House Approves Whistleblower Resolution As Legislators Begin To Review Complaint

Democrats in the House announced their intention to vote on the resolution on Tuesday – the same day that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi – announced the opening of a recall investigation – as a result indignation that the president has put pressure on a foreign leader to target a political rival. On Wednesday, the complaint would be sent to the Hill only belatedly.

The vote took place just hours after the White House released a transcript stating that President Donald Trump had repeatedly urged Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter during a phone call on July 25. CNN had previously indicated that the appeal was part of the whistle-blower complaint submitted to the Inspector General of Intelligence.

The whistleblower's complaint regarding Trump's communications with Ukraine was handed over Wednesday afternoon to Capitol Hill for lawmakers to review.

Senate senate senate committee Senator Richard Burr said he had begun reading the document but refused to give his first impressions.

Members of the Democrat-led House Intelligence Committee are also reviewing the documents.

It's not just the Democrats who have sworn to know the details of the whistleblower's complaint.

On Tuesday, the Senate also unanimously adopted its own resolution drafted by Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, urging the government to address a full complaint to Congress.

Earlier Wednesday, prior to the final vote on the resolution, the House passed an amendment to its resolution proposed by Democratic Representative Mary Gay Scanlon of Pennsylvania to make it identical to the resolution passed the day before by the Senate.

Pelosi and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer announced Tuesday the vote on the resolution, saying in a joint statement that "Parliament will vote on a resolution clearly stating that Congress disapproves of the administration's efforts to block the resolution. disclosure of the complaint and the need to protect the Whistler. "

Hakeem Jeffries, chair of the House Democratic caucus, said at a press conference Wednesday morning that the resolution would require the publication of "the full, unredacted version" of the complaint.

"We can only imagine the content of this document, we will get it and the American people will be able to see it," he said.