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BBC clarfies: "Transcript" of July 25 phone call is actually just notes taken by US officials
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49830588Mr Trump promised on Tuesday that a "complete, fully declassified and unredacted transcript" of the 25 July call would be released.
But the details disclosed by the White House on Wednesday morning were notes of the conversation taken by US officials who listened in.
The July call occurred days after Mr Trump directed the US government to withhold about $391m (£316m) in military aid to Ukraine.
There is no discussion of that money in the memorandum released by the White House.
According to the notes, Mr Trump mentions to Mr Zelensky how Joe Biden, as US vice-president, lobbied Ukraine in 2016 to fire its top prosecutor, Viktor Shokin.
But the details disclosed by the White House on Wednesday morning were notes of the conversation taken by US officials who listened in.
The July call occurred days after Mr Trump directed the US government to withhold about $391m (£316m) in military aid to Ukraine.
There is no discussion of that money in the memorandum released by the White House.
According to the notes, Mr Trump mentions to Mr Zelensky how Joe Biden, as US vice-president, lobbied Ukraine in 2016 to fire its top prosecutor, Viktor Shokin.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49830588
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