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Coats Claims He Was Unaware of Whistleblower

September 26, 2019 · 11:22 am ET · Leave a Comment

Former Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats told the Indianapolis Star that he didn’t know about the whistleblower complaint saying President Trump made inappropriate demands of the Ukraine president.

Said Coats: “Nothing came to me. I left on Aug. 15… The very next day that was presented to Joe. I feel so bad for Joe. He is caught in a squeeze here and the lawyers are divided. So they are trying to work all that out. That’s about all I can say about that.”

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