The White House learned that a C.I.A. officer had lodged allegations against President Trump’s dealings with Ukraine even as the officer’s whistle-blower complaint was moving through a process meant to protect him against reprisals, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday. The officer first shared information about potential abuse of power and a White House cover-up with the C.I.A.’s top lawyer through an anonymous process, some of the people said. The lawyer shared the officer’s concerns with White House and Justice Department officials, following policy. Around the same time,...…The White House learned that a C.I.A. officer had lodged allegations against President Trump’s dealings with Ukraine even as the officer’s whistle-blower complaint was moving through a process meant to protect him against reprisals, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday. The officer first shared information about potential abuse of power and a White House cover-up with the C.I.A.’s top lawyer through an anonymous process, some of the people said. The lawyer shared the officer’s concerns with White House and Justice Department officials, following policy. Around the same time,...WW…

Attorney General William Barr said Sunday that he did not believe racism was a systemic problem in policing, echoing other top administration officials’ defense of an important part of President Donald Trump’s base as protests against police killings of unarmed black people continued across the nation. “I don’t think that the law enforcement system is systemically racist,” Barr said in an interview with the CBS program “Face the Nation.” “I think we have to recognize that for most of our history, our institutions were explicitly racist.” Advertisement Chad Wolf, acting secretary of the...…Attorney General William Barr said Sunday that he did not believe racism was a systemic problem in policing, echoing other top administration officials’ defense of an important part of President Donald Trump’s base as protests against police killings of unarmed black people continued across the nation. “I don’t think that the law enforcement system is systemically racist,” Barr said in an interview with the CBS program “Face the Nation.” “I think we have to recognize that for most of our history, our institutions were explicitly racist.” Advertisement Chad Wolf, acting secretary of the...WW…

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