The Office of the Intelligence Community Inspector General (ICIG) admitted Sept. 30 that media scrutiny contributed to its decision to make a significant change to the whistleblower form tied to the complaint at the center of the presidential impeachment inquiry.
The ICIG issued a detailed statement addressing questions about why the office removed language from a whistleblower form that advises complainants that their requests wouldn’t be forwarded to Congress unless they provided firsthand information. The removal is significant because the whistleblower whose complaint triggered the impeachment inquiry provided only secondhand knowledge about the alleged conduct.
