Trump renews call to unmask whistleblower; House GOP decries 'clown show' as another witness testifi

[Eugene]

Source: Washington Post

Live updates: Trump renews call to unmask whistleblower; House GOP decries ‘clown show’ as another witness testifies

By John Wagner and Brittany Shammas
Oct. 14, 2019 at 10:12 a.m. EDT

President Trump renewed his call to unmask the whistleblower whose complaint sparked the impeachment inquiry and took issue with a suggestion by a leading Democrat that the anonymous U.S. intelligence official may not be called to testify in person before Congress.

Trump’s comments, relayed in morning tweets, came as House investigators prepared to hear from Fiona Hill, the White House’s former top Russia adviser, about how the administration’s Ukraine policies were influenced by Trump’s personal lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani’s efforts to have the country investigate the son of former vice president Joe Biden.

With Congress returning to Washington after a two-week recess, several other depositions are also planned, including that of key figure Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, who is scheduled to appear Thursday under subpoena.

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9:50 a.m.: GOP lawmakers call for opening process

Ahead of Hill’s closed-door deposition Monday, several Republican lawmakers decried the process, calling for the proceedings to be more transparent to the public.

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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-impeachment-inquiry-live-updates/2019/10/14/b1ae2a70-ee08-11e9-8693-f487e46784aa_story.html

[Thomas Hurt]

1. I would like it to be public...

but the problem is that when it is public the christofascists get to smear and fabricate and spread their lies and propaganda.

[RAB910]

2. The GOP wants it public so they can spew anti-American propaganda disguised as "questions"