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Pelosi: Whistleblower complaint 'must be addressed immediately' | TheHill

posted onSeptember 23, 2019
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Article snippet: Speaker Trump’s call with a foreign leader “must be addressed immediately.”  “This violation is about our national security. The Inspector General determined that the matter is ‘urgent’ and therefore we face an emergency that must be addressed immediately,” Pelosi wrote in a letter to members of Congress released Sunday.  The anonymous complaint, the existence of which was made public last week, reportedly includes allegations that Trump asked Ukrainian leaders to investigate former Vice President MORE and his family. No evidence has emerged to suggest Biden acted with his son’s interests in mind with regard to his dealings with Ukraine. Trump denies he asked Ukraine to investigate Biden, but the White House has not released the complaint or transcript of the call.  Members of the House Intelligence Committee on Thursday received a briefing from the intelligence community's inspector general but did not receive information about the complaint's contents. Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire has refused to provide the information to the committee. Trump told reporters Sunday he would consider releasing the transcript of his call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.  “If the Administration persists in blocking this whistleblower from disclosing to Congress a serious possible breach of constitutional duties by the president, they will be entering a grave new chapter of lawlessness which will take us into a whole new stage of investigation,... Link to the full article to read more

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