Article snippet: A complicated and murky new scandal unfolded in bits and pieces this week involving an unspecified “promise” allegedly made by President Trump to a foreign leader that prompted a member of the US intelligence community to file a formal complaint. There is plenty that remains unknown, but here’s a look at what has happened so far. The Washington Post reported Wednesday that a recent communication between President Trump and an unnamed foreign leader involved some kind of “promise.” It reportedly so alarmed a US intelligence official that he or she lodged a formal whistleblower complaint with a federal watchdog on Aug. 12. The Post reported Thursday that the complaint did not revolve around a single phone call, but rather multiple communications. Adding to the controversy, the whistleblower complaint was made in such a way that it would normally require watchdog officials to notify certain members of Congress about it. But the inspector general for the intelligence community did not disclose the contents of the complaint, the director of national intelligence has resisted turning it over. The Post both reported Thursday that at least part of the complaint centered around Ukraine. On Thursday night, President Trump’s lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, in an eyebrow-raising interview, said on CNN that he had asked the Ukrainian government to investigate allegations that former vice president Joe Biden pressured Ukraine to dismiss a prosecutor who was probing a gas company where... Link to the full article to read more