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President Donald Trump on Thursday said he wanted to read aloud the rough transcript of his July 25 call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during a "fireside chat on live television."

Trump gave an 80-minute interview with the conservative site Washington Examiner in the Oval Office, in which he remained defiant about participating in the impeachment proceedings against him, which were sparked by the contents of the call.

"This is over a phone call that is a good call," Trump told the outlet. "At some point, I'm going to sit down, perhaps as a fireside chat on live television, and I will read the transcript of the call, because people have to hear it. When you read it, it's a straight call."