US President's survey request issue, inspectors point out serious security and defense risks

[Washington, 25th Reuters]-Michael Atkinson, an intelligence community in charge of coordinating information agencies in the United States, said Mr. Trump himself asking President Trump to ask Ukrainian President for allegations about the former Vice President. Warned that they may have been exposed to "serious national security and defense risks".

The opinion of the inspector was included in the legal opinion of the Ministry of Justice announced on the 25th.

President Trump was asked to investigate suspicions related to the son of former Vice President Joe Biden of the Democratic Party, a political opponent, in a July 25 phone call with President Zelesky in Ukraine. [nL3N26G3R7]

The inspector's view reflects whistleblower concerns about the phone.

Published legal opinions do not explain defense risks in detail.

Several former US officials have indicated that Russian spies can be obtained and used to influence President Trump before the contents of the telephone conference are announced.

US intelligence officials accused Russia of intervening in favor of Mr. Trump over the 2016 US presidential election. The Russian side denied this.

In a legal opinion, an anonymous whistleblower pointed out that several White House officials heard President Trump's remarks during a telephone conference. The whistleblower said Mr. Trump's remarks at the meeting were "approaching pressure to President Zerensky" to take action to encourage next year's presidential re-election.

Atkinson's inspector expressed concern that Mr. Trump's request violated US election laws that prohibited any foreign support to the candidate. Also, "alleged illegal conduct by US officials seeking foreign assistance to intervene or influence federal elections may expose this official to serious national security and defense risks." Factors of concern and legal opinion pointed out. Mr. Trump was appointed as the inspector.

Atkinson also concludes that whistleblowers are partly politically biased, but the charges are likely to be credible.