BREAKING: Read the whistleblower's memo about Trump's Ukraine call, as described to CBS News
Washington — CBS News has learned the full contents of what appears to be a memo written by the whistleblower one day after President Trump spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in July. According to a source familiar with the matter, the memo was among the factors that led the intelligence community inspector general to determine the whistleblower's formal August 12 complaint was credible.
The whistleblower wrote that he or she spoke with the White House official for"a few minutes," and summarized their conversation. The whistleblower said the official was"visibly shaken by what had transpired and seemed keen to inform a trusted colleague within the U.S. national security apparatus about the call."
The President asserted that"it all started in Ukraine," referring to the allegations of foreign interference in the 2016 U.S.
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