committee which again under the law, the law of the land should have already received this whistle blower complaint. there should have been nothing standing between the congress and getting this complaint. this is the letter that the acting dni sent. because the disclosure in this case did not concern allegations of conduct by a member of the intelligence committee or involve an intelligence activity under the dni supervision we determined after consulting with the department of justice that no statute requires disclosure of the complaint to the intelligence committee. does that make any sense to you that this acting dni would first of all go to donald trump s man in the department of justice, his guy who is acting in every way, check with him and then determine that they do not have to follow this law? does that letter make any sense to you sf. my understanding is that department of justice has no place in this process as as the law has been written. it should go to the ig at the
whistle blower complaint. st this is deeply troubling. then overnight the washington post is saying that it s the president. communications that the president had with a foreign leader. the washington post cites former officials saying that trump s interaction included a quote-unquote promise so troubling this intellofficial felt compelled to report to to the inspector general. right now they re behind closed doors with chairman schiff and others presumably answering questions about why the whistle blower complaint hasn t been turned over still. the one thing we know is that decision was made by the acting director of national intelligence. in a letter to chairman schiff, the dni office explained it like this. this complaint concerned conduct by someone outside the intelligence committee and community, rather, and did not relate to any intelligence activity under the dni supervision. the letter goes on to explain it