'If the Administration persists in blocking this whistleblower from disclosing to Congress a serious possible breach of constitutional duties by the President, they will be entering a grave new chapter of lawlessness which will take us into a whole new stage of investigation,' Pelosi wrote.
investigate Hunter BidenThe Intelligence Community Inspector General, appointed by Trump, said that the whistleblower report was of"urgent concern and credible," and that it"relates to one of the most significant and important of the Director of National Intelligence's responsibilities to the American people.
Ukraine, meanwhile, is in a rough place geopolitically as they are still at odds with their much larger neighbor, Russia. Russia forcefully annexed Crimea, formerly a part of Ukraine, in 2014. The U.S. has mostly supported Ukraine in its efforts to defend itself: Congress approved $250 million to help fund their fight against pro-Kremlin separatists.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued a stern letter to her fellow Democratic lawmakers this weekend, urging for the full whistleblower report to be turned over. "If the President is essentially withholding military aid at the same time that he is trying to browbeat a foreign leader into doing something illicit that is providing dirt on his opponent during a presidential campaign, then that may be the only remedy that is coequal to the evil that conduct represents," he said on CNN's State of the Union Sunday morning.
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