They knew they couldn't just leak to the press, it might expose the agent to charges of leaking classified information. But, a longtime bureaucrat with Commie tendencies, being an expert at knowing the intricacies of the law came up with the idea of using the Whistleblower statute because it would shield the leaker from charges of mishandling information.
But when the ADNI, sat on the complaint, they had to go to plan B and get the word out through Congress.
These people aren't deep thinkers and planners-they just take a dump and let the media take it from there.
I don’t think the Democrats are thinking far down the road strategically, so I’m inclined to think that it’s not any more complicated than what has been revealed. A group of leftists in the Intelligence community cooked up this idea that this would move more Democrats in the House to impeachment. And it started right after Mueller’s testimony bombed.
On the contrary. I think the Dems got this all wargamed out. Look how fast they moved on to obstruction in the hearing today.