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Trump Comes Under Fire After Sharing Name On Twitter Of Alleged Whistleblower

On Friday, Trump shared a post that included the name of a former intelligence community official whom many of the president's supporters believe is the whistleblower.

President Trump has come under fire after retweeting a post to his 68 million followers on Twitter that included a name linked to the alleged whistleblower whose complaint about the president's dealings with Ukraine prompted the impeachment inquiry.

At the time of the complaint, the individual was an intelligence community official who sounded the alarm about Trump's pressure campaign with Ukraine that

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