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OOPS! Biden demands Trump release transcripts of a call where he reportedly badgered Ukraine's leader to investigate his son 8 times Bill Bostock 59m businessinsider.com Donald Trump (L) and Joe Biden (R.) Evan Vucci/AP, NurPhoto via Getty Images Joe Biden says Donald Trump must release transcripts from a call where he reportedly pestered Ukraine's leader to investigate his son.Trump is accused of asking Vladimir Zelensky to probe Hunter Biden at least eight times during a July 25 call, multiple US news outlets reported, citing intelligence sources.Biden said late Friday that records of the call must be made available "so that the American people can judge for themselves."Washington's focus is currently glued on a mysterious conversation between Trump and a foreign leader that's reportedly the focus of an August 12 whistleblower complaint from a US intelligence staffer.On Saturday, Trump repeated allegations made by his lawyer Rudy Giuliani on Thursday that Biden pressured the Ukrainian government to sack a prosecutor investigating his son in 2016. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. Joe Biden says Donald Trump must release transcripts of a call with the president of Ukraine where he reportedly badgered him to probe Biden's son Hunter. The Democratic Party 2020 candidate issued a statement late Friday demanding the president come clean about the July 25 call with Vladimir Zelensky "so that the American people can judge for themselves." During the call Trump pressed Zelensky to probe Hunter Biden, who works for a Ukrainian natural gas company, at least eight times, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. The Journal also reported that Trump's lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, met top Ukrainian officials including an aide to Zelensky this past summer to discuss an investigation into Biden. The Washington Post was first to break the news that Trump's contact with a foreign leader was the subject of a whistleblower complaint filed to the Intelligence Community Inspector General (ICIG) on August 12 by a US intelligence staffer. Read more: A mysterious exchange between Trump and a foreign leader is Washington's latest obsession. Here's what is actually going on. Biden also said in the statement on Friday that "there is truly no bottom to President Trump's willingness to abuse his power and abase our country." Amid widespread criticism the president has defended himself. Read more: 'DEFCON 1': US officials are rocked by a whistleblower complaint involving Trump's talks with a foreign leader In a series of tweets on Saturday morning Trump denied the reports, saying Biden had sought to pressure Ukrainian officials into dropping an investigation into Hunter Biden, then working for Burisma Holdings, in 2016. Donald J. Trump ?@realDonaldTrump The Fake News Media and their partner, the Democrat Party, want to stay as far away as possible from the Joe Biden demand that the Ukrainian Government fire a prosecutor who was investigating his son, or they won’t get a very large amount of U.S. money, so they fabricate a..... 42.1K 5:31 AM - Sep 21, 2019 Twitter Ads info and privacy 17.8K people are talking about this Donald J. Trump ?@realDonaldTrump Replying to @realDonaldTrump ....story about me and a perfectly fine and routine conversation I had with the new President of the Ukraine. Nothing was said that was in any way wrong, but Biden’s demand, on the other hand, was a complete and total disaster. The Fake News knows this but doesn’t want to report! 38.8K 5:31 AM - Sep 21, 2019 Twitter Ads info and privacy 18.5K people are talking about this The allegation first emerged on Thursday after Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani said: "I found out this incredible story about Joe Biden, that he bribed the President of the Ukraine in order to fire a prosecutor who was investigating his son." Trump said of the July 25 phone call on Friday: "I have conversations with many leaders. It's always appropriate. Always appropriate." "At the highest level always appropriate. And anything I do, I fight for this country." According to an official statement on Zelensky's website from the time the July 25 call centered around Trump offering his congratulations to Zelensky over his recent election to the presidency.