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" CNN The White House and the Justice Department have advised the nation's top intelligence agency that the controversial complaint is outside intelligence activities as covered by laws governing intelligence whistleblowers, according to three sources familiar with the matter.
The revelation is the first known evidence of the White House's involvement. Speaking to reporters on Thursday, House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff said he didn't know whether the White House was involved.
The White House Counsel's office and Justice Department Office of Legal Counsel have both been involved in discussing the complaint with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) in the handling of the issue. So far, the director of national intelligence has not allowed lawmakers access to the complaint, which a source familiar with the matter said involved a communication between President Donald Trump and a foreign leader.
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"It is settled law that the Constitution entrusts the conduct of foreign relations exclusively to the Executive Branch, as it makes the President 'the sole organ of the federal government in the field of international relations,' " White House counsel Pat Cipollone wrote in a letter to Democrats in May."
https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/19/politics/white-house-justice-department-dni-whistleblower/index.html
Treason is also covered by the law, Counselor. Anyone helping MF45 covering it up, is just as guilty as he is. Try the term "aiding and abetting." Bet you heard it before, right?
RKP5637
(67,102 posts)alwaysinasnit
(5,063 posts)the middle of a wannabe-strongman running amok.
B Stieg
(2,410 posts)"Golly gee, sarge!"
spanone
(135,816 posts)SergeStorms
(19,192 posts)but the law in general. Trump has been a scofflaw his entire life, and has never paid the price for his lawlessness. Sooner or later Congress, the Federal Criminal Justice System, or the New York State Criminal Justice System is going to catch up to him. Let's put it this way, THEY'D BETTER! I hate these lawless bastards so much it makes my hair hurt.
bucolic_frolic
(43,123 posts)Can't conduct foreign relations illegally. Using power to cover up crime is not written in the Constitution
hedda_foil
(16,371 posts)Midnight Writer
(21,738 posts)Response to TruckFump (Original post)
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coti
(4,612 posts)ffr
(22,668 posts)What you say Moscow Mitch? Has America suffered enough yet under your draconian Kremlin kissing hand?