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yakov_a_jerkov — 19.09.2019 Я не писал об этом, но те, кто следят за новостями, должны знать, что уже некоторое время происходят довольно странные и загадочные даже для времени Трампа события.

В начале сентября chair of the House Intelligence Committee Adam Schiff был проинформирован by Intelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson о существовании какого-то whistleblower complaint, сделанного одним из официальных лиц в intelligence community.

Аткинс о содержании этого complaint'а ничего не Шиффу не сообщил. И о существовании жалобы Аткинс сообщил Шиффу только потому, что исполняющий обязанности Director of National Intelligence, после отставки Coats, Joseph Maguire отказался передать информацию соответствующим комитетам Конгресса, хотя и обязан был сделать это по закону.

Шифф требует предоставить complaint целиком, но пока безуспешно. Однако, Аткинс, вроде бы, даст показание на закрытом заседании комитета Шиффа на следующей неделе.

В общем, все это выглядело очень загадочно, и продолжает выглядеть, но пару часов назад WaPo опубликовал первую информацию (очень и очень неполную) о сути дела. И это явно беспрецедентное дело.

The whistleblower complaint that has triggered a tense showdown between the U.S. intelligence community and Congress involves President Trump’s communications with a foreign leader, according to two former U.S. officials familiar with the matter.

Trump’s interaction with the foreign leader included a “promise” that was regarded as so troubling that it prompted an official in the U.S. intelligence community to file a formal whistleblower complaint with the inspector general for the intelligence community, said the former officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly.

It was not immediately clear which foreign leader Trump was speaking with or what he pledged to deliver, but his direct involvement in the matter has not been previously disclosed. It raises new questions about the president’s handling of sensitive information and may further strain his relationship with U.S. spy agencies. One former official said the communication was a phone call.

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Intelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson determined that the complaint was credible and troubling enough to be considered a matter of “urgent concern,” a legal threshold that ordinarily requires notification of congressional oversight committees.

But acting director of national intelligence Joseph Maguire has refused to share details about Trump’s alleged transgression with lawmakers, touching off a legal and political dispute that has spilled into public and prompted speculation that the spy chief is improperly protecting the president.

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The complaint was filed with Atkinson’s office on Aug. 12, a date on which Trump was at his golf resort in New Jersey. White House records indicate that Trump had had conversations or interactions with at least five foreign leaders in the preceding five weeks.

Among them was a call with Russian President Vladimir Putin that the White House initiated on July 31. Trump also received at least two letters from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during the summer, describing them as “beautiful” messages. In June, Trump said publicly that he was opposed to certain CIA spying operations against North Korea. Referring to a Wall Street Journal report that the agency had recruited Kim’s half-brother, Trump said, “I would tell him that would not happen under my auspices.”

Trump met with other foreign leaders at the White House in July, including the prime minister of Pakistan, the prime minister of the Netherlands, and the emir of Qatar.

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After fielding the complaint on Aug. 12, Atkinson submitted it to Maguire two weeks later. By law, Maguire is required to transmit such complaints to Congress within seven days. But in this case, he refrained from doing so after turning for legal guidance to officials at the Justice Department.

In a sign of Atkinson’s discomfort with this situation, the inspector general informed the House and Senate intelligence committees of the existence of the whistleblower complaint — without revealing its substance — in early September.

Schiff responded with almost immediate indignation, firing off a letter demanding a copy of the complaint and warning that he was prepared to subpoena senior U.S. intelligence officials. The DNI has asserted that lawyers determined there was no notification requirement because the whistleblower complaint did not constitute an urgent concern that was “within the responsibility and authority” of Maguire’s office.Дополнительная хронология по теме:

Some completely random dates in chronological order:

Jul 31: Trump has shady undisclosed call with Putin about "forest fires." (It was about "normalizing" relations.)

Aug 7: Huntsman resigned

Aug 8: Coats and Gordon out at DNI

Aug 12: Maguire in at DNI

Also Aug 12: Whistleblower complains to ICIG

Aug 28, while we’re at it: Trump holds up Ukraine military aid meant to confront Russia

Sept 9: CNN breaks first story about exfiltrated Russian spy in U.S.

Also Sept 9: IC IG transmits the fact of the complaint to Schiff

Sept 10: Bolton resigns

Sept 13: Schiff goes public

August 23: Trump goes to G7 and lobbies everyone to let Putin back in

And then Sept 12, after Schiff asked for the whistleblower report, the aid to Ukraine was unfrozen by the White House.

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