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Senate Republicans to look into whistleblower complaint about Trump pressuring Ukraine

WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday the Senate Intelligence Committee will look into a whistleblower's complaint that reportedly alleges President Donald Trump pressured the Ukrainian leader to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden, a possible Trump opponent in the 2020 presidential race.

But only a handful of Republicans demanded that the Trump administration turn over the whistleblower's complaint to the panel.

Reports that Trump spoke to a foreign leader about his political rival - and has refused to hand over a whistleblower's

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