The whistleblower’s complaint that has sparked an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump was released Thursday, revealing deep concern that the president “used the power of his office” to solicit foreign help to discredit one of his main political rivals during a July telephone call with the president of Ukraine.
The whistleblower, who has not been identified publicly, went on to detail efforts by senior White House officials to later “lock down” access to all records of the July 25 call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in which Trump urged his counterpart to investigate Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.
The complaint, contained in a letter to the chairmen of the House and Senate Intelligence committees, suggested that Trump’s efforts “constitute a serious and flagrant problem.”
The complaint’s release comes as the acting Director of National Intelligence, Joseph Maguire, testified before the House Intelligence Committee on Thursday over his initial decision to block the complaint’s transmission to members of Congress.
Mike Braun, Republican US Senator for Indiana, offers his reaction to the Trump/Zelensky transcript with Dan & Amy: