President Trump on Thursday night defended his push for foreign governments to investigate allegations of corruption, asserting he has an “absolute right” to call for such help from a foreign power amid blowback over his push for probes into former Vice President Joe Biden.
“As the President of the United States, I have an absolute right, perhaps even a duty, to investigate, or have investigated, CORRUPTION, and that would include asking, or suggesting, other Countries to help us out!” Trump tweeted.
Trump maintained in a subsequent tweet that his push “isn’t about a Campaign,” despite political backlash for seeking probes related to Biden, a top political rival who is leading polls for his party’s nomination to take on Trump in 2020.
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