Thread by @EpochTimes

“It’s a complete manufactured crisis. It was a deliberate plot…to create a public narrative.”

Former intelligence operatives expressed shock and disappointment at the intelligence community’s handling of a #Complaint lodged against Trump. (Thread 👇) theepochtimes.com/former-intelli…

Larry Johnson, a former #CIA intelligence officer, said that the scandal represents a stain on the @CIA.

“People I’ve talked to in the intelligence community have knowledge about changes made to the document a whistleblower is supposed to fill out—the change took place after…

…Trump had the conversation with Zelensky, and then they changed the document to allow hearsay to come in. That’s problematic."

Johnson said that he’s spoken to active members of the #CIA and other intelligence agencies and “they’re appalled.”

Former #CIA analyst @ronaledo4, who also served in the #Pentagon, said that President Trump, as commander in chief, was perfectly justified in asking #Ukraine to investigate @JoeBiden, and everyone in the intelligence community should know that.

““What President Trump did on the phone call is exactly what any given Department of Justice attaché does any given day…If Trump did something illegal, then all the DOJ attachés worldwide do something illegal every single day.”

@GOPLeader Kevin McCarthy, @DevinNunes, and @Jim_Jordan sent a letter to Intelligence Community IG Atkinson to demand detailed answers about the changing of the rules for filing #Whistleblower reports.

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