Whistleblower: Trump abused power by trying to get Ukraine to interfere in 2020 election, White House tried to cover it up

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🗓️ 27 September 2019

⏱️ 42 minutes

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0:00.0	It's happening now breaking news abuse of office. That's just one of the
0:04.9	bombshell allegations in a whistleblower complaint that's now public. White House
0:09.4	officials accused of covering up for President Trump after he pushed Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden.
0:16.1	Lockdown.
0:17.0	The complaint claims details of the President's controversial Ukraine phone call were buried
0:21.5	in a super secret computer system. It allegedly wasn't the
0:24.8	first time Mr. Trump's foreign context were hidden to protect him politically.
0:28.9	Spies and treason. President Trump is lashing out tonight suggesting the
0:33.9	whistleblower sources are close to being spies who deserve the death
0:38.0	penalty. Is he planning or encouraging retribution? And this is not okay.
0:44.0	The House Republican surprisingly acknowledges the gravity of the whistleblowers
0:48.2	allegations as the president demands his party stick together.
0:51.7	Will there be more cracks in the GOP as Democrats as I'm Wolf Blitzer you're in the situation room.
1:02.5	This is CNN breaking news.
1:10.0	This is CNN breaking news.
1:12.0	We're following breaking news on the explosive whistleblower complaint alleging not only an abuse of power by the president,
1:18.8	but a cover-up within the White House.
1:20.9	It reveals new details on allegations that Mr. Trump pressured
1:24.4	Ukraine to interfere in the 2020 election by pushing for an investigation of
1:28.7	Joe Biden and it claims White House lawyers were so worried about Mr. Trump's phone call with
1:33.8	Ukraine's president that they directed the transcript be put in lockdown
1:37.9	hiding it in a highly classified computer system. Tonight President Trump is on the attack,
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