... had not provided any instructions on how that could happen. The unidentified whistleblower submitted a complaint to Michael Atkinson, the U.S. government's intelligence inspector general, in August. Maguire then blocked release of the complaint to Congress, citing issues of presidential privilege and saying it was not an "urgent ...
... interests, according to a report from the program’s watchdog. The report, issued by the U.S Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General, analyzed rejections of millions of prescription requests during 2017, the most recent year for which comprehensive information is available. Insurers initially rejected as ...
... president presiding over a meeting of world leaders at the United Nations, a remarkable split screen even for the turbulence of the Trump era. The inspector general for the intelligence community wrote to the Director of National Intelligence in August that he believed the conversation between Trump and Ukraine's ...
Michael Atkinson, the U.S. government's intelligence inspector general, has described the whistleblower's Aug. 12 complaint as "serious" and "urgent," but he has not been allowed to turn over the complaint to Congress, a move that he created a fresh clash between the government's executive and legislative ...
... about it have emerged because the administration has balked at showing it to Congress, much less to the public. The timeline is this: Atkinson, the inspector general, received the complaint Aug. 12, reviewed it and found it credible and urgent, and forwarded it two weeks later to Joseph Maguire, acting ...
... reelection bid. Trump further stoked those concerns earlier this year in an interview when he suggested he would be open to receiving foreign help. The inspector general appeared before the House Intelligence Committee behind closed doors Thursday but declined, under administration orders, to reveal to members the substance of the ...
But the administration has blocked access to the whistle-blower's complaint, setting up a standoff with Congress. In letters released Thursday, the intelligence community inspector general called it an urgent concern related to serious or flagrant abuse that he said should be given to lawmakers. Michael Atkinson also testified ...
... going to know -- or we don't know, at this point, who the whistle-blower is. What do you make of the fact that the inspector general, the department, that the rest of the government got involved, and now the president seems to be very much on the spot? Joel ...
... under DNI's jurisdiction," Atkinson wrote, "but relates to one of the most significant and important of DNI's responsibilities to the American people." The inspector general said he requested authorization to at the very least disclose the "general subject matter" to the committee but had not been allowed to ...
... any foreign leader. That followed reports of a whistle-blower questioning actions by Mr. Trump, including communications with a foreign leader. The intelligence community's inspector general called it an urgent concern, but the administration has refused to share it with Congress. We will discuss all of this after the ...
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