Preet Bharara: You know who got an even EARLIER account of whistleblower's allegations - THE WH!

[kpete]

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You know who got an even EARLIER account? The White House — whose occupant is the subject of the whistleblower’s allegations.

Recap: Early on the Whistleblower first went to the CIA’s General Counsel with their complaint before they went to the IG. The CIA GC, almost immediately took the info - TO THE WH - and when the WB was made aware of that, they then filed a formal complaint with the IG.

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EXACTLY:
"The [whistleblower] first had a colleague take his concerns--in vague form--to the CIA’s general counsel, Courtney Simmons Elwood, who began a preliminary inquiry by contacting a deputy White House counsel, alerting the White House that complaints were coming from the CIA."

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/02/us/politics/adam-schiff-whistleblower.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes

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[OnDoutside]

1. My understanding is that the NYT have that wrong. Schiff was

made aware of the WB, but not the complaint.

[dweller]

4. i believe an aide

was made aware of the whistleblower (in person?)
and took the info to Schiff ( who doesn't know the WB's ID )

so Schiff had the gist or summary or suspicion of the activity, and when the WB came forward knew to act on it quickly ...

or that's my read on it

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[uponit7771]

2. WTF is up with the NYT ?!?!?!

[orangecrush]

6. Something smells rotten.

[itsrobert]

7. They need a house cleaning

They are acting like amateurs.

[ffr]

5. For as much going on today as there is, I've heard very little about Barr.

But I'm okay with it, so long as it's Pence's time in the hotseat.