Earlier in the week, the anonymous whistleblower who filed a complaint with the intelligence community inspector general, which includes allegations about President Donald Trump’s conduct, had tentatively agreed to meet with congressional lawmakers.
Rep. Adam Schiff has now confirmed that the whistleblower has indeed reached an agreement to testify before Congress.
Jason Chaffetz wrote: How/why does Schiff know the identity of the whistleblower?
How/why does Schiff know the identity of the whistleblower ❓ Schiff says agreement reached with whistleblower to testify before House committeehttps://t.co/A0jkRkk6fz
— Jason Chaffetz (@jasoninthehouse) September 29, 2019
President Trump tweeted Sunday he has a desire to meet his 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
USAToday reports the whistleblower who filed an anonymous complaint about President Donald Trump asking Ukraine to investigate a political rival has reached an agreement to testify before Congress, Rep. Adam Schiff announced Sunday.
Talking with ABC News’ “This Week,” Schiff, the Democrat who chairs the House Intelligence Committee, said the whistleblower would testify “very soon” and the only thing standing in the way was getting security clearances for the attorneys representing the whistleblower so they could attend the testimony.
The whistleblower, whose identity has not been made public, revealed deep concern that Trump “used the power of his office” to solicit Ukraine’s help to discredit one of his main political rivals, former Vice President Joe Biden.
The complaint went on to detail efforts by senior White House officials to later “lock down” access to all records of the July 25 call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in which Trump urged his counterpart to investigate Democratic presidential candidate Biden and his son Hunter Biden.
The whistleblower’s concerns were the tipping point for House Democrats, who formally launched an impeachment inquiry into Trump this week after months of investigating the administration and conduct of the president.
Schiff did not outline a date for testimony and the whistleblower’s attorneys said in a statement that they continue to work with the House and Senate about finalizing logistics, adding no date has been set.
Congress is on a two-week recess, but the impeachment inquiry doesn’t appear to be slowing down. On Friday, Schiff announced a number of depositions scheduled with State Department officials and a private hearing with the intelligence community’s inspector general, the official who received the whistleblower complaint and found it credible and urgent. Schiff also announced Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was being subpoenaed for documents related to the Trump-Ukraine episode.
Schiff said Sunday that the biggest concern with having the whistleblower appear before Congress was protecting the person’s identity, noting comments made by Trump at a private event where he suggested the whistleblower had committed treason and should be punished.
By CK Heltzel
Source: theconservativeopinion
See more here: news365.stream
