The whistleblower’s complaint about President Trump’s interactions with Ukraine has been declassified and may be released as early as Thursday morning, according to a report.
“Yes, it has been declassified with minimal redactions but not yet released to the public,” a source familiar with the process told CNN late Wednesday. “We expect that to happen in the morning.”
CNN’s Jim Sciutto tweeted about 7 a.m. Thursday that the Office of the Director of National Intelligence “tells me redacted version of whistleblower complaint has been given to congress to be shared at open session.”
Less than two hours later, the complaint was released by the House Intelligence Committee.
Rep. Chris Stewart, a Republican member of the committee, said Wednesday night that the complaint had been declassified.
The complaint was hand-delivered Wednesday to Capitol Hill, where lawmakers were afforded the opportunity to read the account that prompted Democrats to launch a formal impeachment inquiry against the president.
Democrats who read the document — which was available to lawmakers in two secure facilities — said it backed up their commitment to their probe.
The White House on Wednesday released a rough summary of a July 25 phone call that shows Trump repeatedly pressing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter.
“I found the allegations deeply disturbing,” said House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.). “I also found them deeply credible and I understand why the inspector general found them credible.”
Illinois Democrat Mike Quigley, a member of the House Intelligence Committee, called the complaint “troubling, disturbing” and said it “reinforces our concerns,” according to CNN.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said: “Having read the documents in there, I’m even more worried about what happened than I was when I read the memorandum of the conversation.”
Missouri Republican Sen. Roy Blunt said the report is about a dozen pages long, adding that he was not more concerned now than before he read the report, according to CNN.
Meanwhile, acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire is set to speak Thursday publicly for the first time about the matter before the House Intelligence Committee, where Democrats hope he will explain why he withheld the complaint from Congress for weeks.
Maguire will then go behind closed doors to speak to the Senate intelligence panel.