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What Next | Daily News and Analysis

In the Words of the Whistleblower

What Next | Daily News and Analysis

Slate

News, Daily News, News Commentary, Politics

4.62.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2019

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

On Thursday morning, the House Intelligence Committee publicly released a whistleblower complaint providing evidence of President Trump’s alleged abuse of presidential power. The complaint came just before the Acting Director of National Intelligence was due to testify before the committee. Slate's Dahlia Lithwick and Jeremy Stahl take stock of the rapid changes in Washington since House Democrats announced their impeachment inquiry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This episode is brought to you by Network Rail.

0:04.0

It's easy to disappear into your own bubble when you're out and about,

0:08.0

whether you're lost in your thoughts or lost in nature.

0:11.0

The last thing on your mind is the danger of trains at level crossings.

0:16.0

Beware the bubble, stay aware, take care and help us keep you safe at level crossings.

0:24.0

The 8 o'clock now in the east, the whistleblower complaint at the heart of the Democrats

0:30.0

impeachment inquiry into President Trump has now overnight been declassified.

0:35.0

It could be released as early as this hour.

0:38.0

Now the whistleblower complaint details what happened after that Trump-Zilinski phone call back on July 25th.

0:45.0

Somebody told this person about a phone call that we're not part of.

0:50.0

Did they have a political agenda? Did the whistleblower have a bias?

0:54.0

This is a cup round.

0:57.0

This is a cup round.

0:58.0

Think about what we're talking about right here.

1:00.0

Think about what the Democrats have just done to this country in the last week or in the last two years.

1:05.0

On Thursday, just two days after Nancy Pelosi announced an official impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump,

1:13.0

the House Intelligence Committee released the full whistleblower complaint to the public.

1:18.0

This person claims to have heard from multiple US officials that senior people at the White House intervened to lock down

1:25.0

is the phrase the letter uses, all records of the call, especially the official transcript.

1:32.0

The complaint isn't especially long, but it will take your breath away.

1:37.0

It says President Trump tried to use his office to quote, advance his personal interests.

1:44.0

And then his administration tried to cover it up.

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