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The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) has released previously classified transcripts from 2019 closed-door briefings with then-Intelligence Community Inspector General (ICIG) Michael Atkinson, providing new details about the whistleblower complaint that led to President Donald Trump’s first impeachment.
The transcripts, declassified Monday after being withheld for more than seven years, were made public following a vote by the committee in late March 2026 and subsequent action by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.
Investigative reporter Catherine Herridge first reported on the release on X, sharing images of the documents and excerpts from the testimony.
The records show that the whistleblower identified in the complaint was a registered Democrat and acknowledged having a “prior professional relationship with one of the Democratic Presidential candidates” in the 2020 election cycle.