Words Matter Library: The Whistleblower Complaint

Words Matter

Riley Fessler

News, Government

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🗓️ 3 October 2019

⏱️ 31 minutes

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A whistleblower complaint filed by an intelligence officer about President Trump’s interactions with the leader of Ukraine could change the course of presidential history. This week we put the audio version of this important document into the Words Matter Library. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/words-matter. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Words Matter with Katie Barlow and Joe Lockhart.
0:12.3	This is the Words Matter Library.
0:15.5	Welcome to a special edition of the Words Matter Library.
0:18.4	The document at the center of the impeachment inquiry by the House of Representatives is
0:22.4	a whistleblower complaint, filed by a member of the intelligence community.
0:26.8	It is an important document in the future of the American presidency may well hang in
0:30.7	the balance.
0:31.7	Thanks to our friends at Penguin Random House Audio, we now have an audio version.
0:36.8	So here it is in its entirety, the whistleblower complaint.
0:40.4	Take a listen.
0:42.6	Unclassified August 12, 2019.
0:48.2	The Honorable Richard Burr, Chairman, Select Committee on Intelligence, United States
0:53.6	Senate.
0:55.1	The Honorable Adam Schiff, Chairman, Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, United States
1:01.7	House of Representatives.
1:05.1	Dear Chairman Burr and Chairman Schiff, I am reporting an urgent concern in accordance
1:11.1	with the procedures outlined in 50 USC 3033K5A.
1:17.1	This letter is unclassified when separated from the attachment.
1:21.9	In the course of my official duties, I have received information from multiple U.S. government
1:26.4	officials that the President of the United States is using the power of his office to solicit
1:31.8	interference from a foreign country in the 2020 U.S. election.
1:36.7	This interference includes, among other things, pressuring a foreign country to investigate
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