Trump lashes out at intel inspector general over whistleblower storm

Source: The Hill | October 9, 2019 | Morgan Chalfant

President Trump on Wednesday lashed out at the intelligence community inspector general over his handling of a whistleblower complaint raising alarm over Trump’s conversations with Ukraine.

In a series of tweets, Trump described the whistleblower complaint and related controversy as a “hoax” and a “scam.”

Trump also questioned Intelligence Community Inspector General (ICIG) Michael Atkinson’s handling of the complaint and asserted that Atkinson “should have never let it start.”

“Why doesn’t the ICIG do something about this Scam? He should have never let it start, a Dem Hoax!” Trump tweeted Wednesday.

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Trump criticized Atkinson, whom the president appointed to the position, while seizing on reports that the anonymous whistleblower previously had a professional relationship with one of the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates.

Trump has sought to discredit the whistleblower’s complaint and attack the individual, whose identity remains unknown to the president and the public, as a “partisan” amid revelations about the complaint, which caused House Democrats to launch an impeachment inquiry.

Atkinson has been at the center of the controversy since receiving the whistleblower’s complaint. He was initially prevented by the administration from sharing details of the complaint with Congress.

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  • Consistent October 9, 2019 at 1:26 pm #32268

    ConservativeGranny October 9, 2019 at 7:29 pm #32291

    Why doesn’t Trump just have the guy arrested? He has declared himself above the law, his followers and 99.9% of the GOP agree and will stand behind him so what is stopping him? Lets just get this over with. Right now this is a soft tyranny. If Trump isn’t stopped soon things will start to change. Just how far will the GOP go? The Republic is teetering over the precipice between soft tyranny and hard tyranny. Ending it before it starts is easy. Once we go over the edge there is no coming back without some bloodshed.

    Consistent October 10, 2019 at 12:28 am #32303

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