Section: TPM (USA)
DNI Maguire Won’t Say If He Discussed Whistleblower Complaint With Trump
Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire refused to tell the House Intelligence Committee on Thursday whether he’d discussed an explosive whistleblower complaint with President Donald Trump. During Maguire’s hearing, Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) asked the acting DNI if he’d spoken to Trump about the whistleblower...
Acting DNI Reveals New Info On How White House Stifled Release Of Ukraine Complaint
Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire revealed new details on how an explosive whistleblower complaint alleging serious presidential misconduct was initially handled. Maguire admitted that the White House was the first outside party he went to to seek advice on the next steps. The White House initially said a...
Report: Ukraine Dirt Scandal Began As Search For Manafort Pardon Rationale
The effort by President Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani to dig up dirt on Joe and Hunter Biden began as something else — a search for a rationale to pardon former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, the New York Review of Books reported Wednesday. The report was based off of records provided by someone who’d participated in Trump and...
Ex-DNI Official: Never Seen A Complaint That ‘So Clearly’ Outlines A ‘Coverup’
The former director of public affairs for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence was alarmed at the allegations laid out in the whistleblower complaint released Thursday morning. During a panel discussion on CNN on Thursday, ex-DNI official Shawn Turner said he’d never seen anything like what was laid out in the complaint — the...
Schiff Opens Hearing On The Offensive, Listing Maguire’s Questionable Behavior
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) opened Thursday’s hearing with a detailed depiction of President Donald Trump’s strong-arming of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, quickly segueing into the ways that acting DNI Joseph Maguire seemed to aid and abet the coverup of this behavior. “In the limited...
Whistleblower In Tentative Agreement To Meet With Congress
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 Complaint Also Raises Concerns About How WH Handled Ukraine Call
The explosive whistleblower complaint at the center of Democrats’ impeachment inquiry raises concerns about more than just an apparent “promise” President Trump made during a call with the president of Ukraine in July, The New York Times reported. According to two people briefed on the complaint who spoke to the Times, the document also...
READ: House Intel Releases Trump-Ukraine Whistleblower Complaint
House Intelligence Committee Chair Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) released a redacted copy of a whistleblower complaint on Thursday. The complaint focuses on efforts by President Trump and his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani to pressure the Ukrainian government into manufacturing helpful political information. “In the course of my official duties, I...
Pentagon’s Letter About Ukraine Torpedoes Trump’s Excuse For Withholding Aid
A newly uncovered letter from the Pentagon debunks one of President Donald Trump’s excuses for delaying aid to Ukraine in late July. On Monday, Trump suggested he had withheld the aid to Ukraine only because he wanted to make sure the funds weren’t going to a corrupt government. “If you don’t talk about corruption, why would you...
Schiff Says Whistleblower Complaint Exposes ‘Serious Wrongdoing’
After reviewing the anonymous whistleblower complaint that reportedly centers on President Trump and Ukraine on Wednesday, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) said that it exposed “serious wrongdoing,” Calling it “well-written,” Schiff thanked the whistleblower and indicated the complaint was urgent. “What this courageous...
