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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDemocrats claim new momentum from intelligence watchdog testimony
Democrats claim new momentum from intelligence watchdog testimony
By Cristina Marcos,Mike Lillis and Maggie Miller - 10/04/19 07:16 PM EDT
Democrats claimed to find new momentum Friday in their impeachment inquiry into President Trump after the top watchdog of the nation's intelligence community briefed lawmakers on his investigation into allegations that Trump sought foreign help to boost his 2020 campaign.
During nearly seven hours of testimony to members of the House Intelligence Committee, Michael Atkinson, the inspector general (IG) of the intelligence community, outlined the details of his probe into the complaint from an anonymous government whistleblower at the heart of the Democrats impeachment inquiry.
The whistleblower alleged that Trump had threatened to withhold U.S. military assistance to Ukraine unless President Volodymyr Zelensky launched an anti-corruption investigation into former Vice President Joe Biden, one of Trumps chief political adversaries heading into next years election.
Democrats on the Intelligence panel provided few details of Atkinsons testimony, but said it confirmed crucial and damning components of the July 25 Trump-Zelensky phone call, a summary of which was released last week by the White House.
"While we cannot get into the substance, we explored with the IG through documents and testimony the reasons why he found the whistleblower complaint to be both urgent and credible, Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said afterward in a statement. Now that we have all seen the call record, we can see that the IGs determination was correct in both respects."
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https://thehill.com/homenews/house/464468-democrats-claim-new-momentum-from-intelligence-watchdog-testimony
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Democrats claim new momentum from intelligence watchdog testimony (Original Post)
babylonsister
Oct 2019
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BootinUp
(46,925 posts)1. What details???? Arrrrrrgggghhh!
babylonsister
(170,963 posts)2. It's a secret so far. Hopefully we'll find out soon. nt
Iwasthere
(3,138 posts)3. New momentum?
HE CANE OUT TO THE SOUTH LAWN AND CONFESSED! We're still trying to find evidence? If we're going to go this route then add 29 more crimes, impeach him for all of it. If we can't get Rs onboard anyway.