White House releases transcript of Trump’s first call with Zelensky

The White House on November 15 released the transcript of President Donald Trump's April call with the Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky. According to the memo, the conversation was 16 minutes long and didn't contain any mentions of the Bidens or the 2016 elections. The United States diplomats who testified to House investigators about the call reportedly said that the call was arranged so President Trump could congratulate the newly elected Zelensky on his victory. The release of the April call came after a month-and-a-half long debate among aides over the wisdom of making another conversation public. 

President Trump in the call has further also extended an invitation to bring the Ukraine President to the White House. The US President has also mentioned his onetime ownership of the Miss Universe franchise. He also tells Zelensky that he looks forward to working with him in the future.

“I’d like to invite you to the White House. We’ll have a lot of things to talk about, but we’re with you all the way,” Trump said. “Ukraine was always very well represented”

On November 13, the House Intelligence Committee held the first public hearing of impeachment inquiry against the US President. The first open hearing was from William Taylor and George Kent and further will be followed by Marie Yovanovitch's testimony on November 15. According to Adam Schiff, the Chairman of House Intelligence, there are a number of 'impeachable offenses committed by Donald Trump including high crimes and misdemeanors. President Trump will be the third US President who might get impeached after Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton in 1868 and 1998 respectively.

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Betrayal to the US constitution

Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on November 8 that the official impeachment inquiry has uncovered some significant betrayals to the US constitution along with certain profound patriotism by the government officials. Pelosi also confirmed the meeting saying that the House has been following the evidence that has made Donald Trump's own words on his call with the Ukrainian President, 'more appalling'. Furthermore, the proposed resolution will provide the structure to the next phase of the ongoing impeachment inquiry, and make it public so that the citizens are also aware of the discoveries made throughout the investigation. According to Speaker Pelosi, the resolution will also authorize the disclosure of deposition transcripts, and transfer the evidence to the Judiciary Committee. 

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