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NEW: A traffic jam is building in support of a post-coronavirus ‘9/11 commission’ to review U.S. handling of the pandemic.

Four proposals are circulating in the House — and some are drawing bipartisan support. politico.com/news/2020/04/0…
Republicans are already blasting SCHIFF’s as an impeachment redux. Yet it’s practically a carbon copy of the 9/11 commission structure and nearly identical to a bipartisan proposal offered by Reps. Murphy/Katko.

politico.com/news/2020/04/0…
The Schiff/Murphy proposals both feature 10-member commissions composed exactly like the 9/11 commission — with equal D/R membership and the president naming a chair.

Both would likely not begin working until after the 2020 election. politico.com/news/2020/04/0…
A third proposal from Illinois Republican Rodney Davis (also with bipartisan support) is structured similarly but doesn’t provide for subpoena power or security clearances.

And a 4th from Homeland Security Chairman Thompson has 25 members.

politico.com/news/2020/04/0…
ALSO: Schiff says he's been consulting with Tim Roemer, a former Democratic congressman and one of the architects of the original 9/11 commission bill, on the structure of the coronavirus panel.

politico.com/news/2020/04/0…
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JUST IN: Attorneys for Rick BRIGHT who claims he was removed from his post for pushing back against Trump's promotion of hydroxychloroquine, say he'll be filing a whistleblower complaint with the HHS inspector general.
FWIW, the Ukraine whistleblower used the same route for his complaint: a report to the inspector general, who then had the task of deciding whether it is "urgent" and reportable to Congress.

The intel community IG, Michael Atkinson, was fired recently for deciding it was.
There's a different process for intelligence community whistleblowers than broader federal employees, but there are multiple avenues for public disclosures — including Bright's decision to file a complaint with the Office of Special Counsel (which has nothing to do with Mueller).
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NEW: Acting DNI Ric Grenell has replied to Schiff's demand for info about the Atkinson firing and other personnel changes at the IC.

Instead of offering answers, he slapped at Schiff for failing to acknowledge the appointment of 2 women to senior posts.

politico.com/news/2020/04/2…
Here's Grenell's two-page letter: politico.com/f/?id=00000171…
Here was Schiff's original April 7 request, which included a call for Grenell to halt his overhaul of the IC, in part because he's just a temporary holdover until a permanent successor is confirmed: politico.com/f/?id=00000171…
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JUST IN: The Senate Intelligence Committee affirms the intelligence community's conclusion that Russia acted to aid Trump in 2016 — and explicitly breaks with the House GOP.

"The ICA reflects strong tradecraft," said Burr.

intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/…
Burr's comment rebuffs this line from the House's 2018 report:

"(U) Finding #16: The Intelligence Community Assessment judgments on Putin's strategic intentions did not employ proper analytic tradecraft."
Unlike House GOP report, Senate finds "specific intelligence reporting to support the assessment that Putin and the Russian Government demonstrated a preference for candidate Trnmp."
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