Conservative blogger Erick Erickson has 8 reasons the whistleblower complaint is 'really bad' for Trump

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last updated 26 September 2019

It seems most prominent conservatives aren't letting a whistleblower change their minds.

After the Thursday release of an intelligence whistleblower complaint detailing a concerning phone call between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Trump's usual allies jumped to his defense. A swath of GOP lawmakers said there's nothing of importance in the report, while Republican Party officials tried to brush off Democrats' attempts to investigate it further.

But Erick Erickson, a conservative blogger and radio host, tweeted and wrote a blog post outlining why the complaint is actually "really bad for the president." At the core of his argument is that the complaint reads as credible, and that opens up a lot of investigative opportunities for Democrats.

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Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.