president ever impeached in the House of Representatives, and face a trial in the Senate.
Reportedly as a former State Department diplomat testified behind closed doors in Congress on his role in the ukraine scandal, Mr Trump doubled down by calling for ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky and Chinese leader Xi Jinping to go after Mr Biden, who leads the race for the Democratic presidential nomination next year. Mr. Trump told "I would say that President Zelensky, if it were me, I would recommend that they start an investigation into the Bidens".
When asked if he would request Xi do the same, Mr Trump replied, "It's certainly something we can start thinking about." Perhaps Adam Schiff, the Democrat leading the impeachment probe in the House of Representatives, said Mr Trump was acting "with impunity" in the face of the law.
