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In early September 2019, Sen. [[Chris Murphy]] delivered a ''quid pro quo'' message to Ukrainian President Zelensky: if the Ukrainian government co-operates with the U.S Justice Department investigating DNC/Ukrainian collision and interference in the 2016 presidential election. Congressional Democrats will withhold funding aide.<ref>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/462658-lets-get-real-democrats-were-first-to-enlist-ukraine-in-us-elections</ref>

In early September 2019, Sen. [[Chris Murphy]] delivered a ''quid pro quo'' message to Ukrainian President Zelensky: if the Ukrainian government co-operates with the U.S Justice Department investigating DNC/Ukrainian collision and interference in the 2016 presidential election. Congressional Democrats will withhold funding aide.<ref>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/462658-lets-get-real-democrats-were-first-to-enlist-ukraine-in-us-elections</ref>

A [[whistleblower]] complaint addressed to Sen. Richard Burr and Rep. [[Adam Schiff]] was marked "urgent concern" alleging collusion between President Trump and President Zelensky.<ref>https://intelligence.house.gov/uploadedfiles/20190812_-_whistleblower_complaint_unclass.pdf</ref> The [[Intelligence community]] Inspector General (ISIG) and Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) determined the complaint was not of "urgent concern" and [[DNI]] James McGuire acted properly.<ref>https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6429710-OLC-Opinion-Trump-Ukraine-Call.html</ref>  The Dept. of Justice Office of Legal Counsel strongly rebuked ICIG [[Micahel Atkinson]]’s original granting whisteleblower status based on [[hearsay]]. interpretation of his responsibility with the complaint.  In the OLC opinion, they point out that Atkinson’s internal justification for accepting the whistleblower complaint was poor legal judgement.

A [[whistleblower]] complaint addressed to Sen. Richard Burr and Rep. [[Adam Schiff]] was marked "urgent concern" alleging collusion between President Trump and President Zelensky.<ref>https://intelligence.house.gov/uploadedfiles/20190812_-_whistleblower_complaint_unclass.pdf</ref> The [[Intelligence community]] Inspector General (ISIG) and Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) determined the complaint was not of "urgent concern" and [[DNI]] James McGuire acted properly.<ref>https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6429710-OLC-Opinion-Trump-Ukraine-Call.html</ref>  The Dept. of Justice Office of Legal Counsel strongly rebuked ICIG [[Michael Atkinson]]’s original granting whisteleblower status based on [[hearsay]]. interpretation of his responsibility with the complaint.  In the OLC opinion, they point out that Atkinson’s internal justification for accepting the whistleblower complaint was poor legal judgement.

===Trump-Zelenskyy phone call===

===Trump-Zelenskyy phone call===