Thread by @stevenportnoy

"I heard you had a prosecutor
who was very good and he was shut down and that's really unfair," Trump told Zelensky, per the memo of the call.

"A lot of people are talking about that, the way they shut your
very good prosecutor down and you had some very bad people
involved."

"Mr. Giuliani is a highly respected man... and I would like him to call you. I will ask him to call you along with the Attorney General," Trump said.

"There's a lot of talk about Biden's son, that Biden stopped the
prosecution and a lot of people want to find out about that..."

"Biden went around bragging that he stopped the prosecution so if
you can look into it ... It sounds horrible to me."

(**The ellipses above were in the official Situation Room memo of the call.**)

Ukraine's new president said his yet-to-be-named prosecutor would do what Trump asked.

"He or she will look into the situation, specifically to the company that you mentioned in this issue," Ukrainian president Zelensky vowed.

"I'm sure you will figure it out. I heard the prosecutor was treated very badly and he was a very fair prosecutor, so good luck with everything."

"Your economy is going to get better and better I predict,"Trump replied, mentioning Ukraine's economic future in the next breath.