As President Trump fights possible impeachment, he has adopted a sweeping argument to defend his demands that Ukrainian authorities investigate Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden — what he calls his “absolute right” to ask foreign leaders to help root out corruption.
Los Angeles Times: Trump’s defense on Ukraine goes beyond Nixon’s in Watergate
US President Donald Trump listens during the Armed Forces Welcome Ceremony in honor of the Twentieth Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Sept. 30, 2019 at Summerall Field, Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Virginia.