Intelligence Community Refuses to Release Coats Memo Tied to Whistleblower Complaint

Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats testifies at a hearing in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee in Congress in Washington on Jan. 29, 2019. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) is refusing requests to release an unclassified internal memo linked to the whistleblower complaint at the center of the Democrat-run impeachment inquiry.

The July 23 memo concerns the creation of an election executive and leadership board that then-Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Dan Coats announced on July 19.