A whistleblower complaint by an anonymous U.S. intelligence official has provoked a spiraling political standoff between the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats seeking to investigate the alleged wrongdoing. The complaint reportedly involves an allegation that Trump in a July 25 phone call to Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy repeatedly pressed him to investigate former Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and his son Hunter at a time Kyiv was eagerly anticipating $250 million in U.S. military aid. The controversy centers on Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maquire’s refusal to forward the …read more
Source:: Voice of America
