Trump Holds Press Conference As Impeachment Inquiry Builds

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Trump Holds Press Conference As Impeachment Inquiry Builds

By Ayesha Rascoe

Published October 2, 2019 at 1:41 PM EDT

President Trump greets Finnish President Sauli Niinist枚 on the South Portico of the White House on Wednesday. They are holding a joint press conference amid a building impeachment inquiry into Trump.

Updated at 4:35 p.m. ET

President Trump held a press conference Wednesday with visiting Finnish President Sauli Niinist枚, as the impeachment probe into Trump's conduct intensifies.

Trump faced questions about the House inquiry that was sparked by a that accuses Trump of pressuring Ukraine's president to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter.

Trump has continued to defend the call, saying he did nothing improper. Earlier Wednesday, he for "wasting everyone's time and energy."

House Democrats have for documents related to the call if it does not comply with their requests.

Earlier on Wednesday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to the phone call with Ukraine's president after evading earlier questions about his knowledge of the conversation.

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Ayesha Rascoe

Ayesha Rascoe is a White House correspondent for NPR. She is currently covering her third presidential administration. Rascoe's White House coverage has included a number of high profile foreign trips, including President Trump's 2019 summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Hanoi, Vietnam, and President Obama's final NATO summit in Warsaw, Poland in 2016. As a part of the White House team, she's also a regular on the NPR Politics Podcast.

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