.MaddowBlog: Why Pres. Trump’s response to the intel whistleblower scandal falls short.
Nearly a week after the controversy first broke, Donald Trump today offered a response to reports about the complaint filed by an intelligence community whistleblower. The president’s argument needs some work.
“Knowing all of this, is anybody dumb enough to believe that I would say something inappropriate with a foreign leader while on such a potentially ‘heavily populated’ call. I would only do what is right anyway, and only do good for the USA!,” he continued before calling the reports an example of “Presidential Harassment!”
What’s more, to characterize the controversy as “fake news” is ridiculous, even for Trump. There really was a complaint filed by an intelligence community whistleblower. The inspector general’s office really did examine the complaint, and he really did consider it credible and urgent. The IG really did contact the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. The DNI really did reach out to the Justice Department.
The internal watchdog for American spy agencies declined repeatedly in a briefing on Thursday to disclose to lawmakers the content of a potentially explosive whistle-blower complaint that is said to involve a discussion between President Trump and a foreign leader, according to three people familiar with the briefing.
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