Speaker Pelosi says White House effort to 'lock down' Trump Ukraine call shows 'this is a cover up'
Here are the latest developments:House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters the whistle-blower’s allegation that the White House tried to “lock down” records of Trump’s interaction with Ukraine’s president amounts to a “cover-up” by the administration.Pelosi said lawmakers need to “get the facts” before deciding whether to impeach Trump. “This is a heavy decision to go down this path,” she said.
Committee Chairman Adam Schiff responded, “No one is suggesting that there is a dishonor here, but nevertheless we are going to insist that the law be followed.”Story continuesMaguire assured committee Chairman Adam Schiff that after security clearances are finalized with the whistle-blower’s lawyer, the whistle-blower will be able to give full testimony to lawmakers.
Under questioning from Democrat Jim Himes, the official said his conversations with the president about intelligence matters are “privileged” and that disclosing them “would destroy my relationship with the president in intelligence matters.” He said executive privilege prevented him from initially forwarding the whistle-blower’s complaint to congressional intelligence committees, because the allegations involved a call between the president and the leader of a foreign government.Schiff Asks Why Official ‘Stood Silent’
The committee’s top Republican, Devin Nunes, said the complaint “relies on hearsay evidence of the whistleblower,” and called the controversy the latest “fake news story” from Democrats and their “media assets.”The whistle-blower complained of learning from multiple U.S. officials that Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, traveled to Madrid in early August to meet with one of Zelenskiy’s advisers, Andriy Yermak.
“White House officials told me that they were ‘directed’ by White House lawyers to remove the electronic transcript from the computer system in which the transcripts are typically stored,’ the whistle-blower wrote.The whistle-blower report regarding President Donald Trump’s interactions with the Ukrainian president has been declassified and released Thursday by the House Intelligence Committee.
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