Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s troubles managed to get worse early last week when The Wall Street Journal reported that an unnamed U.S. intelligence official accused the DNI of wrongdoing in a highly sensitive whistleblower complaint that was supposed to be shared with Congress.
The details, not surprisingly, were murky, but according to the available information, a complaint was filed in May, and Gabbard was legally required to share it with key lawmakers within 21 days. But it wasn’t until last week that members finally gained access to the allegations, roughly eight months after they were first levied.
This week, the story advanced in an unexpected way: U.S. intelligence agencies reportedly learned about a sensitive phone conversation between two foreign nationals involving someone close to Trump. According to Andrew Bakaj, the whistleblower’s attorney, Gabbard then took that information directly to White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, while restricting access among the nation’s spy agencies.
In other words, the unnamed whistleblower effectively accused the DNI of participating in something resembling a cover-up.
On Thursday, one of the core details of the story also came to the fore. The Wall Street Journal reported:
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