Joseph Maguire, acting director of national intelligence, testifies before the House intelligence committee on the whistleblower complaintThe Guardian’s independent journalism brings clarity at this critical moment in American history. Make a contribution Trump-Ukraine whistleblower complaint: read it in fullSign up for the US briefing and get a new perspective 2.54pm BST Maguire is doing everything he can to avoid answering Adam Schiff’s questions head-on.Asked whether the White House invoked executive privilege on the whistleblower complaint, Maguire tried to dodge the question before seeming to say that the White House did not invoke executive privilege, given the release of yesterday’s memo. 2.47pm BST Adam Schiff has kicked off the House intelligence committee’s questioning by asking Maguire whether the whistleblower complaint represented a serious abuse of power by Trump.Maguire danced around the question, trying to avoid saying whether he considered the complaint to be “credible.” Continue reading…
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