White House releases transcript of Trump's phonecall with Ukrainian president

It was alleged that Mr Trump threatened to withhold aid from Ukraine in a phone conversation with President Volodymyr Zelensky in July if he didn't launch that investigation.

The White House has released the transcript from a phone call where it is alleged US president Donald Trump put pressure on his Ukrainian counterpart to launch an investigation in to Democratic presidential candiadate Joe Biden and his son's business ties.

“There’s a lot of talk about Biden’s son, that Biden stopped the prosecution and a lot of people want to find out about that,” Mr Trump said to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.