The president said he fired the intelligence agencies' inspector general, who gave Congress a whistleblower complaint about Trump's Ukraine dealings.
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about Trump’s request that the Ukrainian president investigate Joe Biden, his potential Democratic rival in this year’s election. The inspector general decided the complaint was an “urgent concern” that “appears credible,” a designation that required him to notify Congress. That was the impetus for House Democrats to investigate and impeach Trump, although the Senate’s Republican majority ensured that the president was acquitted and would remain in office.
At nearly 11 p.m. Friday, soon after the news broke, the senior Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, Sen. Mark Warner of Virgina, issued a statement saying, “In the midst of a national emergency, it is unconscionable that the President is once again attempting to undermine the integrity of the intelligence community by firing yet another intelligence official simply for doing his job.”Rep.
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