Three former administration officials tell Axios that former national security adviser H.R. McMaster did not authorize and was not aware of the “locking down” of transcripts of conversations between President Trump and foreign leaders that were politically damaging but didn’t pose national security risks.
Why it matters: Congressional investigators want to learn how, when and at whose direction transcripts were moved out of the typical computer system and into a classified system meant for highly sensitive security matters.
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- That process was described in the whistleblower’s complaint about the July 25 call between President Trump and Ukraine’s President Zelensky.
View the complete October 13 article by Margaret Talev on the Axios website here.