• A section of the report from the U.S. intelligence community whistleblower to the U.S. House Intelligence Committee where the whistleblower refers to whether Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy would 'play ball' is seen after being released by the committee in Washington Sept. 26. | REUTERS
    A section of the report from the U.S. intelligence community whistleblower to the U.S. House Intelligence Committee where the whistleblower refers to whether Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy would "play ball" is seen after being released by the committee in Washington Sept. 26. | REUTERS

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WASHINGTON – U.S. authorities have taken security measures to protect a U.S. intelligence official who filed a whistleblower complaint that sparked an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump, a source familiar with the case told Reuters.

Lawyers for the whistleblower expressed concern in a Sept. 28 letter to the acting director of National Intelligence, Joseph Maguire, that their client’s safety could be at risk after Trump suggested he was a spy who had committed treason.

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