|| screaming-banner-text banner-text-size–char-47″ data-analytics=”_list-hierarchical-xs_article_”> Trump fires intelligence watchdog who sent complaint to Congress ||” , title: “CNN – Breaking News, Latest News and Videos” , siblings: {“articleList”:[{“uri”:”/2020/04/03/politics/trump-fires-inspector-general-michael-atkinson/index.html”,”headline”:”u003cstrong>Inspector General Michael Atkins told lawmakers about a whistleblower complaint that led to impeachmentu003c/strong>”,”thumbnail”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/191112163149-02-michael-atkinson-file-small-11.jpg”,”duration”:””,”description”:”President Donald Trump on Friday removed u003ca href=”https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/23/politics/ic-ig-michael-atkinson-whistleblower-complaint/index.html” target=”_blank”>Intelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinsonu003c/a> — who had told Congress u003ca href=”https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/04/politics/michael-atkinson-house-intelligence-hearing-impeachment/index.html” target=”_blank”>about the whistleblower complaint u003c/a>that led to Trump’s impeachment — from his post, the President told Congress in a letter obtained by CNN.”,”layout”:””