White House releases transcript of first Trump-Zelensky call

Published November 15, 2019 9:26am ET



President Trump congratulated Volodymyr Zelensky on his election win in Ukraine, inviting him to the White House in their first phone call, according to a transcript released by the White House Friday morning.

The April 21 conversation occurred three months ahead of another call with the Ukrainian president that is central to House Democrats’ impeachment proceedings.

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