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Official characterized this as "an abuse of the system." and that other trump transcripts had been hidden before. the whistle-blower's complaint was submitted to the intelligence community's inspector general, who then determined it was "credible" and of "urgent concern." but the acting director refused to forward the complaint to congress, instead acknowledging today, he called the white house first, even though the complaint was about the president. >> so, you went to the white house first. so, you went to the subject of the complaint for advice first about whether you should provide the com...

>> i think the whistle-blower did the right thing. i think he followed the law every step of the way. >> you don't have any reason to accuse them of disloyalty to our country or suggest they're beholden to some other country? >> sir, absolutely not. >> reporter: the whistle-blower claims "multiple u.s. government officials" informed him that "the president of the united states is using the power of his office to solicit interference from a foreign country in the 2020 u.s. election." the whistle-blower goes onto describe the president's phone call with the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensk...

Conversations are privileged. but david, tonight, members of congress say they expect to speak with that whistle-blower sometime soon. david? >> mary bruce leading us off tonight. mary, thank you. and at the same time the acting director of national intelligence was testifying there on the hill, president trump was in a closed door meeting with staff here in new york city and he was unleashing. the recording now emerging from the event with staff from the u.s. mission to the u.n. the president compared white house officials who allegedly talked to the whistle-blower to spies. and then he sai...