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Maguire has to say. hedges before congress this week and has to testament there's got to be a reason why he ought to be sending that information to congress. he's chosen not to. atkinson thought it was important enough to send it to the dni. that information should have been sent to congress to they could have a chance to deal with this. >> he said this was of serious concern, so we're not talking about something floated as a witch hunt. the ig himself said this is of serious concern, urgent concern. >> that's right. >> and didn't fluff it off. danielle, let our viewers understand. in a call b...

So what did the inspector general tell lawmakers behind closed doors yesterday? whatever it was, the democratic chair of the house intelligence committee is now threatening to sue the trump administration if the whistle-blower complaint is not shared with congress. joining us now is jackie spear. she serves on the intelligence committee. she was in that closed door briefing yesterday with the i.g. congresswoman, thanks for being here. can you give us a little bit more color of what your impressions were of what happened behind those closed doors yesterday? >> when inspector general atkinson sh...

Even known there was a whistleblower complaint alleging an urgent concern. we will be releasing the inspector general's letters, but i want to read one sentence from them. mr. atkinson wrote, i set forth the reasons for my concluding that the subject matter involved in the plaintiff's disclosure not only falls within the dni's jurisdiction but relates to one of the most significant and important of the dni's responsibilities to the american people. this is what's being withheld from congress right now. we do know that the department of justice has been involved in the decision to withhold that...

Inspector general here for the intelligence community admits that this is a credible and urgent threat. team trump fighting to keep it hidden and not allowing the inspect or general to say anything about the substance of it to congress today as you just heard. could the ig just throw his career to the wind and put this information out there or will we find another way? >> the ig is not, i've known mr. atkinson, and i think he's a very capable and level-headed man. he's not going to compromise classified information and the question might be whether he might disclose it himself behiebd closed d...

For the usa, the president says. but nothing in his tweet to help us understand what this is all about. no specifics, either, from the intelligence community who was up on the hill this hour. it was might atkinson who labeled this whistleblower, quote, an urgent concern. atkinson so far providing no details about the whistleblower or the specifics of the complaint. what we do know, cnn confirming, "washington post" reporting from last night that an intelligence community official red-flagged a communication between president trump and a foreign leader. two intelligence officials telling the "w...