Trump communication with foreign leader prompted whistleblower complaint -Washington Post

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Trump communication with foreign leader prompted whistleblower complaint -Wash Post

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Moffett Federal Airfield in Mountain View, California, U.S. September 17, 2019. REUTERS/Tom Brenner

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's promise to a foreign leader so troubled an official in the U.S. intelligence community that it prompted them to file a whistleblower complaint, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday.

 

The Post, which cited two former officials familiar with the matter, said it was not immediately clear which foreign leader Trump was speaking with or what he pledged to deliver. The communication was a phone call, one former official said, according to the Post.

 

Intelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson determined that the complaint was credible and troubling enough to be considered a matter of "urgent concern," a legal threshold that requires notification of congressional oversight committees, the Post said.

 

But the acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire has refused to share details about the complaint with lawmakers, the Post reported.

Maguire has defended his refusal by asserting that the subject of the complaint is beyond his jurisdiction, the Post said.

 

House of Representatives Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, a Democrat, has sought to compel U.S. intelligence officials to disclose the full details of the whistleblower complaint to Congress.

 

Atkinson is scheduled to appear at a closed hearing of the committee on Thursday and Maguire has agreed to testify before the panel in open session a week later, Schiff said in a statement.

 

The White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Representatives of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence could not be reached.

 

(Reporting by Eric Beech)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2019-09-19

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[Tug]

Curious to know what he did to freak out the intelligence guy so much he would risk his career pension and all kinds of trouble crossing a vindictive trump must have been very serious indeed

[Puchaiyank]

Ditto what "Tug" said.  This is like a TV thriller that stops before we know who the bad guy is...tune in next week for the next episode!   555   ????

[Chomper Higgot]

37 minutes ago, Tug said:

Curious to know what he did to freak out the intelligence guy so much he would risk his career pension and all kinds of trouble crossing a vindictive trump must have been very serious indeed

We’ll find out soon enough, Schiff has subpoenaed the whistle blower’s report and there will be recordings/transcripts of the phone call at the heart of this report.

[Berkshire]

3 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

We’ll find out soon enough, Schiff has subpoenaed the whistle blower’s report and there will be recordings/transcripts of the phone call at the heart of this report.

Although this could be a serious allegation, I wonder if it would even move the needle.  If Trump were to have offered Putin sanction relief in exchange for $1 billion to Trump's personal account, his supporters probably still won't care.  There is something seriously wrong with these people. 

[mtls2005]

2 hours ago, Berkshire said:

Although this could be a serious allegation

 

The extent to which this is being covered up, papered over, obfuscated, denied, etc. doesn't indicate it's good news. Seems like Mr. Barr is running interference, having rendered a shakiy legal opinion for Acting DNI Maguire, who is said to be quite uncomfortable with his position in this imbroglio. 

 

Curious who the whistleblower is? Some speculate Dan Coates, which would be a whopper.

 

That said, I'm sure we'll be told that the president was "just joking" when he sold us down the river to Vladdy Daddy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Mavideol]

6 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

We’ll find out soon enough, Schiff has subpoenaed the whistle blower’s report and there will be recordings/transcripts of the phone call at the heart of this report.

unfortunately Trump will do anything and everything to deny access to the report, same with his tax returns

[Sujo]

Delete the pee pee tapes and trump tower condo is yours.

[Jingthing]

The already thick plot thickens some more.

 

 

[Mavideol]

4 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

The already thick plot thickens some more.

 

 

how much more they need to remove him...

[OneMoreFarang]

And there are still many million Americans who support that moron... 

[Jingthing]

Just now, Mavideol said:

how much more they need to remove him...

It may be impossible to remove him.

He has his loyal Quislings in the senate so they'll never convict an impeachment.

If he loses the 2020 election he's already setting up the rationale to not willingly leave office and his heavily armed hard core fans follow him into anything without any critical thinking. 

A LANDSLIDE win by the democrats would be the best bet but not likely because of the pro-republican structure of the electoral college.

[ballpoint]

The report says it happened during a phone call to a foreign leader.  Trump "interacted with" five other leaders in the last five weeks, but only spoke to one of them on the phone:

 

"The (Washington) Post reported that Trump interacted with at least five foreign leaders in the five weeks before the whistleblower filed their complaint: Russian President Vladimir Putin, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan, Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte, and Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the emir of Qatar.

Putin is the only one Trump is known to have spoken on the phone with, a call Trump initiated."

 

https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-subject-of-whistleblower-complaint-odni-2019-9

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

6 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

We’ll find out soon enough, Schiff has subpoenaed the whistle blower’s report and there will be recordings/transcripts of the phone call at the heart of this report.

 

Maybe, there have been all kinds of subpoenas lodged against various arms of the Administration, and Trump and Co. have been working hard to fight against basically all of them, asserting "executive privilege" and other legal schemes.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

3 minutes ago, ballpoint said:

The report says it happened during a phone call to a foreign leader.  Trump "interacted with" five other leaders in the last five weeks, but only spoke to one of them on the phone:

 

"The (Washington) Post reported that Trump interacted with at least five foreign leaders in the five weeks before the whistleblower filed their complaint: Russian President Vladimir Putin, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan, Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte, and Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the emir of Qatar.

