The official whistleblower complaint against Donald Trump has finally been released, and it's jaw-dropping.

 

The whistleblower, a CIA officer detailed to work at the White House, documents how Trump pressured Ukraine to make up dirt on Joe Biden to help him win reelection. Trump's own Director of National Intelligence called it "totally unprecedented."

 

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The facts piling up around Trump are simply stunning.

 

Trump repeatedly asked Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky to launch a bogus investigation into Hunter Biden. He used U.S. military aid as blackmail.

 

If these actions don't qualify as "high crimes and misdemeanors," then nothing does.

 

But major media outlets still refuse to simply say the obvious fact: these are impeachable offenses that demand Trump's removal from office.

 

They report "both sides"—the truth and Trump's lies—equally. They focus on the horserace impact on the election. Some are even shifting the focus to Biden with headlines such as, "Why Trump's Ukraine scandal could backfire on Biden."

 

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