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<blockquote data-quote="oldngray" data-source="post: 4214677" data-attributes="member: 45230">The whistleblower complaint is being released. DNI has to declassify first.And the DNI already determined there was nothing to the complaint so DNI did not have the authority to release to Congress. It was not a complaint that was subject to Congressional review so they had no right to see it.Trump ordered it declassified and released anyway.Yet another nothingburger.The general counsel for Maguire&#039;s office said it had consulted with the Justice Department and determined the complaint did not rise to the level of an &quot;urgent concern&quot; requiring congressional notification. The relevant federal statute defines &quot;urgent concern&quot; as &quot;a serious or flagrant problem, abuse, violation of law or Executive order, or deficiency&quot; related to an &quot;intelligence activity.&quot;&quot;The complaint forwarded to the [inspector general] does not meet the definition of &#039;urgent concern,&#039;&quot; general counsel Jason Klitenic wrote in a letter to Schiff on Tuesday. &quot;This complaint ... concerned conduct by someone outside the Intelligence Community and did not relate to any &#039;intelligence activity&#039; under the DNI&#039;s supervision.&quot;<a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/whistleblower-complaint-what-to-know-about-the-report-to-the-dni-involving-trump-being-kept-from-congress/" target="_blank">What to know about the mysterious whistleblower complaint involving Trump</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="oldngray, post: 4214677, member: 45230"] The whistleblower complaint is being released. DNI has to declassify first. And the DNI already determined there was nothing to the complaint so DNI did not have the authority to release to Congress. It was not a complaint that was subject to Congressional review so they had no right to see it. Trump ordered it declassified and released anyway. Yet another nothingburger. The general counsel for Maguire's office said it had consulted with the Justice Department and determined the complaint did not rise to the level of an "urgent concern" requiring congressional notification. The relevant federal statute defines "urgent concern" as "a serious or flagrant problem, abuse, violation of law or Executive order, or deficiency" related to an "intelligence activity." "The complaint forwarded to the [inspector general] does not meet the definition of 'urgent concern,'" general counsel Jason Klitenic wrote in a letter to Schiff on Tuesday. "This complaint ... concerned conduct by someone outside the Intelligence Community and did not relate to any 'intelligence activity' under the DNI's supervision." [URL="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/whistleblower-complaint-what-to-know-about-the-report-to-the-dni-involving-trump-being-kept-from-congress/"]What to know about the mysterious whistleblower complaint involving Trump[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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