@Cyber LibertyWhat happened is below; the short version is, a whistle-blower (this was one in the intelligence division),has a route to follow to report something the whistle-blower thinks is
urgent and credible. He (or she), reported this up the next intelligence chain, where it
was considered urgent and credible. (I heard tonight this info. is more than a phone call.)
The Intelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson also said it
wasurgent and credible and it went to Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire. From there the
law says it goes to the House Intelligence Committee, but McQuire would not send it - he violated the law when he stopped the course of the law. It is not his prerogative to stop this information. More info. below: (consider the rest in "quotes":
"Today (Thursday), Intelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson, who called the whistle-blower complaint a matter of "urgent concern," will appear before the House intelligence committee to brief members in closed session at 9:00 a.m.
The committee chair is Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), ...person who first raised public concern that the whistle-blower complaint had been bottled up by Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire."