Gabbard Whistleblower Complaint Rejected

Republican leaders of the House and Senate intelligence committees, Tom Cotton and Richard Crawford, have rejected a top-secret complaint from an anonymous government insider. The complaint alleges that Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard withheld classified information for political reasons. Democrats, including Mark Warner and Jim Himes, are questioning why it took Tulsi Gabbard's office eight months to refer the complaint to Congress, as required by law. Tulsi Gabbard's office denies wrongdoing, citing extensive legal and security review for the delay. An earlier inspector general's conclusion deemed the claim against Tulsi Gabbard not credible, and the current inspector general, Christopher Fox, respected his predecessor's decision to send it to lawmakers despite deeming it non-urgent. The complaint also accused Tulsi Gabbard's general counsel's office of failing to report a potential crime to the United States===United States Department of Justice.