We challenge Trump ally Steve Cortes on the accuracy of the president's claims.

United States President Donald Trump has made several false claims regarding Ukraine and the impeachment process. The president and his legal team have said Democrats never asked the former national security adviser, John Bolton, to testify, Republicans were not allowed to ask questions during the House deposition and that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell called Trump’s phone call with the Ukrainian president “the most innocent phone call” he has ever read about.

“Detractors of the president will automatically call it a lie because they want to assign the most nefarious possible intent,” Trump ally and political commentator Steve Cortes said.

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Source: Al Jazeera