The CIA’s top lawyer has filed a ‘criminal referral’ regarding Trump. Cenk Uygur, John Iadarola, and Nando Vila, hosts of The Young Turks, break it down. MORE TYT: Read more here:
“WASHINGTON — Weeks before the whistleblower's complaint became public, the CIA's top lawyer made what she considered to be a criminal referral to the Justice Department about the whistleblower's allegations that President Donald Trump abused his office in pressuring the Ukrainian president, U.S. officials familiar with the matter tell NBC News.
The move by the CIA's general counsel, Trump appointee Courtney Simmons Elwood, meant she and other senior officials had concluded a potential crime had been committed, raising more questions about why the Justice Department later declined to open an investigation.
The phone call that Elwood considered to be a criminal referral is in addition to the referral later received as a letter from the Inspector General for the Intelligence Community regarding the whistleblower complaint.
Justice Department officials said they were unclear whether Elwood was making a criminal referral and followed up with her later to seek clarification but she remained vague.”
Hosts: Cenk Uygur, John Iadarola, Nando Vila
Cast: Cenk Uygur, John Iadarola, Nando Vila
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