… Intelligence Committee where he was directly asked this question that you're asking here now, and he's making claims. Oh, well, the law required me to do it. That's complete nonsense. The law did not require [the Inspector General] to do it. The responsibility is with the inspector general to deem whether or not a complaint is credible and whether or not it is urgent. How do you find a complaint to be credible when there is zero evidence provided and there is zero firsthand knowledge provided, not only by the whistleblower, by any witness … (05:18–05:30)
CLAIM
Asserts that the law did not require the Inspector General to act on the complaint without evidence.
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