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Trump’s whistleblower cover-up fight goes public in real time
On September 27, the administration’s fight over the Ukraine whistleblower complaint was still boiling over, with Congress accusing Trump’s team of hiding a credible report and the acting intelligence chief defending the delay. The substance mattered because the complaint had moved from secrecy into public scrutiny, and the White House’s handling of it looked increasingly like an effort to contain a politically toxic document. The mess was now big enough to fuel impeachment and force new questions about abuse of power.