Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard released documents on Monday that she claimed revealed a “deep state” conspiracy behind President Donald Trump’s first impeachment — the latest in a pattern of behavior that Democratic lawmakers say reveals a director of national intelligence willing to distort facts to serve the president’s grievances.
The documents, which Gabbard said proved that a former inspector general and Democratic lawmakers had coordinated to weaponize the whistleblower process against Trump, fell short of that claim. Their contents do not describe specific new examples of coordination of the whistleblower working “hand in glove” with Democrats.
They do describe information that Republicans say was not shared with Trump’s impeachment defense lawyers, which they argue undermined the whistleblower’s credibility. They included the whistleblower, a CIA officer who was an expert on Ukraine, working closely with President Joe Biden on Ukraine issues, receiving death threats from Trump supporters and being a registered Democrat.
The documents also include positive descriptions of the whistleblower, including a colleague describing them as a “star performer” who was “very detail oriented,” credible and trustworthy, and “deliberate, methodical and very squared away.”
The documents note a supervisor’s frustration that the whistleblower had not given her more notice before filing a complaint. But the supervisor also described the whistleblower as an “excellent...
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