Lawmakers receive whistleblower complaint as transcript shows Trump pushed Ukraine's president to investigate Biden, Pelosi: Whistleblower complaint "has been classified by the president", GOP senators Romney, Thune, Sasse among few raising concerns about
Erin Burnett OutFront
CNN
3.9 • 715 Ratings
🗓️ 26 September 2019
⏱️ 43 minutes
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| 0:30.7 | Out front next, breaking news. The credible and urgent whistleblower complaint is out tonight |
| 0:35.2 | in the hands of lawmakers. And they're reading it. Here, what they say is in it. |
| 0:39.6 | Plus President Trump on the defense saying he never pressured Ukraine's president for dirt on Joe Biden. |
| 0:44.2 | Unfortunately, the transcript showed that he did. And Elizabeth Warren calling the transcript a smoking gun. |
| 0:49.7 | What is Senator Cory Booker, her rival for the nomination make of it, he is out front. Let's go out front. |
| 0:57.3 | And good evening. I'm Aaron Burnett. Outfront this evening, the breaking news. The whistleblower |
| 1:01.3 | complaint is in the hands of Congress this hour. The same report that has rocked Trump's presidency, |
| 1:07.3 | making him only the fourth president in American history to face impeachment. |
| 1:11.9 | Members of the House and Senate Intelligence Committees are going in a secure room to read it. |
| 1:16.2 | And here is what Chairman Schiff just said after emerging from that room. |
| 1:21.2 | I found the allegations deeply disturbing. |
| 1:25.5 | I also found them very credible. The complaint was very well written and |
| 1:30.3 | certainly provides information for the committee to follow up with other witnesses and documents. |
| 1:37.6 | I think that what this courageous individual has done has exposed serious wrongdoing. |
| 1:45.5 | Schiff, of course, is the Democratic chair of House Intel, but it is not just Democrats |
| 1:50.4 | now, Republican Senator Ben Sasse telling reporters, after seeing it, Republicans ought not |
| 1:56.0 | be rushing to circle the wagons and saying those know they're there when there obviously |
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