The US President is not known for placing much value on the advice of his staff. Even in the Ukraine affair Donald Trump could have ignored the warnings of his staff. As the "New York Times" reports, the president is said to have been warned several times from his own ranks against wanting to force Ukraine to investigate the son of Joe Biden.
The conspiracy theory behind Trump's efforts was already "completely debunked" had the warning read. That said Thomas P. Bossert, Trump's former Homeland Security Adviser, the newspaper.
The concerns were therefore long before the phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Selenskyj to Trump been brought. Bossert was "deeply concerned" that the US president had nevertheless tried to submit damaging material via the US Democrats. Trump is increasingly under pressure in the affair.
The Democrats in the House of Representatives are preparing a possible impeachment case against him. The president is accused of having used the power of his office to get another country to interfere in his favor in the 2020 US election. At the center of the allegations is the phone call with the Ukrainian president Selenskyj. Trump encouraged his counterpart to investigate, which could harm his political rival Joe Biden.
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The allegations of the US Democrats are based mainly on the complaint of an anonymous secret service employee, who makes allegations against Trump. The US President rejects the allegations and doubts the credibility of the whistleblower. On Sunday, he demanded on Twitter that he wanted to meet his prosecutor. He also threatened the informant with "big consequences".
Whistleblower under police protection
According to the "New York Times", the whistleblower should be an employee of the foreign intelligence service CIA. He had stated that he had not been a direct witness to most of the issues he complained about, but had received consistent and credible information from various government officials.
According to a media report, the informant is now under police protection. Against him were received threats, reported the television station CBS on Sunday.
