US President Donald Trump faces impeachment over accusations that he asked a foreign power to interfere in the US election campaign.

Trump is accused of withholding $400 million in military aid from Ukraine and demanding a return from the country’s president that would tarnish Trump’s political rival, former Vice President Joe Biden.

Biden is considered a favorite to become the Democratic presidential nominee.

Trump suggested in a July 25 phone call with President Volodymyr Zelensky that Ukraine would open an investigation into Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden.

– I have not received such requests.

The Prime Minister’s Office (SMK) informs Nettavisen that Trump never asked Prime Minister Erna Solberg for anything that could be interpreted as a favor or political consideration, which could benefit the president’s domestic political goals.

– The Prime Minister has not received any such request from the American President, SMK communications advisor Eirin Larsen told Nettavisen.

Solberg recently told Nettavisen that she was going to meet Trump at the UN high-level week in New York last week. But SMK claims the two did not meet.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Finnish President Sauli Niinisto faced questions from the press this week about whether they had received similar requests for “political favors” from Trump.

While the Finnish President I avoided answering the question directlyTrudeau confirmed that he was never asked about Canadian interference or intelligence that could further Trump’s domestic policy goals.

– No. We didn’t, and we wouldn’t either, said Trudeau to the press in Toronto on Tuesday.

– Australia under pressure

The New York Times wrote earlier this week that Trump recently pressured Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison in a phone call to get help undermining the credibility of Robert Mueller’s report, the paper wrote.

Trump reportedly asked Morrison to assist U.S. Attorney General William P. Barr in his own investigation into the Mueller probe.

This is yet another example of how the president is using the presidency and diplomacy for personal gain, he wrote. The New York Times.

The Mueller investigation was aimed at examining Trump’s alleged connection to Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. The report did not incriminate Trump, but it was also not interpreted as a finding exonerating the president.

– China should also investigate Biden

On Thursday this week, Trump again argued that Ukraine should investigate Biden and his son for corruption. At the same time, he publicly stated that China should also open its own investigation into Joe and Hunter Biden.

– Once again, the President of the United States has encouraged a nation to intervene and help him in the election campaign by investigating a rival. This is a fundamental violation of his oath of office as president, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Scmhiff said in a statement. statement.