The Intelligence Community’s inspector general, Michael Atkinson, “ told members of Congress that the whistleblower had a ‘professional tie’ to a 2020 Democratic candidate. which initially reported that Russian hackers had penetrated the DNC’s networks in 2016…” presidential election originated in Ukraine, with a specific request that the Ukrainian leader locate and turn over servers used by the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and examined by the U.S. The whistleblower said he was not “a direct witness to most of the events described” in his complaint, which referenced Trump’s alleged attempt to involve Zelenskyy in an effort to “initiate or continue an investigation Into the activities of former Vice President Joseph Biden and his son, Hunter Biden” and to “assist in purportedly uncovering that allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. The complaint was first filed with the CIA’s general counsel, who forwarded it to the Justice Department, NBC News reported.
In his five-page complaint, which many believe was written by attorneys, the whistleblower claimed that the substance of the Trump-Zelenskiy phone call might have equated to “a serious or flagrant problem, abuse, or violation of law or Executive Order.” On August 12, 2019, a “whistleblower” complaint was shared with staffers to House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA28), a fierce Trump opponent who was subsequently delegated the de facto leader of an “impeachment inquiry” into the president. presidential election to benefit himself and hurt a political “ opponent.” The Democratic primaries will begin early next year, and Biden may or may not become the party’s nominee.
Mulvaney’s invocation of Ukraine as the current location of the server echoed that which was made by President Trump in a Jphone call with Zelenskiy which Democrats interpreted to have signaled Trump’s pressure on Ukraine to launch, or reinvigorate, an investigation into current Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden’s dealings in the country involving his son, Hunter, who was given a prestigious position on the board of directors of a Ukrainian energy company, Burisma Holdings, at $50,000 a month.ĭemocrats have claimed Trump improperly attempted to involve a foreign country in a U.S. We got relevant forensic information from a private party, a high class entity, that had done the work but we didn’t get direct access.” Many Democrats believe that the release of the damaging emails cost Clinton the election.Īccording to then-FBI Director James Comey in January 2017, “The FBI requested direct access to the Democratic National Committee’s (DNC) hacked computer servers but was denied.” On June 8, 2017, a month after he was fired, Comey said, “We did not have access to the devices themselves. 2016 presidential election.įollowing the alleged breach, thousands of emails from DNC officials and then-Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman, John Podesta, were published by WikiLeaks in batches between July 2016 and Election Day. aid to Ukraine was “temporarily” delayed this summer as a result of the administration’s belief that the nation, whether or not known to its current president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, is home to the oft-referenced computer server belonging to the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and said to have been breached by Russians before the U.S. 17, 2019) - On Thursday afternoon, Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney gave a press conference in which he told reporters that he was “part of that process” by which U.S. AS WITH OBAMA BIRTH CERTIFICATE, MEDIA ASKS NO QUESTIONS, INVOKES “CONSPIRACY THEORY”īy Sharon Rondeau The White House, Thursday, October 17, 2019, Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney