Trump, Congress battle over whistleblower complaint (ASL – 9.21.19)

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There is a big battle in Washington, DC right now with President Trump and the White House pitted against Congress.

And it’s all over a whistleblower complaint by an unnamed member of the intelligence community.

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Trump urged Ukraine’s president to investigate Joe Biden’s son multiple times.

Sources tell the Journal Trump made the request about eight times on a July phone call and told Ukraine’s to work with his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani.

The White House is blocking the release of the whistleblower complaint Congress, with Trump insisting there’s nothing to see.

He says the whistleblowing is just “another political hack job.”

However the Inspector General of the US intelligence community is sounding an alarm.

At a briefing with house lawmakers, the Inspector General, who indicated the whistleblower is male, said he disagreed with the administration’s decision to withhold the information.

And Democrats are worried that if the matter ends up in court, the complaint will never be made public.

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