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The Whistle-Blower’s Complaint

The Whistle-Blower’s Complaint

FromThe Daily


The Whistle-Blower’s Complaint

FromThe Daily

ratings:
Length:
26 minutes
Released:
Sep 27, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The whistle-blower complaint at the center of the impeachment inquiry was released on Thursday as the Trump administration official who had declined to turn it over — Joseph Maguire, the acting director of national intelligence — testified before Congress. Here’s the latest from Capitol Hill. Guest: Julie Hirschfeld Davis, the congressional editor for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Background reading: The complaint accused President Trump of pressuring Ukraine’s leader to investigate a political rival and alleged that the White House tried to “lock down” the transcript of the call.Here’s what we’ve learned about the whistle-blower.Read a declassified version of the complaint, with annotations, and eight takeaways from the document.
Released:
Sep 27, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

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