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Ukraine’s Top Independent Corruption Fighters Shocked by Trump’s Phone Call—and His Ignorance


Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily BeastKYIV, Ukraine—One of this country’s leading independent anti-corruption fighters says she was shocked at the partial transcript of Donald Trump’s July 25 phone call to the newly elected president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky.“It was mind-blowing to read Trump’s requests to do him ‘a favor’ and say he’d have the U.S. attorney general call Zelensky to push the investigation that Trump would benefit from politically,” said Daria Kaleniuk, executive director of Ukraine’s Anti-Corruption Action Center, the major watchdog monitoring officials who abuse their authority and steal from the state.Trump spoke like a mafia don, and …read more

Source:: The Daily Beast

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