A member of the intelligence community who filed a whistleblower complaint over a July 25 phone call between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke with a House Intelligence Committee aide first, according to a spokesman for Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff, the committee's chairman.
Schiff spokesman Patrick Boland acknowledges that the whistleblower contacted the congressional aide.
The whistleblower reportedly followed the aide's advice and filed a complaint with the intelligence community's inspector general, Michael Atkinson.
"Filing a complaint with Mr. Atkinson gave the whistle-blower added protections against reprisals and also allowed him to legally report on classified information," The Times reported.
"While House Intelligence Committee members are allowed to receive classified whistle-blower complaints, they are not allowed to make such complaints public, according to a former official. A complaint forwarded to the committee by the inspector general gives it more latitude over what it can publicize," the newspaper added.
"At no point did the committee review or receive the complaint in advance," he told The Times.
Trump himself responded during a media conference to the news that Schiff knew about something about the whistleblower's accusations before he filed the complaint.
https://www.westernjournal.com/whistleblower-coordinated-schiff-filing-complaint-spokesman-reveals/
Schiff spokesman Patrick Boland acknowledges that the whistleblower contacted the congressional aide.
The whistleblower reportedly followed the aide's advice and filed a complaint with the intelligence community's inspector general, Michael Atkinson.
"Filing a complaint with Mr. Atkinson gave the whistle-blower added protections against reprisals and also allowed him to legally report on classified information," The Times reported.
"While House Intelligence Committee members are allowed to receive classified whistle-blower complaints, they are not allowed to make such complaints public, according to a former official. A complaint forwarded to the committee by the inspector general gives it more latitude over what it can publicize," the newspaper added.
"At no point did the committee review or receive the complaint in advance," he told The Times.
Trump himself responded during a media conference to the news that Schiff knew about something about the whistleblower's accusations before he filed the complaint.
https://www.westernjournal.com/whistleblower-coordinated-schiff-filing-complaint-spokesman-reveals/
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