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Whistleblower complaint accuses Trump administration of pattern of obfuscation: report
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/463139-whistleblower-complaint-accuses-trump-admin-of-pattern-of-obfuscation
The whistleblower complaint at the center of a brewing controversy involving President Trump reportedly focuses largely on his contact with Ukrainian officials and alleges a pattern of obfuscation within the White House.
The Washington Post, citing a person who has read the complaint and spoke on the condition of anonymity, reported early Thursday that the documents are mainly focused on a July 25 phone call in which Trump asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate 2020 presidential candidate Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden, over allegations of corruption.
It also accuses Trump and his personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, of a broad effort to influence Ukrainian officials over time.
In addition, the complaint alleges that White House officials moved records of some of Trump's contacts with foreign officials onto a separate computer network from which they're usually held, the source told the Post.
The whistleblower reportedly wrote in the complaint that officials did this after Trump's phone call with Zelensky. The source told The Post that the detail provoked the intelligence community inspector general to call for the White House to retain the records of the leaders' conversation.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Hill.
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The whistleblower complaint at the center of a brewing controversy involving President Trump reportedly focuses largely on his contact with Ukrainian officials and alleges a pattern of obfuscation within the White House.
The Washington Post, citing a person who has read the complaint and spoke on the condition of anonymity, reported early Thursday that the documents are mainly focused on a July 25 phone call in which Trump asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate 2020 presidential candidate Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden, over allegations of corruption.
It also accuses Trump and his personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, of a broad effort to influence Ukrainian officials over time.
In addition, the complaint alleges that White House officials moved records of some of Trump's contacts with foreign officials onto a separate computer network from which they're usually held, the source told the Post.
The whistleblower reportedly wrote in the complaint that officials did this after Trump's phone call with Zelensky. The source told The Post that the detail provoked the intelligence community inspector general to call for the White House to retain the records of the leaders' conversation.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Hill.
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Certainly noting new with this admin - see part 2 of Mueller...
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