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General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: mystery-ak on September 26, 2019, 06:40:13 pm
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Whistleblower: US officials 'deeply concerned' by Giuliani’s 'circumvention of national security decision-making'
by Jerry Dunleavy
| September 26, 2019 01:41 PM
The whistleblower complaint focused upon a controversial July 25 conversation between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was released Thursday, revealing White House officials were “deeply concerned†about Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani’s “circumvention of national security decision-making.â€
The complaint was declassified late Wednesday night and was released to the public on Thursday just before acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire testified in front of the House Intelligence Committee where he defended the “good faith†of the whistleblower.
The transcript of the Trump-Zelensky call was released Wednesday morning and showed Trump asked for Ukraine's help in investigating a conspiracy theory related to the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, which determined the Russians hacked the Democratic National Committee’s email systems. Trump urged the Ukrainian leader to look into whether there was any Ukrainian involvement in the 2016 election and suggested that the Ukrainians investigate allegations of corruption related to 2020 Democrat Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden. Trump urged Zelensky to speak with his Giuliani, his personal attorney, and Attorney General William Barr. Giuliani has spent months urging Ukraine to investigate possible Ukrainian election interference and the Bidens.
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