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Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is asking the Justice Department to consider criminal charges over the whistleblower complaint that helped trigger President Trump's first impeachment
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Gabbard has sent two criminal referrals, one targeting the whistleblower, the other former Inspector General Michael Atkinson
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Her office accuses Atkinson of misusing the whistleblower process after a 2019 phone call between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky
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That call became the foundation for House Democrats to impeach Trump. The whistleblower flagged the call as an urgent concern, alleging Trump pressed Zelensky to investigate political rival Joe Biden
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Gabbard claims the complaint relied on secondhand information and what she says were concocted narratives from deep state actors to push it to Congress
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The whistleblower's identity has never been made public. The Justice Department will now decide whether to pursue charges
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Atkinson, who was fired by Trump in 2020, has said he acted properly and followed the law
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Gabbard, however, argues he put politics ahead of facts
