September 19, 2019
By Andrew Prokop
An internal Trump administration whistleblower (click here) has filed a complaint about “multiple acts” by President Trump, according to the New York Times’ Nicholas Fandos, Eileen Sullivan, Julian Barnes and Matthew Rosenberg.
Look this is the way I see it. Trump has loans backed by Russian oligarchs through Deutsche Bank. He has defaulted on those loans and the loans are being paid by the Russian Oligarchs. When the sanctions by Obama and the USA Congress hit hard in Russia, Putin stepped in and used the power of the Russian government to leverage the loans to Trump. BASICALLY, TRUMP'S INDEBTEDNESS is leverage over the USA Presidency.
There are a few foreign leaders that Trump would promise anything; Kim Jong Un or Vladimir Putin. Those are also the only leaders that is known to have multiple calls with Trump. I believe Trump would promise Putin anything, including delayed responses of USA nukes.
I don't think this is a mystery. If it wasn't so serious there would never be a whistleblower complaint. Trump never denounced the intervention by Putin and Russian intelligence in the 2016 elections. As far as I am concerned that is good as permission. "Russia if your listening...." Who says that?
The whistleblower account needs to go forward. Barr is way out of line. This guy still has his license?
Look this is the way I see it. Trump has loans backed by Russian oligarchs through Deutsche Bank. He has defaulted on those loans and the loans are being paid by the Russian Oligarchs. When the sanctions by Obama and the USA Congress hit hard in Russia, Putin stepped in and used the power of the Russian government to leverage the loans to Trump. BASICALLY, TRUMP'S INDEBTEDNESS is leverage over the USA Presidency.
There are a few foreign leaders that Trump would promise anything; Kim Jong Un or Vladimir Putin. Those are also the only leaders that is known to have multiple calls with Trump. I believe Trump would promise Putin anything, including delayed responses of USA nukes.
I don't think this is a mystery. If it wasn't so serious there would never be a whistleblower complaint. Trump never denounced the intervention by Putin and Russian intelligence in the 2016 elections. As far as I am concerned that is good as permission. "Russia if your listening...." Who says that?
The whistleblower account needs to go forward. Barr is way out of line. This guy still has his license?
In part, the complaint is about a troubling “promise” made during a conversation between President Trump and a foreign leader, per the Washington Post’s Greg Miller, Ellen Nakashima, and Shane Harris. But the Times reported Thursday that the complaint is broader than any one call or promise.
The complaint was passed on to the inspector general for the intelligence community, who determined it was credible and a matter of “urgent concern” — a legal standard that normally requires congressional oversight committees be notified. And, per a letter from the inspector general, he concluded the complaint “relates to one of the most significant and important of the DNI’s responsibilities to the American people.”
How is it Kushner has access to these documents, but, the US Congress doesn't?
How is it Kushner has access to these documents, but, the US Congress doesn't?
But Trump’s acting director of national intelligence has stepped in to block key congressional committee chairs from receiving the details of the whistleblower complaint — which some legal analysts say could be a violation of the law requiring they be informed.
So over the past week, Intelligence Committee chair Adam Schiff (D-CA) has been demanding answers. The inspector general briefed the committee Thursday morning, but still withheld details about the complaint’s subject matter.
The big picture is that this could be a major new scandal in the making. And the two huge questions are: which foreign leader? And what was the promise?
On Thursday morning, Trump responded on Twitter, calling the story “Fake News” and saying he wouldn’t have said “something inappropriate” on such a call....
Welcome to the Intelligence Community (IC) Whistleblowing website. (click here) If you are visiting this website because you are considering whether to make a protected disclosure, or because you are interested in learning more about them, you should know that whistleblowing has a long history in this country. Over 240 years ago, on July 30, 1778, the Continental Congress unanimously enacted the first whistleblower legislation in the United States, proclaiming that "it is the duty of all persons in service of the United States, as well as all other the inhabitants thereof, to give the earliest information to Congress or other proper authority of any misconduct, frauds or misdemeanors committed by any officers or persons in the service of these states, which comes to their knowledge." To this day, Federal law (including the Constitution, rules, and regulations) encourages, consistent with the protection of classified information (including sources and methods of detection of classified information), the honest and good faith reporting of misconduct, fraud, misdemeanors, and other crimes to the appropriate authority at the earliest time possible.
Consistent with that tradition and public policy, this website provides a general overview of lawful whistleblowing in the IC. It explains how individuals may lawfully disclose critical information to authorized recipients while protecting national security. You will find information about what lawful whistleblowing is; what individuals should report; how to blow the whistle lawfully; who handles a whistleblower complaint; why we have a whistleblower program; and what an individual's whistleblower protections are.
Whistleblowers are a key source of information for countering wrongdoing and enhancing the effectiveness of our government. Lawful whistleblowing through authorized disclosures, and passing the right information to the right people, reinforces our public policy of encouraging individuals working for our government, and particularly within our IC, to provide patriotic dissent while maintaining loyalty to individual elements within the IC and protecting national security.
Regardless of your reason for visiting this website, I hope you find its information helpful. To close on another historical note, I keep on my desk a plaque with a quote from Benjamin Franklin - a former government employee - who began his day by asking "What good shall I do this day?" Reporting wrongdoing through authorized means is not only a public and patriotic duty with a long tradition in this country, it is a good that can be done today.
