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Scott Ritter - The 'Whistleblower' and The Politicization of Intelligence

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The whistleblower complaint has opened a window into the politicization of the intelligence community and the corresponding weaponization of the national security establishment, argues Scott Ritter. 

At issue was a telephone call made between President Trump and the newly elected President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, on July 25 of this year. According to the whistleblower’s report to the ICIG, “Multiple White House officials with direct knowledge of the call informed me that, after an initial exchange of pleasantries, the President used the remainder of the call to advance his personal interests.”

President Trump, the whistleblower alleged, “sought to pressure the Ukrainian leader to take actions to help the President’s 2020 reelection bid,” an act which the whistleblower claimed presidential abuse of his office, “for personal gain”..  

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