Fact check: President Trump attacks Washington Post over book by New York Times journalists
Trump made some significant false claims. The bookTrump was incensed about a New York Times article adapted from a new book,"Border Wars: Inside Trump's Assault on Immigration," that was co-authored by two Times journalists.
Federal whistleblower law is intended to allow employees to expose wrongdoing without suffering adverse consequences. And not all of the whistleblower's allegations came from information gleaned from others. According to a statement from Michael Atkinson, the Trump-appointed inspector general of the intelligence community, the whistleblower had"direct knowledge of certain alleged conduct.
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