Trump accused of breaking oath of office by calling for China to investigate Bidens
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Donald Trump has been accused of breaking his oath of office by asking China to investigate 2020 presidential hopeful Joe Biden.
The US president said he thinks Beijing should look into the former vice president and his businessman son, Hunter, who formed a private equity fund in China – though he said he has not yet appealed to the Chinese president to do so.
The comments echo a similar “favour” Trump allegedly asked of Ukraine’s leader that has led to an impeachment inquiry.
Democrat Adam Schiff, the US House intelligence committee’s chairman, said Trump’s comments mean he has broken his oath of office.
Democratic Representative from California and Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Adam Schiff.
He said: “The president of the United States encouraging a foreign nation to interfere again to help his campaign by investigating a rival is a fundamental breach of a president’s oath of office.
The impeachment inquiry started after a whistleblower said the president called Ukraine’s leader in July to ask him to investigate the Bidens.
Hunter Biden was on the board of a Ukrainian gas company, Burisma, at the same time his father was leading the Obama administration’s diplomatic dealings with Kiev.
Joe Biden, the vice president under Barack Obama, is the frontrunner to win the Democratic nomination and challenge Trump at the next presidential election.
