Whistle-Blower’s Complaint Is Said to Involve Multiple Acts by Trump

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(11-11-2019, 11:15 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: None of that matters. He had the readout. He had direct knowledge of the call. Any discussions with other persons included in there is just bolstering his position based on the readout by saying "these people also have these concerns." Having the readout is direct knowledge, which means it wasn't entirely hearsay.

Why do you believe he chose not to cite this "direct knowledge" anywhere in is report?


But he did start his report with this:

In the course of my official duties, I have received information from multiple U.S. Government officials that the President of the United States is using the power of his office to solicit interference from a foreign country in the 2020 U.S. election. (Odd he doesn't mention anything about info from the readout)1This interference includes, among other things, pressuring a foreign country to investigate one of the President’s main domestic political rivals. The President’s personal lawyer, Mr. Rudolph Giuliani, is a central figure in this effort. Attorney General Barr appears to be involved as well.

• Over the past four months, more than half a dozen U.S. officials have informed me of various facts related to this effort. The information provided herein was relayed to me in the course of official interagency business. It is routine for U.S. officials with responsibility for a particular regional or functional portfolio to share such information with one another in order to inform policymaking and analysis.
• I was not a direct witness to most of the events described. (Clearly this means he had direct knowledge of the events he described) However, I found my colleagues’ accounts of these events to be credible because, (Clearly his accounts came from the readout and not his colleagues) in almost all cases, multiple officials recounted fact patterns that were consistent with one another. In addition, a variety of information consistent with these private accounts has been reported publicly.