Coincidence?
Here's a timeline from "The Hill" -
July 28: DNI Dan Coats exit announced. (The phone call happened three days earlier, on July 25.)
Aug. 8: Sue Gordon announces resignation (Reportedly at the urging of Dan Coats)
Aug. 12: Whistleblower files complaint
Aug. 15: Coats, Gordon exit, Maguire steps in as acting DNI
Aug. 26: Whistleblower complaint is forwarded to Maguire
Sept. 2: Maguire misses congressional deadline
Sept. 9: Atkinson alerts Congress
Sept. 10: Schiff writes back, demands complaint
Sept. 13: DNI responds
Sept. 18: The Washington Post breaks the story
Sept.19: Lawmakers denied full briefing on complaint's contents
Sept. 20: Trump defends conversations with world leaders
Sept. 21: Trump doubles down, slams media for ignoring Biden story
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/462464-timeline-the-trump-whistleblower-complaint __________________________
As reported by CNN:
Washington (CNN)The country's No. 2 intelligence official,
Sue Gordon, knew it was likely she would have to eventually step down
from her post, but the timing of that decision became more urgent on
Thursday after her boss -- outgoing spy chief Dan Coats -- interrupted a
meeting she was holding on election security and asked his deputy to
submit her letter of resignation, sources familiar with the events told
CNN.
While details
of the conversation between Gordon, an intelligence veteran of more than
30 years, and Coats remain unclear, sources say that the situation
clearly abruptly changed after the meeting was interrupted.
Shortly
after her encounter with Coats, Gordon submitted her letter of
resignation to Vice President Mike Pence, though the document itself was
addressed to Trump, according to officials, a highly unusual move that
prompted some confusion among some West Wing officials who waited for
the President's tweet confirming the news.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/09/politics/sue-gordon-resignation-coats-interrupts-meeting/index.html
