The whistleblower said about a dozen White House officials were on the president's July 25 call and that White House officials later intervened to 'lock down' records of the call
An intelligence community whistleblower claimed White House officials expressed alarm that they had witnessed President Donald Trump "abuse his office for personal gain" during a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in July.
The whistleblower also indicated Attorney General William Barr was involved — and a summary of the call released by Trump on Wednesday indicated Trump had suggested Barr could provide Justice Department aid to Ukraine's investigators. The Justice Department said Trump never communicated this request directly to Barr.
poster="http://v.politico.com/images/1155968404/201909/416/1155968404_6089748555001_6089746049001-vs.jpg?pubId=1155968404" In a letter to the House Intelligence Committee, the intelligence community's inspector general, Michael Atkinson, said his preliminary review of the matter supported the whistleblower's core complaint — that Trump exerted pressure on a foreign leader to influence to the 2020 presidential election. Atkinson said the whistleblower had an "arguable" political bias, but he said he still viewed the complaint as credible in part because of other information he obtained.
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