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elleng

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Thu Sep 19, 2019, 03:17 PM Sep 2019

Whistle-Blower's Complaint Is Said to Involve Multiple Acts by Trump. [View all]

Source: nyt

The complaint goes beyond a commitment that President Trump was said to have made to a world leader.

A potentially explosive complaint by a whistle-blower in the intelligence community said to involve President Trump was related to a series of actions that goes beyond any single discussion with a foreign leader, according to interviews on Thursday.

The complaint was related to multiple acts, Michael Atkinson, the inspector general for American spy agencies, told lawmakers during a private briefing, two officials familiar with it said. But he declined to discuss specifics, including whether the complaint involved the president, according to committee members.

Separately, a person familiar with the whistle-blower’s complaint said it involves in part a commitment that Mr. Trump made in a communication with another world leader. The Washington Post first reported the nature of that discussion. But no single communication was at the root of the complaint, another person familiar with it said.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/19/us/politics/intelligence-whistle-blower-complaint-trump.html

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Sickening OKNancy Sep 2019 #1
It will. Even past next week. When/how we find out should be on national television. ancianita Sep 2019 #14
What if he asked several world leaders to help him with the election Mike 03 Sep 2019 #2
Sounds like a copy of the complaint may already be in the hands Iliyah Sep 2019 #3
after threatening people so they keep quiet scarytomcat Sep 2019 #19
K&R for exposure diva77 Sep 2019 #4
And only about half of them were non-standard sex acts. Mc Mike Sep 2019 #5
Good... Blue_Tires Sep 2019 #6
If his supporters I am around are any guage Miguelito Loveless Sep 2019 #8
I so hope you're right, but as usual, I have doubts, like every other a kennedy Sep 2019 #16
Maybe the whistleblower created a revmclaren Sep 2019 #7
Trump does not break the law once.... SergeStorms Sep 2019 #9
One of my mother's favorite expressions! targetpractice Sep 2019 #10
I don't know where I originally heard that.... SergeStorms Sep 2019 #20
Dump only cares about himself scarytomcat Sep 2019 #21
Where is all this information coming from and at the same time, why are there ... marble falls Sep 2019 #11
reporters doing their job: elleng Sep 2019 #12
They're reporting it, who's dropping details but not giving out the real meat? ... marble falls Sep 2019 #13
Very important question Blackjackdavey Sep 2019 #28
As awful as this is, did anyone expect that it would not be so? NotHardly Sep 2019 #15
Let's move slowly on this brutus smith Sep 2019 #17
the whistle blower probably heard dump scarytomcat Sep 2019 #18
I'm having trouble following this whole thing. SansACause Sep 2019 #22
Trump is toast. oasis Sep 2019 #23
So many hard accusations of cheetox.. Maxheader Sep 2019 #24
K&R ck4829 Sep 2019 #25
Sounds more like it. 2naSalit Sep 2019 #26
just a thought.. seltzerwater Sep 2019 #27
We can ASK all we want, elleng Sep 2019 #29
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