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Utah Rep. Chris Stewart defends Trump but not Sen. Mitt Romney

Washington • Rep. Chris Stewart on Sunday defended President Donald Trump but declined to weigh in on the president’s continued attacks against Sen. Mitt Romney, a fellow Utahn.

Stewart, a Republican and member of the House Intelligence Committee, told Fox News Sunday that there was nothing political — as Romney has charged — in Trump’s calls for Ukraine and China to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden, a leading candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination. Trump pressed for an investigation in a phone call with the president of Ukraine, and the White House has released a rough transcript of that call.