Second whistleblower comes forward in Trump-Ukraine scandal
The latest whistleblower "has first-hand knowledge" of the events in question, the person’s attorney said.
A second whistleblower has come forward with information about President Donald Trump’s call with the president of Ukraine, according to attorneys representing that whistleblower and the intelligence official whose earlier complaint set off a series of events culminating in an
impeachment inquiry.
The second whistleblower "has first-hand knowledge" of the events,
according to attorney Mark Zaid.
The first complaint, filed in August with the intelligence community's inspector general, centered on
a July 25 phone call during which Trump asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to look into why Ukraine's top prosecutor had apparently
ended an investigation into a Ukrainian gas company that once employed former Vice President Joe Biden's son as a board member.
House Democrats launched a formal impeachment inquiry last month as details of the conversation were made public.
Trump has publicly maintained that the call was "absolutely perfect" and "totally appropriate."
Text messages given to Congress Thursday and released by House Democrats suggest the call was part of a
broader effort from Trump and his administration to pressure Ukraine.
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