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General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: mystery-ak on February 10, 2020, 08:34:27 pm
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Devin Nunes threatens to refer intelligence watchdog to Justice Department in fight over whistleblower complaint
by Spencer Neale
| February 10, 2020 02:38 PM
A top Republican threatened to involve the Justice Department if the Intelligence Community inspector general refuses to deliver "documentary evidence" involving the whistleblower whose complaint spurred the impeachment investigation into President Trump.
Rep. Devin Nunes, the ranking member on the House Intelligence Committee, gave Inspector General Michael Atkinson until Friday to hand over information that could help illuminate questions surrounding the timeline and procedural protocol used to vet the whistleblower complaint that centered on Trump's July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, according to a Friday letter obtained by the Washington Examiner.
The California Republican decried what he called the "unusual handling" of the complaint process and said he will refer the matter to the Justice Department if Atkinson's office refuses to comply after months of outreach.
The Intelligence Community inspector general declined to comment on this story.
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