The president fired the official who alerted Congress to the whistleblower report about the president’s call with Ukraine’s president, which led to his impeachment
Former European Union Ambassador Gordon SondlandFormer Ukraine Ambassador William TaylorTop U.S. adviser to President Trump on Russia and Europe, Tim Morrisonhis displeasure while citing Trump’s attempts to “undermine the integrity of the intelligence community.”
“In the midst of a national emergency, it is unconscionable that the President is once again attempting to undermine the integrity of the intelligence community by firing yet another intelligence official, the ICIG, simply for doing his job,” Warner wrote. Warner continued, “The work of the intelligence community has never been about loyalty to a single individual — it’s about keeping us all safe from those who wish to do our country harm. We should all be deeply disturbed by ongoing attempts to politicize the nation’s intelligence agencies.”
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