Thread by @kurteichenwald

1. I dont believe I have to explain this.

Folks need to STOP asking for Ukraine transcript to be released & instead get the whistleblower complaint first. We do not know for certain that the complaint involves Ukraine or the full issues in the complaint will be on transcript...

2...it is legally required to provide the complaint. It is NOT legally required to provide the transcript. Suppose it is the White House - even through third parties - saying "It's Ukraine, its Ukraine." But the complaint is actually about Russia. Then when Ukraine transcript...

3...is released, TA-DA! Nothing bad in it. The way REAL reporting works is you build from the bottom up, not the top down. You don't ask for what you THINK is the issue, you ask for the first thing. And the first thing is the complaint. People can be locked up for not providing..

4...it. Stop being idiots, reporters. Stop setting yourselves up to be proven wrong if these people are smarter than you. They know what is in the complaint, you do not. You only know what people are TELLING you is in that report. This is who I have seen for DECADES reporters...

5...reporters get stories wrong: They get too arrogant to believe it is possible they are being set up, because they are too arrogant to understand that they need to build a case from the bottom up, not top down.

Get the whistleblower report. THEN demand supporting documents.