Thread by @moscow_project

The whistleblower complaint has been released. It lays out not only the details of Trump's July 25 phone call but also a pattern of efforts to keep the call secret, and identifies several witnesses to the misconduct:
intelligence.house.gov/uploadedfiles/…

One key revelation: Officials removed records of the call and stored them in a "separate electronic system," which "underscored ... that White House officials understood the gravity of what had transpired"—and raises the question: What other records have been hidden this way?

Reminder: This whistleblower complaint, which was based on conversations with "more than half a dozen U.S. officials," was deemed "credible" and an "urgent concern" by the intel community's IG—only for the DOJ and acting DNI to withhold it from Congress.
intelligence.house.gov/uploadedfiles/…

Another key line in the whistleblower complaint: White House officials knew perfectly well what was going on, and had a "discussion ongoing" with White House lawyers about the possibility they had just witnessed an abuse of presidential power.
intelligence.house.gov/uploadedfiles/…

The quid pro quo was always there: "Play ball" with the president's bizarre and illegal demands, or risk jeopardizing Ukraine's relationship with the U.S. intelligence.house.gov/uploadedfiles/…