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BumRushDaShow

(127,290 posts)
Fri Oct 4, 2019, 08:43 PM Oct 2019

2nd Official Is Weighing Whether to Blow the Whistle on Trump's Ukraine Dealings

Source: New York Times

WASHINGTON — A second intelligence official who was alarmed by President Trump’s dealings with Ukraine is weighing whether to file his own formal whistle-blower complaint and testify to Congress, according to two people briefed on the matter.

The official has more direct information about the events than the first whistle-blower, whose complaint that Mr. Trump was using his power to get Ukraine to investigate his political rivals touched off an impeachment inquiry. The second official is among those interviewed by the intelligence community inspector general to corroborate the allegations of the original whistle-blower, one of the people said.

The inspector general, Michael Atkinson, briefed lawmakers privately on Friday about how he substantiated the whistle-blower’s account. It was not clear whether he told lawmakers that the second official is considering filing a complaint.

A new complaint, particularly from someone closer to the events, would potentially add further credibility to the account of the first whistle-blower, a C.I.A. officer who was detailed to the National Security Council at one point. He said that he relied on information from more than half a dozen American officials to compile his allegations about Mr. Trump’s campaign to solicit foreign election interference that could benefit him politically.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/04/us/politics/second-trump-whistleblower.html

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2nd Official Is Weighing Whether to Blow the Whistle on Trump's Ukraine Dealings (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Oct 2019 OP
File The Complaint ! ritapria Oct 2019 #1
History is watching. Hope this person screws up their courage and lands on the right side Arazi Oct 2019 #2
Oh, I hope he does. We need all the backup we can get. patricia92243 Oct 2019 #3
Oh yeah Leghorn21 Oct 2019 #4
I think that second whistle needs to be sounded loudly Blue Owl Oct 2019 #5
"The DEEP STATE is colluding against me." RESIST. Don't trust anyone without a MAGA cap. erronis Oct 2019 #6
tRump's Deep State shadow government is getting exposed for the grift as it is. ffr Oct 2019 #7
Will not change one cult members mind. But SayItLoud Oct 2019 #8
Please come forward!! Thekaspervote Oct 2019 #9
Read something recently that struck me about the deep state: cilla4progress Oct 2019 #10
Ironic and astute... BumRushDaShow Oct 2019 #11
This is a very odd report. Ramsey Barner Oct 2019 #12
Yeah it's pretty much a b.s. story. Imperialism Inc. Oct 2019 #13
The law firm representing the first whistleblower TexasBushwhacker Oct 2019 #14
24 hours makes a difference. Igel Oct 2019 #15

Leghorn21

(13,520 posts)
4. Oh yeah
Fri Oct 4, 2019, 08:55 PM
Oct 2019
“The inspector general, Michael Atkinson, briefed lawmakers privately on Friday about how he substantiated the whistle-blower’s account.”



BRING IT ON IN

erronis

(14,942 posts)
6. "The DEEP STATE is colluding against me." RESIST. Don't trust anyone without a MAGA cap.
Fri Oct 4, 2019, 09:29 PM
Oct 2019

And you can buy great ones at www.trumpster.com. The best. Made in America (but not really).

Get 10 for the price of 9 since, I'm sure, you'll wear them out!

And after I leave the presidency in 10-20 years, they're be collectables!

SayItLoud

(1,696 posts)
8. Will not change one cult members mind. But
Fri Oct 4, 2019, 09:54 PM
Oct 2019

piling on is totally appropriate when it comes to tRUMP. #VoteBlue

cilla4progress

(24,587 posts)
10. Read something recently that struck me about the deep state:
Fri Oct 4, 2019, 11:05 PM
Oct 2019

The deep state is the Constitution.

Moving thought.

Ramsey Barner

(349 posts)
12. This is a very odd report.
Sat Oct 5, 2019, 07:17 AM
Oct 2019

First, nobody needs to "add further credibility to the account of the first whistle-blower"—there's very solid evidence that everything they reported is true. Second, whistleblowers don't usually leak that they're thinking of whistleblowing: revealing this information risks their anonymity without either reporting the wrongdoing or acquiring protection as a whistleblower. It would also be extraordinary if the IG himself informed Congress of another potential whistleblower.

I do hope, and expect, that other whistleblowers will step forward.

Imperialism Inc.

(2,495 posts)
13. Yeah it's pretty much a b.s. story.
Sat Oct 5, 2019, 10:48 AM
Oct 2019

Who are these two people that were "briefed" on the matter? There is some agency giving briefings on people who are considering filing whistleblower complaints?

Hmm, well maybe it came from the IG. Maybe he briefed lawmakers (which seems to go against his role and duties to protect whistleblowers) and the two people are lawmakers or their staff. Well no, the article says it isn't clear he told that to lawmakers so... ??

So two unnamed people were "briefed" by an unknown person and the reporter apparently has no other source of verification.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,043 posts)
14. The law firm representing the first whistleblower
Sun Oct 6, 2019, 12:06 PM
Oct 2019

said that they are representing several whistleblowers whose cases have not yet been reported in the press. Heard it on NPR this morning.

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