Barron Trump ‘helped save’ my life, says woman in U.K. assault trial
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'I'm calling from the U.S., I just got a call from a girl, you know, she's getting beat up,' Trump said in a transcript released by prosecutors.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s son Barron called police in London, U.K., last year to report an alleged assault of a woman whom he said he had witnessed “getting beat up,” according to a transcript released during a trial.
Trump, 19, was on a FaceTime video call with a woman, whose name has not been released, when he said he saw a man repeatedly punch her, the Snaresbrook Court Crown in London was told on Wednesday.
Matvei Rumiantsev, 22, is currently on trial on charges including assault and two counts of rape, The Guardian reports.
Rumiantsev has denied the allegations and told the court that he became upset when he accused the woman of calling Trump “sweetheart.”
A transcript of an emergency call released by the Crown Prosecution Service on Thursday reveals Trump’s call to emergency services about the alleged assault.
“I’m calling from the U.S., I just got a call from a girl, you know, she’s getting beat up,” Trump said in a transcript released by prosecutors.
“This was happening about eight minutes ago,” he continued. “I just figured out how to, how to call someone. It’s really an emergency.”
When the operator asked Trump how he witnessed the alleged assault, he said: “Uh, I got a call from her with a guy beating her up.”
Trump said he would impose a 10 per cent import tax starting in February on goods from eight European nations because of their opposition to American control of Greenland.
Approximately 10,000 Danes marched outside Copenhagen City Hall in defiance of the U.S. president's pursuit of Greenland.
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The heckler interrupted actor Vanessa Williams as she performed 'The Star-Spangled Banner' just before tipoff at the game between the Memphis Grizzlies and Orlando Magic.
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Chilean President Gabriel Boric declared a state of catastrophe in the country’s central Biobio region and the neighboring Ñuble region.
Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada will complete a long-stalled investment agreement with Qatar following his meeting Sunday with Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani
European and Canadian leaders have condemned Trump’s threatened tariffs over Greenland, emphasizing respect for Danish sovereignty and Arctic security.
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Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a new deal with Beijing on electric vehicles and canola at the end of a high-profile trip on Friday.
U.S. President Donald Trump for months has insisted that the U.S. should control Greenland, a semiautonomous territory of NATO ally Denmark.