which democrats like congressman eric swalwell say is evidence of a cover up listen here. speak of the transcripts with the ukrainian president, which were in an open system that white house employees could access, were moved into a top-secret covert action system, which is not to be used for political reasons or to protect anyone. only for the most sensitive secrets. which i think shows a consciousness of guilt. as all of this is going on, president trump is trying to shred the credibility of the whistle-blower, focusing on the fact that the complaint was based on third and information passed by people of the white house. also, the fact of the whistle-blower filed a complaint of the office of the director of national intelligence and the justice department said was outside the jurisdiction of the intelligence community inspector general. the president treating, sounding more and more like the so-called whistle-blower isn t a whistle-blower at all. in addition, all secondhand informa
he is no longer at the white house. the white house will not put into context the reason for putting that transcript on the highly secured computer system, but fleiss indicating there that it was standard operating procedure to do so. president trump meanwhile trying shred the credibility of the whistleblower saying this was third-hand information, information that leaked out of the white house, the president tweeting, quote, sounding more and more like the so-called whistleblower isn t a whistleblower at all. in addition, all second-hand information proving to be so inaccurate that there may not even have been somebody else a leaker or spy feeding it to him or her. a par san operative? there were a number of mistakes in that complaint, some of which have been pointed out to fox news. several of which have been pointed out on a confidential basis. suffice it to say there are mistakes in it. the president yesterday speaking to the staff of the u.s. mission to the united nations, to spy.
were leaked. the white house implemented new protocols to store leader calls. president trump continued his campaign today to shred the whistleblower s credibility tweeting: sounding more and more like the so-called whistleblower isn t a whistleblower at all. the president pointed to inaccuracies in the complaint, including the claim that state department official all rec was on the call. is a senior administration official tells fox news he wasn t. according to the new york times, ukraine s president wasn t aware of the hold on u.s. military aid at the time of the call and defense secretary mark esper said at no time did the suspension jeopardize national security. most of the money is out the door. and at no time or at any time has any delay in this money, this funding affected u.s. national security. the president s republican colleagues rushed today to back him up. criticizing the whistleblower. had no first hand knowledge, wasn t on the call and the inspector general even
shifting his line of attack ever so slightly. he started off going after adam schiff saying that his credibility had been destroyed and he had misquoted him. but just moments ago the president suggested it s the whistle-blower that may not actually be a whistle-blower, hinting there s something about this whistle-blower that we don t know yet. he says sounding more and who likely this so-called whistle-blower isn t a whistle-blower at all. in addition, all secondhand information that proved to be so inaccurate may not have been as somebody else, a leak or spy feeding it to him or her, a partisan operative. so this is an entirely new charge. the idea that there s a partisan operative that transmitted this information to the whistle-blower. that is significant because it contradicts what the president said up in new york, bloomberg had an audio where he clearly suggested that there was someone, he suggested it was a spy that gave that information to the whistle-blower. have a listen. i
presidency revealed dishonorable fact of the president s betrayal of his oath of office. betrayal of our national security and betrayal of the integrity of our elections. president trump responds to that announcement while at the u.n. tweeting they never even saw the transcript of the call. a total witch huntington. adding in another tweet: presidential harassment. a senior administration official tells fox news the white house has nothing to hide and is working to give congress access to the whistleblower s complaint to prove that the president didn t do anything wrong by asking ukraine s president to investigate the son of former vice president joe biden. but democratic lawmakers want to hear from the whistleblower directly. and according to intelligence committee chairman adam schiff, that could happen as soon as this week. later today, president trump is scheduled to meet with the ukraine president. it s a prescheduled meeting that s been on the books. but you can be sure their p