White House trade adviser declines to say whether investigating Bidens during trade talks

Source: CNN



Washington (CNN)White House trade adviser Peter Navarro on Thursday declined to answer questions about whether China opening an investigation into former Vice President Joe Biden and his son has come up during trade talks with the US.

"Did you bring up investigating the Bidens as part of the negotiations?" CNN's Jim Sciutto asked Navarro at the CITIZEN by CNN conference in New York. "It's not an appropriate question in my judgment, OK," Navarro replied. "It's an easy one for you to say no," Sciutto said, to which Navarro responded: "But you're asking me to violate a principle here." "I'm not going to talk about that stuff. If I answer that question then you'll ask me another question," he added.

The question came as President Donald Trump faces an impeachment inquiry into whether he pressured Ukraine's President in July to investigate the former vice president and his son, Hunter Biden, in exchange for millions in military aid to the country.

Earlier this month, Trump, speaking to reporters at the White House, said he wants both Ukraine and China to investigate the Bidens. He also raised Biden's political prospects during a June 18 phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping. There is no evidence of wrongdoing by the Bidens.

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