Whistleblower Report Is Out; Director Of National Intelligence Testifies Before Congress

And the content of the newly released report takes a backseat for a while to the process of the report getting released. We’re not sure why…

Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire seems like a straight shooter. Most of his appearance before the House Intelligence Committee involved a lot of shoving on both sides. Most of it related to the process of a whistleblower report which has now been released by Congress being released to Congress, not the content of the report. Here a link to the full content of that report.

And while process is important, in many ways, we’re so far beyond that now. Not only because the report in question has now been released, but especially in light of the pattern of misconduct by the President and the White House it describes.

So zeroing on the propriety and sourcing of the whistleblower complaint, which Republicans are, and the odd way it came out, which Democrats are, both seem a little bit like old news.

Most jarringly, the newly revealed allegation in the newly released report that White House staff, at the direction of White House lawyers, worked actively to conceal record of…