Trump fired US Intelligence Community Inspector Michael Atkinson because he no longer had absolute faith in him, sources told Congress.
In a letter to the US Senate Intelligence Committee on April 3, the US president declared he "no longer has complete confidence in Atkinson" and his dismissal will be "effective 30 days from today". . Trump also announced that he would nominate an individual who he fully believes to replace Atkinson.
Atkinson was the first US official to notify Congress on anonymity, which accused Trump of pressuring Ukraine to investigate political rival Joe Biden by telephone last July. The general inspector of the intelligence community sent a letter to Congress in August and September last year, confirming that the content of the complaint denounced anonymously was "urgent and reliable".
The Democratic-led US House of Representatives has been trying to consider dismissing Trump from September 2019, then moving the two terms of consideration to dismiss Trump to the Senate in January. Trump scholarships on both allegations, abuse of power and interference with congress.
Trump's decision to fire Atkinson immediately met with criticism from Democrats. US House Intelligence President Adam Schiff said Trump's decision "was a blatant attempt to deprive the US intelligence community of the US intelligence and avenge on those who dare expose the President's wrongdoing".
Sen. Mark Warner, vice chairman of the US Senate Intelligence Committee, agrees, saying it is an act "to undermine the integrity of the intelligence community by firing an intelligence official for righteousness." your business ".
Some officials who testified during the Trump recall recall were dismissed or transferred, including Gordon Sondland, the US Ambassador to the European Union (EU); Alexander Vindman, director of European affairs at the National Security Council; Marie Yovanovich, former US Ambassador to Ukraine.