Trump, Republicans accuse top House Democrat of orchestrating whistleblower complaint.
after first consulting with an aide to the Democratic chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, a committee spokesman acknowledged Wednesday, touching off a firestorm of criticism from Republicans.
"Like other whistleblowers have done before and since under Republican and Democratic-controlled committees, the whistleblower contacted the committee for guidance on how to report possible wrongdoing within the jurisdiction of the Intelligence Community," committee spokesman Patrick Boland told NBC News."This is a regular occurrence, given the committee's unique oversight role and responsibilities.
"We have not spoken directly with the whistleblower," Schiff said."We would like to, but I'm sure the whistleblower has concerns that he has not been advised, as the law requires, by the inspector general or the Director of National Intelligence, just as to how he is to communicate with Congress." Boland noted that the committee did not receive a copy of the complaint from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence until the night before the acting director of national intelligence's testimony, more than three weeks after the legal deadline by which the committee should have received the complaint.
The committee aides added that the bulk of the whistleblower's complaint was marked unclassified, and that he therefore did not violate the whistleblower law that prohibits intelligence employees from conveying classified information to Congress without going through procedures, including filing a complaint with an inspector general.
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