WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump released the rough transcript on Nov. 15 of a congratulatory phone call he had with the incoming president of Ukraine, holding it out as evidence he did nothing wrong. Instead, the memorandum shows how White House descriptions of Trump’s communications with foreign leaders at times better reflect wishful thinking than the reality of the interactions.
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Associated Press: Conflicting White House accounts of 1st Trump-Zelensky call
A transcript of a phone call between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is shown during the testimony from former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch's before the House Intelligence Committee in the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill Nov. 15, 2019 in Washington, DC.
