Although The Butler Eagle is a news organization, no one in the building is paying closer attention to the controversy surrounding the Trump-Zelenskiy conversation than a 16-year property and building staff worker.

Lyudmyla Martin, who hails from Ukraine, said she listens to the Ukrainian news on her phone for at least two hours per day, and sometimes for much longer since President Donald Trump’s conversation with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy became the subject of controversy.

Democrats launched an impeachment inquiry this week because they feel Trump pressured Zelenskiy to investigate possible corruption by Hunter Biden, son of former Vice President Joe Biden, when the younger Biden sat on the board of directors at Burisma Gas in the Ukraine.

Biden could end up running against Trump next year. He is one of several candidates vying for the Democratic nod in the 2020 presidential election.

Martin said most Ukrainians support Zelenskiy because he is young and willing to take on the corruption that has plagued the government since its separation from the Soviet Union in 1991.

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