Lawyers for a whistleblower who’s filed a complaint against Donald Trump’s spy chief are threatening to sue if she doesn’t move forward with disclosing the allegations it contains.
The highly classified complaint is said to accuse Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard of concealing a report about suspected foreign intelligence officials discussing a figure close to the president.
“Our client—with legal counsel present—desires to meet directly with the intelligence committees to ‘submit the complaint or information’ that is contained within their ‘urgent concern’ complaint,” attorneys Andrew Bakaj and Mark Zaid wrote in a letter to Gabbard’s office Wednesday morning, shared with the Daily Beast.
“All that is needed and that we await is the appropriate security guidance on how to do so,” they added, setting a deadline of Friday. “Please note that your failure to do so may lead to our pursuing litigation before the appropriate U.S. District Court to compel the DNI’s compliance with the law.”
Bakaj has accused Gabbard’s office of trying to bury the whistleblower complaint for eight months as it remains under lock and key in a safe at the office of the intelligence community’s inspector general.
Last week, he sent a letter to Gabbard with an ultimatum to provide security guidance on how to brief Congress on the contents of the complaint, which is required...
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