Putin is the only one Trump is known to have spoken on the phone with, a call Trump initiated."

 

https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-subject-of-whistleblower-complaint-odni-2019-9

 Dang!!!  And I would have put my money on the Dutch call....  

[RJRS1301]

I wonder if a member of the Intelligence community, will die in fatal motor vehicle accident >>>>>>

[Sujo]

9 minutes ago, ballpoint said:

The report says it happened during a phone call to a foreign leader.  Trump "interacted with" five other leaders in the last five weeks, but only spoke to one of them on the phone:

 

"The (Washington) Post reported that Trump interacted with at least five foreign leaders in the five weeks before the whistleblower filed their complaint: Russian President Vladimir Putin, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan, Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte, and Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the emir of Qatar.

Putin is the only one Trump is known to have spoken on the phone with, a call Trump initiated."

 

https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-subject-of-whistleblower-complaint-odni-2019-9

I believe the call was made on july 31

[ballpoint]

Just now, Sujo said:

I believe the call was made on july 31

Correct.  And July 31st was less than 5 weeks prior to the complaint being made.

 

"The saga began on August 12, when a whistleblower inside the government filed a complaint about Trump."

https://www.vox.com/2019/9/18/20872701/dni-whistleblower-schiff-intelligence

[mtls2005]

9 minutes ago, RJRS1301 said:

I wonder if a member of the Intelligence community, will die in fatal motor vehicle accident >>>>>>

Polonium cocktail, shaken, not stirred.

 

But then this isn't Russia, yet.

 

When it comes crashing down it will be epic, and bigly ugly. 

 

This one doesn't feel like it's a season-ender, easy to cover it up and call it Fake News.

 

But he's gonna have a whopper of a meltdown sooner rather than later.

 

[singking]

The already thick plot thickens some more.
 
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Loving the 20 year old hair and 90 year old face on the right! Reminds me of witches and warlocks. Hey wait a minute, could that be what’s happening in the US government??


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[elmrfudd]

and, predictably, the TVF cabal of leftists are dancing with glee.....

 

and the vacuous assumptions are running rampant.

 

its russia! russia! russia!

 

 

 

 

 

[Jingthing]

and, predictably, the TVF cabal of leftists are dancing with glee.....
 
and the vacuous assumptions are running rampant.
 
its russia! russia! russia!
 
 
 
 
 

45's deference to Putin is objectively extremely suspicious. It's normal to wonder why.

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[elmrfudd]

9 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

45's deference to Putin is objectively extremely suspicious. It's normal to wonder why.

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Your obsession with a repeated perceived narrative and desired outcome is even more suspicious, and very sad indeed. But predictable

[Srikcir]

8 hours ago, Tug said:

Curious to know what he did to freak out the intelligence guy so much he would risk his career pension and all kinds of trouble crossing a vindictive trump must have been very serious indeed

Under the Whistleblower Protection Act the government as the employer cannot take any personnel action against an employee because of the employee protected whistleblowing. See 5 U.S.C. § 2302(b)(8).

[RJRS1301]

32 minutes ago, elmrfudd said:

and, predictably, the TVF cabal of leftists are dancing with glee.....

 

and the vacuous assumptions are running rampant.

 

its russia! russia! russia!

 

 

 

 

 

"Predictable narrative", the Inspector General feels the complaint is "credible", seems that at least some objectivity  is required before jumping disrespecting other peoples viewpoint without evidence to the contrary.

 

[elmrfudd]

5 minutes ago, RJRS1301 said:

"Predictable narrative", the Inspector General feels the complaint is "credible", seems that at least some objectivity  is required before jumping disrespecting other peoples viewpoint without evidence to the contrary.

 

you mean the same crew of TVF leftists that have been after the same result for 3 years regardless of actual factual evidence and have been peddling assumptions and innuendos? like that "objectivity"??

 

the lack of objectivity is precisely the problem.

[stevenl]

1 minute ago, elmrfudd said:

you mean the same crew of TVF leftists that have been after the same result for 3 years regardless of actual factual evidence and have been peddling assumptions and innuendos? like that "objectivity"??

 

the lack of objectivity is precisely the problem.

So the inspector general is not objective. That's the only possible conclusion from your post.

[White Christmas13]

1 hour ago, OneMoreFarang said:

And there are still many million Americans who support that moron... 

and some on TVF here

[RJRS1301]

3 minutes ago, elmrfudd said:

you mean the same crew of TVF leftists that have been after the same result for 3 years regardless of actual factual evidence and have been peddling assumptions and innuendos? like that "objectivity"??

 

the lack of objectivity is precisely the problem.

I am suggesting from your post, that your objectivity is severely lacking, from being able to have a rationale discourse.

Perhaps all need to await the outcome from the Inspector General?

[elmrfudd]

4 minutes ago, stevenl said:

So the inspector general is not objective. That's the only possible conclusion from your post.

in your mind it is i guess. I guess you can ignore the previous claims made by others as to preconceived guilt and results, that would not be objective though