Read the transcript of Trump's call with the Ukrainian president, which has sparked an impeachment inquiry

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President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Poland's President Andrzej Duda on the sidelines of the annual United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York City on September 23, 2019.

• The White House on Wednesday released a transcript of President Donald Trump's July call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. 
• Democratic leadership on Tuesday announced it would begin an impeachment inquiry into allegations that Trump illegally pressured Ukraine to intervene in a US election by investigating his political opponent. 
• Read the full transcript below. 
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The White House on Wednesday released a transcript of President Donald Trump's July call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky following allegations that Trump pressured Zelensky into investigating former Vice President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden. 

Democratic leadership on Tuesday announced it would begin an impeachment inquiry into allegations that Trump illegally pressured a foreign government to intervene in a US election by investigating his political opponent. 

Read more: Trump aides were so afraid he'd pressure Ukraine to investigate Biden that they tried to derail his call with the Ukrainian president

The White House paused almost $400 million in aid to Ukraine, which was to use the funds to protect itself against Russian military action, just days before Trump's July call with Zelensky. 

An intelligence agency official filed an unusual whistle-blower complaint in August concerning the president's dealings with Ukraine. But after the inspector general determined the complaint was "credible" and "urgent," Trump's acting Director of National Intelligence illegally refused to turn the report over to Congress.

Trump released the aid to Ukraine on September 12, just a day after Democratic lawmakers requested an unredacted version of the whistle-blower complaint. 

Trump announced on Tuesday that he would release a full transcript of his phone call with Zelensky. And under mounting pressure, the acting DNI, Joseph Maguire is reportedly preparing to release a redacted version of the whistle-blower complaint to congressional investigators in the next several days. 

The memorandum released by the White House contains a note which reads: "A Memorandum of a Telephone Conversation.· (TELCON) is not a verbatim transcript of a discussion. The text in this document records the notes and recollections of Situation Room Duty Officers and NSC policy staff assigned to listen and memorialize the conversation in written form as the conversation takes place."

Read the full transcript below: