Tranquillus in Exile
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The president chose Friday night, with America consumed by the coronavirus pandemic, to tell the House and Senate intelligence committees of his decision to dismiss Michael Atkinson, appointed in 2017.
Atkinson alerted Congress last year to the whistleblower complaint that described a phone call in which Trump pressured the president of Ukraine to announce an investigation into his political rival, Joe Biden. In letters to Congress in August and September, Atkinson said he believed the complaint was urgent and credible.
In November the New York Times reported that Trump had discussed with aides the possibility of firing Atkinson because he could not understand why the inspector general failed to dismiss the complaint. [Some might say that's not the only thing Trump doesn't understand.]
Last month more than a hundred intelligence and national security professionals signed a joint letter warning that Trump “has created an existential danger to the United States” ...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...ligence-watchdog-michael-atkinson-impeachment
Atkinson alerted Congress last year to the whistleblower complaint that described a phone call in which Trump pressured the president of Ukraine to announce an investigation into his political rival, Joe Biden. In letters to Congress in August and September, Atkinson said he believed the complaint was urgent and credible.
In November the New York Times reported that Trump had discussed with aides the possibility of firing Atkinson because he could not understand why the inspector general failed to dismiss the complaint. [Some might say that's not the only thing Trump doesn't understand.]
Last month more than a hundred intelligence and national security professionals signed a joint letter warning that Trump “has created an existential danger to the United States” ...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...ligence-watchdog-michael-atkinson-impeachment