It appears that Donald Trump made a promise to a foreign leader (Putin?) that so bothered someone in the intelligence community that the person reported their knowledge of the interaction to the Intelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson….
The Director of National Intelligence KNOWS about this and one would presume so does his boss, the person impacted , President Donald Trump…
This information IS supposed to go the top Intelligence committee members in Congress…
But at first the Acting DNI boss refused to answer questions from House Democrats…
He will speak to them tomorrow…
This seems to be another dead end in the contining saga of a President who has broken all sorts of norms and rules but has benefited from the Republicans in Congress simply NOT willing to go after a President of their party for just about ANYTHING….
The whole case is complicated by the prospect of information revealing America ‘sources and methods’of spying….
There have been worries that Trump could have made promises to Russian President Putin of the nature that would put anyone else but a President…. in jail….
Trump has been a nightmare for the American Intelligence community from the jump …
It was not immediately clear which foreign leader Trump was speaking with or what he pledged to deliver, but his direct involvement in the matter has not been previously disclosed. It raises new questions about the president’s handling of sensitive information and may further strain his relationship with U.S. spy agencies. One former official said the communication was a phone call.
The White House declined to comment. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence and a lawyer representing the whistleblower declined to comment.
Intelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson determined that the complaint was credible and troubling enough to be considered a matter of “urgent concern,” a legal threshold that ordinarily requires notification of congressional oversight committees.
But acting director of national intelligence Joseph Maguire has refused to share details about Trump’s alleged transgression with lawmakers, touching off a legal and political dispute that has spilled into public and prompted speculation that the spy chief is improperly protecting the president….
Note….
There is NO mention of the word ‘treason’ in any of this…
Update…
The whistleblower complaint reportedly involving a discussion between President Trump and a foreign leader was based on more than one incident, said a Democratic lawmaker who attended the House Intelligence Committee’s closed-door meeting Thursday with the intelligence community’s inspector general….
image….WashingtonPost..
The original reports on this story maybe just a surface look…
There ARE hints that Trump made not just one call , but established a channel of communication…
In addition?
It appears that Barr maybe helping Trump keep the actions from Congress, which WILL inform the public…
Separate from Mueller’s report ?
Donald Trump seems to have committed more questionable actions and it IS becoming apparent that America has NO REAL way to dealing with a runaway President….
It is all but admitted that this IS about Trump/Putin ‘commications’ and maybe promises…..
….’Trump has gone to extraordinary lengths to conceal details of his conversations with Putin, including on at least one occasion taking possession of the notes of his own interpreter and instructing the linguist not to discuss what had transpired with other administration officials. ;…
More…
This story IS gonna leak out sooner or later….
In addition?
It is NOT beyond reason to think that AG Barr might go after the leaker, Not be worried about his bosses nehavior…
One would question that OTHER countries know about all this since they ALL spy on each other…
I would guess this isn’y the last time we’re gonna find out that an American President with past and maybe current financial dealings with some Russians will be holding ‘secret’ talks with the Russian leader or top Russians….
If Obama had even hinted such moves he would have been in deep shit…
Trump owns his AG and the US Senate….
He’s just hacked down and keeps going….
Great country America. eh?
A Republican President cutting deals with the head of Russian and trying to fuck the intelligence community and FBI for trying to keep tabs on his actions, eh?
And the Republicans?Cheer him on.
Yup….
That’s how fucked up things are under Trumpism….