Whistleblower complaints must be (according to stated law) first hand information, not 2nd or 3rd hand information as is the case with the current complaint. But, if you are a Democrat, what do you care about stated law?

www.whistleblower.gov/overview/submitatip

The information must be original information not previously known to the Commission, but if the whistleblower is the original source of the information, it would be deemed original information 

The following text come from :  https://www.whistleblower.gov/overview/submitatip/

The Whistleblower Rules specify the prerequisites and eligibility requirements. Prerequisites include:

• Whistleblower information must be provided voluntarily, prior to a request, inquiry, or demand for information
• The information must be original information not previously known to the Commission, but if the whistleblower is the original source of the information, it would be deemed original information
• The information must have led to a successful resolution of CFTC action or a Related Action
• The whistleblower, upon CFTC staff’s request, must provide certain additional information
• The whistleblower must have submitted an award application (Form WB-APP) in response to a Notice of Covered Action or a final judgment in a Related Action or both

Related update

  The Federalist:

Intel Community Secretly Gutted Requirement Of First-Hand Whistleblower Knowledge  —  Federal records show that the intelligence community secretly revised the formal whistleblower complaint form in August 2019 to eliminate the requirement of direct, first-hand knowledge of wrongdoing.

 

Apparently the whistleblower plot was weldefined by August of  2019.  The whistle blower doument is entirely 2nd and 3rd hand information,  not allowed before August of this year   . . . .  a move that allows the whistleblower lie to continue as it based on facts.