Whistleblower Says Trump Told FBI to Investigate Protesters
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A person has made a serious claim about President Donald Trump. This person is called a whistleblower. A whistleblower tells people about something wrong that is secret.
The whistleblower says Trump told the FBI to investigate people. The FBI is the main US police agency for big crimes. The people were protesters in Los Angeles. They were protesting against ICE. ICE is a US agency. It finds and removes people who are in the US without papers.
The claim is written in a complaint. A complaint is an official letter about a problem. Senator Alex Padilla got a copy of this complaint. He is a politician from California. Padilla said the claims are 'deeply alarming.' This means very worrying.
Padilla is a Democrat. Democrats are one of the two big political parties in the US. The other big party is the Republicans. Trump is a Republican.
This news happened during a busy time in US politics. There are also talks about the US midterm elections. Midterm elections happen in the middle of a president's time in office. People also talk about the war in Iran. Some people ask if this war could hurt Trump in the elections.
Vocabulary15 words
- whistleblower
- a person who tells about a secret wrong thing
- FBI
- the main US police agency for big crimes
- ICE
- a US agency that finds people without legal papers
- complaint
- an official letter about a problem
- Democrat
- a member of one big US political party
- midterm elections
- US votes held in the middle of a president's term
- Iran
- a country in the Middle East
- protesters
- people who show anger about something in public
- senator
- a member of the US Senate, a part of government
- investigate
- to look closely to find facts
- allegations
- claims that something bad happened, not yet proven
- politician
- a person who works in government
- official
- from the government or an organization
- president
- the top leader of a country like the US
- agency
- a government group with a special job
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A person has made a serious claim about President Donald _____. This person is called a _____.
The whistleblower says Trump told the _____ to investigate people.
The people were _____ in Los Angeles.
They were protesting against _____.
Senator Alex _____ got a copy of this complaint.
Padilla said the claims are 'deeply _____.'
Padilla is a _____.
People also talk about the US _____ elections.
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