Trump To Release April Call Transcript 11/12 07:36

   President Donald Trump says he'll be releasing the transcript of his April 
telephone conversation with Ukraine's new leader "before week's end!"

   WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump says he'll be releasing the 
transcript of his April telephone conversation with Ukraine's new leader 
"before week's end!"

   Trump's promise to release an account of his first conversation with 
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy comes a day before House impeachment 
investigators begin public hearings.

   House Democrats leading the impeachment inquiry are focused on a July 25 
phone call in which Trump asks Zelenskiy to investigate Democratic rival Joe 
Biden's family. Trump tweets Tuesday the April call is "more important."

   Trump had suggested he would release the April transcript Tuesday. 

   Trump has kept up a steady stream of tweets about what he calls the 
impeachment "witch hunt." Among his events this week is a high-profile meeting 
with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday, the day impeachment 
hearings open. 


(KR)