Article snippet: WASHINGTON — Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire is set to speak publicly for the first time about a secret whistleblower complaint involving President Trump as House Democrats who have read the document say it is ‘‘deeply disturbing.’’ House Democrats who are now mulling Trump’s impeachment are hoping that Maguire will explain why he withheld the intelligence community whistleblower’s complaint from Congress for weeks. Maguire will then go behind closed doors to speak to the Senate intelligence panel. There were signs that the document, now at the center of a firestorm about Trump’s handling of Ukraine, could be made public as soon as Thursday. Shortly before midnight on Wednesday, Utah Rep. Chris Stewart, a GOP member of the House intelligence committee, tweeted: ‘‘BREAKING NEWS: The whistleblower complaint has been declassified. I encourage you all to read it.’’ He did not say when it might be released, and a spokesman for the panel did not return a request for comment. New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, a member of Democratic leadership, said Wednesday evening that he expects the complaint would be made public ‘‘sooner rather than later.’’ The document was made available to members of House and Senate intelligence committees Wednesday after Maguire had initially determined they couldn’t see it. The complaint is at least in part related to a July phone call between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in which Trump prodded Zelens... Link to the full article to read more