The White House and the Justice Department have advised the top US intel agency not to share a whistleblower’s complaint about President Trump
The revelation is the first known evidence of the White House's involvement. Speaking to reporters on Thursday, House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff said he didn't know whether the White House was involved.The White House Counsel's office and Justice Department Office of Legal Counsel have both been involved in discussing the complaint with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence in the handling of the issue.
Read More"It is settled law that the Constitution entrusts the conduct of foreign relations exclusively to the Executive Branch, as it makes the President 'the sole organ of the federal government in the field of international relations,'"White House counsel Pat Cipollone wrote in a letter to Democrats in May.The complaint had spurred a standoff between Congress and Joseph Maguire, the acting director of national intelligence.
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