Government’s efforts to deter and counter foreign interference in U.S. The report adds, “I am also concerned that these actions pose risks to U.S. “This interference includes, among other things, pressuring a foreign country to investigate one of the President’s main domestic political rivals.” Government officials that the President of the United States is using the power of his office to solicit interference from a foreign country in the 2020 U.S. “In the course of my official duties, I have received information from multiple U.S. The whistle-blower was not a direct witness to the events, but became aware of them from multiple officials as part of his or her work, suggesting that troubled aides brought their concerns to him or her. Much of the report’s value, however, comes in its careful and thorough collation of information that has long been public and acknowledged by the president or his aides.
Not all of the complaint has been substantiated, though the inspector general for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence assessed it, conducted additional interviews, and found it credible. The report also states that despite Trump’s insistence that he was not demanding a quid pro quo, Ukrainian officials understood him to be doing precisely that.
Their reported efforts to keep the president’s behavior under wraps confirm that many of them also realized it was improper. The document shows that a huge range of officials throughout the executive branch were aware of Trump’s pressure on Ukraine. President Donald Trump and many of his aides engaged in a months-long effort to strong-arm the Ukrainian government into discrediting his political rivals, then worked extensively to cover up the evidence of their wrongdoing, according to a whistle-blower complaint released Thursday.
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