White House tried to cover up Trump's Ukraine conversation, whistleblower alleges

Pelosi slams White House for trying to keep details from public, while Trump says this is ‘the greatest scam in American history’

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Donald Trump’s actions on Ukraine “pose risks to US national security”, according to a whistleblower’s complaint released on Thursday which also appeared to reveal an attempt by the White House to cover up conversations with a foreign leader.

The whistleblower alleges in the explosive complaint that Trump used a phone call with Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, to “solicit interference” in the 2020 election, and that the White House then intervened to “lock down” the transcript of the call.

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