Whistleblower In Tentative Agreement To Meet With Congress

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The DNI whistleblower has reached a tentative agreement to meet with members of Congress, should acting DNI Joseph Maguire approve security clearance for the whistleblower’s lawyers.

According to CNN, House Intelligence Committee chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) leaned on Maguire Wednesday to push him to approve the clearance.

The whistleblower’s complaint was declassified Wednesday night but has not yet been released publicly.

Lawmakers have not yet been told the whistleblower’s name or where he works in the government.

The whistleblower’s complaint, centering on President Donald Trump’s interactions with Ukraine, touched off revelations about Trump trying to force an investigation of former Vice President Joe Biden that led to an impeachment inquiry.

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  1. Avatar for jinnj jinnj says:

    He?

  2. There should be no should.
    We the American people are entitled to know how our freedoms are being taken away.

  3. Fine, but we have to bear in mind that the whistleblower is only the start because it seems that the whistleblower is going to report what s/he knows, as well as name names of people who were present during the phone call. Apparently the whistleblower was not present for that (although s/he might have been present for other things). So, there will be a big need to quickly bring in those other people. That could be difficult if the White House stonewalls that, and so the only remedy there could be impeachment. We’ll see.

    I’ve been listening to some pro-Trump talk radio and one of their big talking points is that the whistleblower wasn’t present during the phone call. They’re going to be ready with new talking points once the people who were there are brought in to testify, of course.

  4. I’m gonna make the risky projection that this appearance gets gummed up by “exec privilege/nat security” blocks from you know who.

  5. Among your many gifts, you have a much stronger stomach than I do.

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