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Whistleblower complaint about President Trump involves Ukraine according to two people familiar with the matter
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/whistleblower-complaint-about-president-trump-involves-ukraine-according-to-two-people-familiar-with-the-matter/2019/09/19/07e33f0a-daf6-11e9-bfb1-849887369476_story.html
A whistleblower complaint about President Trump made by an intelligence official centers on Ukraine, according to two people familiar with the matter, which has set off a struggle between Congress and the executive branch.
The complaint involved communications with a foreign leader and a promise that Trump made, which was so alarming that a U.S. intelligence official who had worked at the White House went to the inspector general of the intelligence community, two former U.S. officials said.
Two and a half weeks before the complaint was filed, Trump spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, a comedian and political newcomer who was elected in a landslide in May.
That call is already under investigation by House Democrats who are examining whether Trump and his attorney Rudolph W. Giuliani sought to manipulate the Ukrainian government into helping Trumps reelection campaign. Lawmakers have demanded a full transcript and a list of participants on the call.
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elleng
(130,975 posts)that a U.S. intelligence official, who previously worked in the White House, had lodged a complaint with the inspector general for the intelligence community. The Washington Post first reported on Wednesday that the complaint had to do with a promise that Trump made when communicating with a foreign leader. . .
Atkinson made clear that he disagreed with a lawyer for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, who had contradicted the inspector general and found that the whistleblower complaint did not meet the statutory definition of an urgent concern because it involved a matter not under the DNIs jurisdiction.
Atkinson told lawmakers he disagreed with the lawyers analysis meaning he felt the matter was under the DNIs purview and also that it was urgent in the common understanding of the word, the person said.
Following the meeting, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif.) warned of possible legal action if intelligence officials did not share the whistleblower complaint.'
hlthe2b
(102,297 posts)As the 2020 election draws closer, President Trump and his personal attorney appear to have increased pressure on the Ukrainian government and its justice system in service of President Trumps reelection campaign, and the White House and the State Department may be abetting this scheme, the chairmen of the House Intelligence, Foreign Affairs and Oversight committees wrote, citing media reports that Trump had threatened to withhold $250 million in aid to help Ukraine in its ongoing struggle against Russian-backed separatists.
Lawmakers also became aware in August that the Trump administration may be trying to stop the aid from reaching Ukraine, according to a congressional official.
Giuliani, Trumps personal lawyer, dismissed the reports of the whistle blower and Trumps promise to a foreign leader.
OneGrassRoot
(22,920 posts)that this is the story? Something we already knew and the whistleblower complaint just took time to come to the surface?
I hope not. I hope its much bigger than withholding aid. This MFer gets away with so much corruption and treason done out in the open that we need something truly shocking. Well, shocking to the uninformed. I dont think wed be shocked by anything at this point.
hlthe2b
(102,297 posts)emmaverybo
(8,144 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)JCMach1
(27,559 posts)ritapria
(1,812 posts)If that is not an impeachable offense , what in God's Name would be ?
uponit7771
(90,347 posts)... not want to be associated with Red Don's cheating.
hlthe2b
(102,297 posts)Roland99
(53,342 posts)Whats he know?
Kingofalldems
(38,459 posts)Can we call him a traitor yet?