On August 12, an unidentified whistleblower in the US intelligence community registered a complaint with the Inspector General of Intelligence Community, Michael Atkinson about a matter that required urgent attention. The complaint was regarding the US President, Donald Trump's interactions with a foreign leader which was then passed to the acting Director of National Intelligence, Joseph Maguire on August 26. This recent turn of events is testing political and practical power that can be used against the Republican leader by the Democrats. President Trump, who has ignored protocol and presidential norms in the past.

Unanimous condemnation

The Democrats have been unanimous in their condemnation of President Trump for going to another level in order to defeat a chief political rival by asking the new leader of Ukraine to set an inquiry against the former Vice President Joe Biden's son. Elizabeth Warren addressed Congress as a cover-up for the US President's act that goes against the law. However, even as the calls of impeachment increased, there were no signs by the House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, that would fasten the process of removing the President. Joe Biden's allies have made the recent developments look as if candidate Trump does not want to face the early front-runner in the Democratic presidential elections, next fall. 

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Trump denies wrongdoing

On September 21, President Trump denied any wrongdoing and also accused the American spy, the US intelligence agencies who was spying on his conversations saying if the person officially asked to listen to the conversation or was he or she “secretly listening in”. The US President further goes on to say that they are trying to turn the “Biden scandal” into a “Trump scandal”. Moreover, Donald Trump also accuses the Media of fake news and called certain media houses as “The Enemy of the People”. He also believes that the “Fake News Media” now does not only check the facts for accuracy, However, they “knowingly make up facts”. 

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'Desperate Donald Trump'

The recent turn of events have increased the heat between the former Vice president and the current President Donald Trump. Joe Biden called him as “Desperate Donald Trump” and said that the US President knows that he can be defeated by Biden. Therefore, now Donald Trump is seeking the help of the foreign government. Joe Biden called this act as an abuse of power and violation of every basic norm of the presidency. The former Vice President also tweeted about how it is the eighth time Donald Trump has asked a foreign minister to investigate Biden and his family. 

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(inputs from AP)