was not aware of this:
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In other words, Maguire's feeling that this was not urgent (which does not pass the smell test) and that he needed to make sure it was not protected by executive privilege (which would be a convenient excuse to let Trump conceal this from the public) is what prevented him from giving it to Congress within seven days.
But once that transcript Trump released yesterday was out, the transcript that he thought was going to exonerate him of any wrongdoing—"It was a perfect call," he kept saying—
executive privilege no longer applied to the substance of the whistle-blower complaint. Which is the reason we can now read the whistle-blower complaint. The release of that transcript immediately put a stop to the White House being able to dither about whether they were going to be able to prevent the release of the complaint based on the assertion of executive privilege. Amazing.It's like when a serial killer who's gotten away with crime after crime makes one wrong step and everything comes crashing down.
Trump's impulsive move to try to get ahead of the news cycle yesterday—to try to retake control of the story by releasing a transcript he thought made him look good—
is the very reason this just blew up in his face. Once he did that, the DNI could release the whistle-blower complaint without worrying about executive privilege, and once members of Congress started reading the whistle-blower complaint, the number of House members willing to impeach him crossed the 218-vote threshold for impeachment.
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in other words, Trump leaked on himself?!? (i thought he paid others for that...)
source:
https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2019/09/26/41506767/white-house-essentially-tried-to-cover-up-their-cover-up-by-stalling-release-of-the-whistle-blower-complaint (emphasis mine)
