Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, during a meeting in New York with President Trump, told reporters Wednesday that he was not pressured to investigate the Biden family during their now-controversial phone call over the summer.

“Nobody pushed me,” Zelensky said.

The comments come after the White House released a transcript reflecting that call. It showed Trump sought a probe into Biden family dealings in the country, though it did not show Trump explicitly linking the request to U.S. aid, as some have suggested.

“We had a great phone call,” Zelensky added. “It was normal.”

Trump interjected afterward: “In other words, there was no pressure and you know there was no pressure.”

Trump’s meeting with Zelensky comes just hours after the White House released the transcript of their summertime call and less than a day after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced she was opening an impeachment inquiry into Trump over the issue.

“She’s lost her way, she’s been taken over by the radical left,” Trump said of Pelosi.

The speaker effectively endorsed the process, which to some degree had already been underway, after facing fresh pressure from inside the caucus to act.

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