{"id":1006446,"date":"2019-09-26T15:43:47","date_gmt":"2019-09-26T15:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1006446"},"modified":"2019-09-26T15:43:47","modified_gmt":"2019-09-26T15:43:47","slug":"key-takeaways-whistleblower-complaint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/key-takeaways-whistleblower-complaint\/","title":{"rendered":"KEY TAKEAWAYS: WHISTLEBLOWER COMPLAINT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Here are key takeaways from the whistleblower complaint released this morning:<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>\u201cLOCK DOWN\u201d ALL RECORDS: <\/b><b>After the call, the White House sought to \u201clock down\u201d all records of the phone call.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1006447 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Complaint-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"603\" height=\"98\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>\u201cNOT THE FIRST TIME\u201d: <\/b><b>According to White House officials, this is not the first time the administration has covered up documents in a separate computer system.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1006448 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Complaint-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"592\" height=\"196\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>MULTIPLE OFFICIALS: <\/b><b>The whistleblower complaint cites information from multiple officials that Trump abused his power to solicit election interference from a foreign country.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1006449 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Complaint-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"591\" height=\"110\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>OFFICIALS KNEW TRUMP ABUSED HIS POWER: <\/b><b>White House officials immediately knew they had witnessed the president abuse his power for personal gain.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1006450 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Complaint-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"579\" height=\"88\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>UKRANIAN LEADERSHIP LED TO BELIEVE THEY HAD TO \u201cPLAY BALL\u201d:<\/b><b> Multiple officials said that Ukranian leadership was led to believe that the phone call would depend on the Ukranian president\u2019s willingness to \u201cplay ball\u201d on multiple issues.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1006451 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Complaint-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"604\" height=\"132\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>RUDY HURT NATIONAL SECURITY:<\/b><b> Giuliani met frequently outside official channels with Ukrainian leaders, forcing State Department officials to step in to \u201ccontain the damage\u201d to national security.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1006452 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Complaint-6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"623\" height=\"216\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are key takeaways from the whistleblower complaint released this morning: \u201cLOCK DOWN\u201d ALL RECORDS: After the call, the White House sought to \u201clock down\u201d all records of the phone call. \u201cNOT THE FIRST TIME\u201d: According to White House officials, this is not the first time the administration has covered up documents in a separate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1006446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - 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