Trump’s Team Sought to Conceal Ukraine Call He Described as ‘Perfect’
- Whistle-blower says White House tried to ‘lock down’ records
- Events suggest officials feared appearance of quid pro quo
U.S. President Donald Trump
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Donald Trump says that his July 25 phone call with the president of Ukraine was “perfect.” But it so alarmed White House and administration officials that they allegedly concealed records of the conversation.
An extraordinary whistle-blower’s complaint made public on Thursday, deemed “credible” by the inspector general for the U.S. intelligence community, claims that White House officials “were deeply disturbed” by the call and attempted to “lock down” a transcript by placing it in a system normally used for sensitive classified information.