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Republicans push for public testimony from whistleblower after storming closed-door impeachment session
Hours after dozens of Republicans stormed a closed-door deposition in a secure area and disrupted Democrats' Trump impeachment inquiry, top House GOP leaders pushed Democrats for more transparency, including public testimony from the whistleblower at the center of the probe. In an initial letter Wednesday to House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, Republican lawmakers Jim Jordan of Ohio, Devin Nunes of California and Michael McCaul of Texas pushed for the whistleblower to come out of hiding so that his or her "sources and credibility" can be "fully assessed." (Click here to read the letter.)
Hours after dozens of Republicans stormed a closed-door deposition in a secure area and disrupted Democrats' Trump impeachment inquiry, top House GOP leaders pushed Democrats for more transparency, including public testimony from the whistleblower at the center of the probe. In an initial letter Wednesday to House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, Republican lawmakers Jim Jordan of Ohio, Devin Nunes of California and Michael McCaul of Texas pushed for the whistleblower to come out of hiding so that his or her "sources and credibility" can be "fully assessed." (Click here to read the letter.)
The three Republicans noted that Schiff had previously promised the whistleblower would provide "unfiltered" testimony "very soon" concerning an Aug. 12 complaint. But, the Republicans charged, Schiff "reversed course" after reports of the whistleblower's potential political bias surfaced. Click here for more on our top story.
Click here for a detailed account of House Republicans' storming of Wednesday's impeachment session.
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