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Trump calls Democratic impeachment inquiry a 'joke'

US President Donald Trump insisted he exerted "no pressure" on Kiev -- a claim echoed by Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky, who appeared side-by-side with Trump at a long-planned meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.

A downbeat Donald Trump on Wednesday dismissed as a "joke" the grounds laid out for the impeachment inquiry into him, as Democrats stood firm in accusing the US president of a "mafia-style shakedown" of his Ukrainian counterpart.

Trump denied claims he abused his office by repeatedly urging President Volodymyr Zelensky to probe his rival Joe Biden -- as confirmed in a call transcript released by the White House.

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