Posted on 09/26/2019 6:02:50 AM PDT by Magnatron
The intelligence officer who filed a whistle-blower complaint about President Trump’s interactions with the leader of Ukraine raised alarms not only about what the two men said in a phone call, but also about how the White House handled records of the conversation, according to two people briefed on the complaint.
The whistle-blower, moreover, identified multiple White House officials as witnesses to potential presidential misconduct who could corroborate the complaint, the people said — adding that the inspector general for the intelligence community, Michael Atkinson, interviewed witnesses.
Mr. Atkinson eventually concluded that there was reason to believe that the president might have illegally solicited a foreign campaign contribution — and that his potential misconduct created a national security risk, according to a newly disclosed Justice Department memo.
An early portrait of the intelligence officer began to take shape on Wednesday as the White House released a rough log of a July 25 phone call between Mr. Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, the latest extraordinary revelation set off by the whistle-blower’s complaint.
Lawyers for the whistle-blower expressed concern in an interview on Wednesday about officials disclosing their client’s identity.
“Intelligence officers, by nature, are not people who want to be publicly known,” said Andrew P. Bakaj, the lead lawyer for the whistle-blower. “If you are an intelligence officer through and through, you are doing this for national security.”
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BULLS**T! Stand up like a freakin' man and own this! You can't just do a drive-by whistleblow and walk away...
...or woman.
HUH? The Ukrainian said it didn’t happen.
Tell that to Valerie Plame, you lying Phuck.
“Let me tell you: You take on the intelligence community — they have six ways from Sunday at getting back at you,” -Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer Jan. 2017
Sounds like fake news I already heard it stated that asking for information cannot be considered a campaign contribution. In fact it’s preposterous that the president in asking for an investigation of any situation would be a campaign contribution.
Oh I see every time the president asks a foreign leader for a favor it’s a campaign contribution? Total BS.
This intelligence officer’s next assignment will be counting Russian snowflakes in Alaska
Besides, Biden is not the Democrat nominee. So he’s not running against Trump, so there is no “campaign” that this could be a contribution to.
Who is Sue Gordon?
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