Go ahead contestant, spin the mendacious media wheel - CNN, NY Times, Wapo, etc. Aaand... up comes the Bezos fueled bastion of red ink, the Washington Post. A quick glance to your left reveals the TDS mob desperate for the slightest whiff of contrived chum in the fetid swamp waters of D.C.
Headline: Trump’s communications with foreign leader are part of whistleblower complaint that spurred standoff between spy chief and Congress, former officials say.
"The whistleblower complaint that has triggered a tense showdown between the U.S. intelligence community and Congress involves President Trump’s communications with a foreign leader, according to two former U.S. officials familiar with the matter.The bold emphasis is the big lie being peddled. CNN tried this same Trump 'mishandled sensitive information' last week with their lie about an extracted Russian spy only to have it blow up in their arse.
Trump’s interaction with the foreign leader included a “promise” that was regarded as so troubling that it prompted an official in the U.S. intelligence community to file a formal whistleblower complaint with the inspector general for the intelligence community, said the former officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly.
It was not immediately clear which foreign leader Trump was speaking with or what he pledged to deliver, but his direct involvement in the matter has not been previously disclosed. It raises new questions about the president’s handling of sensitive information and may further strain his relationship with U.S. spy agencies. One former official said the communication was a phone call."
Besides, how is it anonymous 'former officials' have access to current intelligence on a sitting potus which they readily leaked to the Wapo? Because it's all fabricated. So, what do we know? Not much, but these 6 red flags of fabrication:
The first is the headline: 'former officials'
2- a mysterious 'promise'
3-'condition of anonymity'
4-'not authorized to discuss'
5-'not immediately clear'
6-'new questions' (by who?)
No details. No names. No veracity. All bullsh!t alarms have tripped simultaneously. I've asked before, but I'll ask again, "Is lying a legitimate business model?"
'A tense showdown between the U.S. intelligence community and Congress'
From Judson Berger at Fox NewsFOX News:
"The complaint, in turn, has triggered a showdown with Congress, after acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire would not share details of it with lawmakers.Schiff. As in Intelligence Committee Chairman, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif). More evidence it's a lie, imho.
Those lawmakers pressed intelligence community Inspector General Michael Atkinson for details during Thursday’s closed-door testimony before the House Intelligence Committee. The Associated Press reported, though, that he would not discuss the substance of the complaint.
...Schiff subpoenaed Maguire, saying he was withholding a whistleblower complaint from Congress and questioning whether he had been directed to do so by the White House or the attorney general.
In a letter Tuesday, the general counsel for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Jason Klitenic, wrote that the agency is protecting the whistleblower and argued the allegation does not meet the definition of "urgent concern." He said the complaint "concerned conduct from someone outside the intelligence community and did not relate to `intelligence activity' under the DNI's supervision."
I leave you with Trump and his presidential clarity:
