President Trump Donald John TrumpFederal prosecutor speaks out, says Barr 'has brought shame' on Justice Dept. Former Pence aide: White House staffers discussed Trump refusing to leave office Progressive group buys domain name of Trump's No. 1 Supreme Court pick MORE previously sought business arrangements in Ukraine despite his own recent criticism of the corruption in the country.

Politico reported Monday that two of the president's children, Donald Trump Jr. Don John Trump'Tiger King' star Joe Exotic requests pardon from Trump: 'Be my hero please' Zaid Jilani discusses Trump's move to cancel racial sensitivity training at federal agencies Trump International Hotel in Vancouver closes permanently MORE and Ivanka Trump Ivana (Ivanka) Marie TrumpThe Hill's 12:30 Report: Trump stokes fears over November election outcome Special counsel investigating DeVos for potential Hatch Act violation: report Trump, Biden vie for Minnesota MORE, traveled to the country in 2006, where they met with government officials about the possibility of the Trump Organization developing a hotel resort and golf course in the country, plans which led to Trump Jr. returning to the country to meet with developers in 2008.

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A White House spokesperson told Politico that the president's past business dealings have nothing to do with the Trump administration's foreign policy. There was no evidence of any wrongdoing in the Trump Organization's business dealings in Ukraine, according to Politico.

“As he announced in January 2017, President Donald Trump is not involved in the day-to-day operations of the Trump Organization, and he does not take any action that benefits him personally,” White House spokesman Judd Deere told the news outlet. “While House Democrats continue to spread false rumors in complete denial that the president was a successful businessman for decades, President Trump continues to keep his promises to the American people.”

Trump, however, has pointed to allegations of corruption in Ukraine as an explanation for why he raised the issue of an investigation into former Vice President Joe Biden Joe BidenFormer Pence aide: White House staffers discussed Trump refusing to leave office Progressive group buys domain name of Trump's No. 1 Supreme Court pick Bloomberg rolls out M ad buy to boost Biden in Florida MORE and his son Hunter Biden, who worked for a Ukrainian company, in a July phone call with Ukraine's president.

“It’s very important to talk about corruption,” he said in September. “If you don’t talk about corruption, why would you give money to a country that you think is corrupt?”

The president's phone call with Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky and efforts to convince Zelensky to open an investigation into Biden, a front-runner for the Democratic Party's 2020 nomination, have become center to the impeachment inquiry launched by Democrats in the House last month.

The White House has argued that Zelensky was not improperly pressured to investigate Biden, and have insisted that the investigation was unrelated to Biden's 2020 run for president.