,,iii #aaith ,,congress #b;d ,session ,s4 ,,res4 #fhb ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states ,april #bj1 #bjbf,mr4 ,scott of ,florida submitted the following resolution2 which was referred to the ,committee on the ,judiciary ,,resolution ,expressing the sense of the ,senate by condemning the handling of the #bjai ,ukraine ,whistleblower ,complaint1 calling for the ,department of ,justice to initiate an investigation and prosecution of the matter1 and declaring the impeachment of ,president ,donald ,j4 ,trump by the ,house of ,representatives lacks legitimacy4 ,whereas1 on ,april #ac1 #bjbf1 ,director of ,national ,intelligence ,tulsi ,gabbard declassified and released documents and transcripts revealing serious procedural failures and concealments in the handling of the ,august #bjai whistleblower complaint regarding ,president ,trump's ,july #be1 #bjai1 telephone call with ,ukrainian ,president ,volodymyr ,zelensky2 ,whereas the complaint1 which was filed by an analyst of the ,central ,intelligence ,agency who had no firsthand knowledge of the aforementioned telephone call1 relied entirely on second- and third-hand accounts1 with key witnesses admitting the alleged quid pro quo was clear only in hindsight and required reading between the lines2 ,whereas1 although the whistleblower self-disclosed significant potential biases1 including registration as a member of the ,democratic ,party1 close professional work with then-,vice ,president ,joe ,biden on ,ukraine matters 7including travel to ,ukraine with ,vice ,president ,biden and participation in discussions on ,ukrainian ,prosecutor ,general ,yuriy ,lutsenko's corruption71 and personal grievances stemming from his service on the ,national ,security ,council during the first ,trump presidency1 former ,inspector ,general of the ,intelligence ,community ,michael ,atkinson redacted or concealed these deeper conflicts from investigators from the ,permanent ,select ,committee on ,intelligence of the ,house of ,representatives during his testimony on #bjai in which he disclosed only limited information2 ,whereas the whistleblower admitted to misleading investigators about prior contacts with ,democratic staff of the ,permanent ,select ,committee on ,intelligence of the ,house of ,representatives and requested that the complaint be hidden from ,republican members of the committee2 ,whereas1 in #bjaf1 then-,vice ,president ,joe ,biden publicly boasted of withholding #a1jjj1jjj1jjj in ,united ,states loan guarantees to pressure ,ukraine into firing ,prosecutor ,general ,viktor ,shokin1 an action that occurred while ,biden's son ,hunter served on the board of ,burisma ,holdings1 raising legitimate questions about potential conflicts of interest that the whistleblower's complaint sought to shield from scrutiny2 ,whereas these concealed biases1 procedural irregularities1 and reliance on unsubstantiated claims formed the very basis of the #bjai impeachment proceedings1 which resulted in the impeachment of ,president ,trump by the ,house of ,representatives on ,december #ah1 #bjai3 ,now1 therefore1 be it ,that the ,senate-- 7#a7 condemns the concealment of material bias information and the use of a flawed complaint to initiate impeachment proceedings against a sitting ,president2 7#b7 calls upon the ,department of ,justice to promptly initiate a thorough1 independent investigation into the handling of the #bjai ,ukraine whistleblower complaint1 including potential violations related to false statements1 improper redactions1 abuse of the whistleblower process1 and coordination with congressional staff2 7#c7 urges the ,attorney ,general to pursue appropriate criminal prosecutions to the extent warranted by the evidence1 consistent with the rule of law and without regard to political affiliation1 to restore public confidence in the integrity of the intelligence community and congressional oversight2 7#d7 declares that the #bjai impeachment of ,president ,donald ,j4 ,trump by the ,house of ,representatives1 which was predicated on a concealed and deficient complaint1 lacks legitimacy and the facts and circumstances upon which ,articles of ,impeachment were based neither met the burden of proving that ,president ,trump committed high ,crimes and ,misdemeanors nor established that ,president ,trump engaged in insurrection of rebellion against the ,united ,states2 and 7#e7 commends ,director of ,national ,intelligence ,tulsi ,gabbard for her transparency and accountability in declassifying these materials and sharing the truth with the ,american people4