"The complaint was filed last May with the intelligence community’s inspector general...

The November letter from [whistleblower’s lawyer] Bakaj was shared with the #House and #Senate intelligence panels, making them aware of the complaint’s filing for the first time. Months later, lawmakers still haven’t received the complaint itself."
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/classified-whistleblower-complaint-about-tulsi-gabbard-stalls-within-her-agency-027f5331?st=SYNN9K&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

#TulsiGabbard #Trump #Politics #Corruption #Crime #Whistleblower #Congress #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #America

#TulsiGabbard #News

"The lengthy delay on sending the complaint to Congress is without known precedent, according to watchdog experts and former intelligence officials. The inspector general is generally required to assess whether the complaint is credible within two weeks of receiving it, and share it with lawmakers within another week if it determines it is credible."
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/classified-whistleblower-complaint-about-tulsi-gabbard-stalls-within-her-agency-027f5331?st=SYNN9K&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

#TulsiGabbard #Trump #Politics #Corruption #Crime #News #Press #US #USA #UnitedStates #America

"An employee alleging wrongdoing is allowed to share the complaint directly with congressional intelligence committees as long as the director of national intelligence provides instructions on how to securely transmit it."
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/classified-whistleblower-complaint-about-tulsi-gabbard-stalls-within-her-agency-027f5331?st=SYNN9K&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

[The Dir of National Intelligence is #TulsiGabbard. The complaint is about #Gabbard.

Do you really expect her to provide instructions on transmitting the complaint?]

"Bakaj, the whistleblower’s lawyer, previously advised a #CIA officer who in 2019 filed a complaint that sparked Trump’s first #impeachment.

“From my experience, it is confounding for [Gabbard’s office] to take weeks—let alone 8 months—to transmit a disclosure to #Congress,” Bakaj, who is chief #legal counsel at the nonprofit WhistleblowerAid.org, said in a statement.

Amid the limbo, the #Gabbard complaint has been locked in a safe"
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/classified-whistleblower-complaint-about-tulsi-gabbard-stalls-within-her-agency-027f5331?st=SYNN9K&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

#Trump #Politics #News #US #USA