>> Shepard: BREAKING NEWS NOW ON
FOX NEWS CHANNEL.
NEW REPORTING FROM THE "WALL
STREET JOURNAL" ON THE
WHISTLE-BLOWER THAT FILED WHAT
THE TRUMP APPOINTED INSPECTOR
GENERAL DEEMED CREDIBLE AND
URGENT COMPLAINT.
THE JOURNAL'S PARENT COMPANY AND
THE FOX NEWS PARENT COMPANY
SHARE COMMON OWNERSHIP.
JUST OUT, PRESIDENT TRUMP IN A
PHONE CALL REPEATEDLY PRESSURED
THE PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE TO
INVESTIGATE THE DEMOCRATIC
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE JOE
BIDEN'S SON URGING THE UKRAINE
PRESIDENT ABOUT EIGHT TIMES TO
WORK WITH RUDY GULIANI, HIS
PERSONAL LAWYER ON A PROBE.
REMEMBER, THIS IS HIS POLITICAL
OPPONENT WHOM HE IS TRYING TO
HAVE INVESTIGATED.
THE JOURNAL CITES PEOPLE
FAMILIAR WITH THE MATTER.
QUOTING FROM THE JOURNAL, HE
TOLD HIM THAT HE SHOULD WORK
WITH GULIANI ON BIDEN AND PEOPLE
IN WASHINGTON WANTED TO KNOW
WHETHER ALLEGATIONS WERE TRUE OR
NOT ONE OF THE PEOPLE SAID.
TRUMP DID NOT MENTION A
PROVISION OF FOREIGN AID TO
UKRAINE ON THAT CALL SAID THE
PERSON WHO DIDN'T BELIEVE THAT
MR. TRUMP OFFERED HIM ANY
QUID PRO QUO FOR HIS COOPERATION
ON AN INVESTIGATION.
GULIANI IN JUNE AND AUGUST MET
WITH TOP UKRAINIAN OFFICIALS
ABOUT THE PROSPECT OF AN
INVESTIGATION HE SAID IN AN
INTERVIEW.
THE TRUMP LAWYER HAS SUGGESTED
THAT MR. BIDEN AS VICE PRESIDENT
WORKED TO SHIELD FROM
INVESTIGATION A UKRAINIAN GAS
COMPANY WITH TIES TO HIS SON,
HUNTER BIDEN.
A UKRAINIAN OFFICIAL EARLIER
THIS YEAR SAID HE HAD NO
EVIDENCE OF WRONG DOING BY
MR. BIDEN OR HIS SON.
AFTER THE JULY CALL BETWEEN THE
TWO PRESIDENTS, THE UKRAINIAN
GOVERNMENT SAID MR. TRUMP HAD
CONGRATULATED THE NEW PRESIDENT
ON HIS ELECTION AND EXPRESSED
HOPE THAT THE GOVERNMENT WOULD
PUSH AHEAD WITH INVESTIGATIONS
AND CORRUPTION PROBES THAT
STYMIES RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN
THE TWO COUNTRIES.
THE WHITE HOUSE DECLINED TO
COMMENT.
THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN DID NOT
COMMENT.
LAST WEEK A BIDEN CAMPAIGN
SPOKESMAN SAID OF MR. GULIANI'S
EFFORT TO PRESSURE THE UKRAINE,
THIS IS BENEATH US ALL AS
AMERICANS.
THE FULL STORY IS LENGTHY.
IT'S JUST POSTED AT WSJ.COM.