{"note":{"questionId":"dabea65d-38e9-4e4c-a860-4fc050c69713","excludeFromTrivia":false,"createdDate":"2019-09-25T18:04:59.079+0000","lastUpdated":"2019-09-25T21:12:26.492+0000","questionTitle":"Read the Justice Department's legal opinion in the Trump-Ukraine whistleblower case","multipleSelectionAmount":0,"noteType":"SINGLE","noteOptions":[{"optionId":"54fd0a34-6fab-418a-8ccb-9ade775206de","hasComment":false,"element":{"id":"0390db88-2462-4bcc-a972-b14b013b7378","type":"HTML_TEXT","src":"<p>The Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel was asked by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence whether a whistleblower complaint involving President Trump should be shared with Congress. Here’s the OLC reasoning for saying no. 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