Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C., and Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., are seeking an interview with the whistleblower who filed a complaint about President Donald Trump’s phone call with Ukraine’s leader, reports Yahoo News.
“In order to ascertain the appropriate path forward for your client while protecting your client’s privacy, we are writing to request that you make your client available for a closed bipartisan interview with Committee counsel no later than Friday, September 27, 2019, in a mutually agreeable secure location,” a letter from the committee reads to Andrew Bakaj, the lawyer who represents the whistleblower.
Bakaj’s law partner Mark Zaid in an email to Yahoo said he couldn’t “comment on the substance at this time. The letter speaks for itself.”
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., later said the whistleblower’s lawyer informed him the official, “would like to speak to our committee and has requested guidance” from the acting Director of National Intelligence on his appearance.
“We‘re in touch with counsel and look forward to the whistleblower’s testimony as soon as this week,” Schiff tweeted.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday announced a formal impeachment inquiry against Trump centered on whether Trump abused his presidential powers and sought help from a foreign government to undermine Democratic frontrunner Joe Biden and help his own reelection.
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