The May 24, 2018 Whistleblower form instructions are quite clear as to the use of hearsay. The date is in the lower right corner.
The requirement of first hand information is quite clear, as is the role of the IC IG in the absence of first hand information.
And the date of the form that was used in the complaint, May 24, 2018, that was digitally signed on August 13 is quite clear. The same May 24, 2018 date is in the lower right corner.
A President was impeached over a complaint that should have been rejected on day 1 and the form that was used was hidden for years.
The Chair of the HPSCI, Schiff at the time, does have the right to withhold documents in certain instances. Withholding the document is not the issue. What is in the document, and what transpired as a result, is the issue.
And now we know why the document was withheld.,

