White House officials disturbed by Trump call: Whistle-blower

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WASHINGTON • Multiple White House officials were 'deeply disturbed' by US President Donald Trump's call with the Ukrainian President, and the administration attempted to 'lock down' records of the interaction, according to a whistle-blower's complaint made public yesterday.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

WASHINGTON • Multiple White House officials were"deeply disturbed" by US President Donald Trump's call with the Ukrainian President, and the administration attempted to"lock down" records of the interaction, according to a whistle-blower's complaint made public yesterday.

The whistle-blower said senior White House officials used unusual procedures when handling the records of Mr Trump's phone call with Ukrainian President Volody-myr Zelensky. They said it was not the first time that a presidential transcript was put into a"code word-level system solely for the purpose of protecting politically sensitive - rather than national security-sensitive - information".

Mr Maguire told the House Intelligence Committee in public testimony yesterday that he believes the whistle-blower and the intelligence community's inspector-general acted in"good faith". House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said yesterday the White House's effort to"lock down" the Trump-Ukraine call shows"this is a cover-up".

 

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