According to a new report from the Wall Street Journal, lawyers for the Whistleblower have asked if they can submit a testimony in writing rather than have the whistleblower appear in person.
Thursday a bombshell report reveled the whistleblower worked with Joe Biden when he was VP.
Fox & Friends is now 'reporting' that there's "absolutely no doubt" that the CIA whistleblower worked with Joe Biden. pic.twitter.com/jGb7QT5Ea4
— Bobby Lewis (@revrrlewis) October 11, 2019
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham made it clear during a Fox News appearance that if Democrats choose to impeach President Trump he feels the Whistleblowers must be “interviewed in public, under oath, and cross-examined.”
President Trump has previously tweeted “Like every American, I deserve to meet my accuser, especially when this accuser”
Like every American, I deserve to meet my accuser, especially when this accuser, the so-called “Whistleblower,” represented a perfect conversation with a foreign leader in a totally inaccurate and fraudulent way. Then Schiff made up what I actually said by lying to Congress……
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 29, 2019
Per WSJ Lawyers for the CIA officer whose whistleblower complaint helped ignite an impeachment inquiry into President Trump have asked Congress whether their client could submit testimony in writing instead of appearing in person, according to people familiar with the matter.
The request reflects concerns about whether the whistleblower could testify to Democrats and Republicans without revealing his identity, and fears that doing so would lead to it being publicly leaked, jeopardizing his personal safety. The intelligence committees haven’t yet responded to the inquiry about potential written testimony, the people said.
Spokeswomen for the House and Senate intelligence committees didn’t respond to requests to comment.
In other developments, House committees sent a subpoena to Energy Secretary Rick Perry, asking him to produce by Oct. 18 documents related to his interactions with Mr. Trump, State Department officials and others.
The committees want information from Mr. Perry about any role he played in conveying Mr. Trump’s wishes to Ukraine’s president, and matters related to a Ukrainian state-owned energy company.
The whistleblower’s complaint alleges that Mr. Trump sought to use the powers of his office to push Ukraine to investigate Democratic rival Joe Biden and that White House officials acted to conceal evidence of the president’s actions. It said it drew from testimonials of several unidentified U.S. officials who expressed concern about Mr. Trump’s conduct to the whistleblower.
Two congressional aides said they expect Marie Yovanovitch, the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, to be deposed as scheduled on Friday, despite the White House’s declaration this week that it will not cooperate with the impeachment inquiry.
Mr. Trump removed her from her post in May after months of complaints from political allies, including his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, that she was undermining him abroad and obstructing efforts to persuade Kyiv to investigate Mr. Biden.
Ms. Yovanovitch hasn’t responded to requests to comment.
Ten Senate Democrats wrote to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday, seeking information on his role in the recall of Ms. Yovanovitch. The lawmakers cited an August report from the State Department inspector general on political retaliation against career employees, and urged Mr. Pompeo to support department staffers.
They asked Mr. Pompeo to respond by Oct. 16 to a series of questions about his actions and those of his department regarding Ms. Yovanovitch.
Negotiations between the whistleblower’s legal team and the intelligence committees over his potential testimony have played out for weeks, largely out of public view. During that time, Mr. Trump and his allies have attacked the whistleblower and those who supplied information for his complaint as treasonous, asserting they have partisan motives.
“Why aren’t we entitled to interview & learn everything about the Whistleblower, and also the person who gave all of the false information to him,” the president wrote on Twitter last week.
This article was written by the staff of TheConservativeOpinion.com
