A whistle-blower’s complaint released on Thursday said that White House officials tried to “lock down” a transcript of the July phone call in which President Trump asked Ukraine’s leader for an investigation of his political rival Joe Biden.

A record of the call was moved to a system for storing highly classified information, even though it didn’t meet the criteria, according to the whistle-blower, a C.I.A. officer who once worked at the White House. Here are eight takeaways from the complaint, as well as a copy annotated by The Times.

Response: Noting that the whistle-blower hadn’t heard the call, Mr. Trump said that whoever shared the details was “close to a spy” and that “in the old days” spies were dealt with differently.

Another angle: The Times’s executive editor, Dean Baquet, addressed concerns about our decision to publish details about the whistle-blower, saying, “We wanted to provide information to readers that allows them to make their own judgments about whether or not he is credible.”

What’s next: Some Democratic lawmakers said it was possible that articles of impeachment would be drafted by the end of October. Congress starts a two-week break after today, but Representative Adam Schiff, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said his committee would continue working.