Former US Vice President and presidential hopeful Joe Biden has launched a broadside attack on Trump, calling for a probe into his scandalous phone call with Ukraine’s leader and accusing him of systematic “abuse of power.”
Biden produced the angry rant on Saturday when asked by a reporter if he’d spoken with his son Hunter about his business dealings in Ukraine, referring to the allegations that, while serving as VP, Biden Senior had shielded his son from a corruption inquest there. The 2020 presidential hopeful denied this, pointing fingers at Donald Trump instead.
“You should be asking him the question: why is he on the phone with a foreign leader, trying to intimidate a foreign leader?” Biden asked. “This appears to be an overwhelming abuse of power.” He then dismissed the question about Hunter and Ukraine, saying “everybody who’s looked at it said there’s nothing there,” and urged the reporter to ask “the right question” instead.
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