White House hopeful Joe BidenJoe BidenHillicon Valley: Biden calls on Facebook to change political speech rules | Dems demand hearings after Georgia election chaos | Microsoft stops selling facial recognition tech to police Trump finalizing executive order calling on police to use ‘force with compassion’ The Hill’s Campaign Report: Biden campaign goes on offensive against Facebook MORE on Wednesday hit back at President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE at a rally in Nevada, telling his supporters he’s “not going anywhere” in a fiery rebuke of Trump’s attacks on his dealings with Ukraine.
“Let me make something clear to Trump and his hatchet men and the special interests funding his attacks against me: I’m not going anywhere,” Biden, a front-runner in the 2020 Democratic primary, told a crowd in Reno, Nev. “You’re not going to destroy me. And you’re not going to destroy my family. I don’t care how much money you spend or how dirty the attacks get.”
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The comments marked a forceful pushback against Trump’s claims that Biden abused his power when he was vice president by lobbying Ukraine to dismiss a prosecutor who was investigating a natural gas company on the board of which his son, Hunter Biden, sat.
Biden has said he wanted the prosecutor fired for insufficient efforts to tackle corruption, and no evidence has emerged to suggest he acted to benefit his son.
While Trump and some conservative allies on Capitol Hill have continued to repeat the president’s allegations, it is Trump’s own dealings with Ukraine that have led to an impeachment inquiry in the House.
Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiTrump on collision course with Congress over bases with Confederate names Black lawmakers unveil bill to remove Confederate statues from Capitol Pelosi: Georgia primary ‘disgrace’ could preview an election debacle in November MORE (D-Calif.) last week opened a formal impeachment investigation into Trump after it was revealed in a July phone call that he pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to work with Rudy GiulianiRudy GiulianiSunday shows preview: Protests against George Floyd’s death, police brutality rock the nation for a second week Piers Morgan, Rudy Giuliani in furious debate over Trump: ‘You sound completely barking mad’ Rudy Giuliani calls on Cuomo to remove Bill de Blasio MORE, his personal attorney, and Attorney General William BarrBill BarrMilley discussed resigning from post after Trump photo-op: report OVERNIGHT DEFENSE: Joint Chiefs chairman says he regrets participating in Trump photo-op | GOP senators back Joint Chiefs chairman who voiced regret over Trump photo-op | Senate panel approves 0B defense policy bill Trump finalizing executive order calling on police to use ‘force with compassion’ MORE to open an inquiry into the former vice president.
A declassified copy of a whistleblower complaint regarding the call said that multiple people understood that a future phone call or meeting between the two presidents “would depend on whether Zelensky showed willingness to ‘play ball,’” and that “multiple White House officials with direct knowledge” of the call were alarmed that Trump appeared to be using his office for his personal political gain and sought to bury the transcript of the conversation.
Biden panned Trump at the Wednesday rally, saying he’s abusing his power because he’s “afraid” he’ll lose reelection in 2020.
“He did it because like every bully in history, he’s afraid,” Biden said. “He’s afraid of just how badly I would beat him next November.”
“It’s not about Donald Trump’s antics. It’s about what has brought Donald Trump and the nation to this sobering moment in our history — and to the choice facing us in 2020,” Biden added. “What has brought us here is simply this: the abuse of power. The abuse of power is the defining characteristic of the Trump presidency.”
Biden has sought throughout his campaign to focus his ire on Trump in an attempt to cast himself as the crowded 2020 Democratic field’s best chance to beat the president in a general election.
The former vice president, however, is facing a surging challenge from Sen. Elizabeth WarrenElizabeth WarrenWarren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases OVERNIGHT DEFENSE: Joint Chiefs chairman says he regrets participating in Trump photo-op | GOP senators back Joint Chiefs chairman who voiced regret over Trump photo-op | Senate panel approves 0B defense policy bill Trump on collision course with Congress over bases with Confederate names MORE (D-Mass.), who has recently leapfrogged him in a handful of polls.
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