Whistleblower reaches agreement to testify, will appear 'very soon,' Rep. Adam Schiff says

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Source: USA Today

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 anonymous whistleblower would testify "very soon" and the only thing standing in the way currently was getting security clearances for the attorneys representing the whistleblower so they could attend the testimony.

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/09/29/trump-ukraine-whistleblower-testify-congress/3811971002/

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This comes amid reports yesterday that Kurt Volker, who just resigned from the State Department and appears to have detailed knowledge of what Rudy Giuliani and Donald Trump were really up to in Ukraine, is eager to give cooperative testimony to the House this week. - Palmer Report

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1. The Republicans won't protect the whistleblower's identity

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2. I know. That's problematic. I see lots of harm coming to this patriot and his family.

But I'd trade places with him/her in a heartbeat.

[Baitball Blogger]

3. Doesn't matter.

Sounds like he's willing to testify at a hearing.

[mopinko]

4. smart. he wont be protected anyway.

taking these assholes down is his only hope.

[NCjack]

6. AG Barr most likely got his name the day the complaint arrived DoJ. nt

[Arkansas Granny]

5. No, they won't. I've heard too many of them state that Trump "deserves" to confront his accuser.

They would leak the id of the whistleblower in a heartbeat.

[Iliyah]

10. True.

[EveHammond13]

11. Devin Nunes will tell trump immediately

[duforsure]

7. Which means

Trump will have to attack , intimidate, and threaten them much faster now. He'll get Barr to suggest they can be charged for something , but if he learns their name he use his powers to get his revenge. He'll incite his base to hurt them.

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8. He absolutely will incite violence against this person and their family

It's quite clear that enemies of tRump are treated as enemies of the United States, according to Giuliani and tRump. It'll be the Kavanaugh hearings all over again, where each of those women were barraged with death threats and intimidation.

[pwb]

9. Bull. Haven't you learned pukes are all fake tough talk.

Even the toothless ones with guns are cowards.

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13. I wouldn't dispute that, but that's not my proposition

I said he absolutely will incite violence against this person and their family.

[CTLib]

12. The House of Cards is collapsing!✌️

Trump is mortally wounded folks.
John Meacham said this week will bring Revelations worse than we have seen so far.
Let's hope trump is kept in check by his inner circle of circus clowns.

[onetexan]

22. it's only Sunday and Meacham's words are proving prophetic aren't they?

[Evolve Dammit]

14. This is the focus and should be with a laser. However, there are still so many others to interview,

because there is so much corruption. Like the note taker for the Putin meeting that had her notes confiscated by Trump? And the other conversations with foreign leaders put on the high security server? How about Trumps IT guy Pascale? Like to see him explain the WH "protocols" that are shocking the intel career personnel.

[certainot]

15. all these witnesses and the dem investigators are being, will be, threatened all day on the radio

limbagh is doing the same to witnesses that he did to anita hill and christine blasey ford - calling them paid dem operatives, and all the other blowhards will fall in line as usual.

protests at 87+ major universities would threaten the whole talk radio monopoly. 260+ limbaugh stations depend on those unis to continue to broadcast sports on them and if one or two decided to start looking for alternatives others will follow. the talk radio monopoly would not survive the exodus from all rw radio stations. the ad industry wants those ears more than they want russian fed republican talk radio stations losing money.

that will destroy a major source of FREE global warming denial

seeing limbaugh's army falling will enable republican senators to impeach trump. that will be more effective than any other action dems can do

[JAD]

16. Don't focus on the whistleblower

The whistleblower is being set up to be the Repugs scapegoat. Don't focus on the stenographer. Focus on the individuals who supplied the information. That is where the primary focus should be placed.

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17. That would expose others that the WB has taken it upon themselve's to shield.

This hero is a super person.

The allegations have all borne out. We don't need or I don't need any more innocent people getting threatened by right-wing cuckoos.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

18. Is this "secret" testimony? Behind closed doors? What's the point?

If it's not open testimony, what purpose does it serve? We learn nothing, and the pundits, on the left and right, can read anything they want into the obscure and obtuse interviews of committee members.

If it's open testimony, then the attorneys wouldn't need security clearances, right?

Or am I missing something?

[Bayard]

19. American Hero Brings Down American Traitor

He deserves every protection. The latter, not so much.

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20. Schiff says they are working on protections for the WB

Nothing less than absolute secrecy of their identity works for me. I'd even change the schedule at the last minute to upset would-be assassins.

Link to tweet

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21. They need hire whoever does the security for

The Masked Singer.

[ancianita]

23. Right now a literal troll army is swarming every Facebook post Schiff makes. It's evil, scary.

I have to post Snopes.com material to discredit the stuff they're shitting his threads with.

[kwolf68]

24. They say Snopes

Is Liberal.

Their minds are gone. I can't believe I used to be one of them (leaving that side around 2000).

[ancianita]

25. Well, they can't say it's fake news because they themselves have used it.

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26. And they are right....

... Facts DO have a liberal bias.

[DeminPennswoods]

27. Last night on CNN, Gergen recommended that the

whistleblower testify from behind a curtain.

[duforsure]

28. This person is a hero

And soon many others will show they will come out too against trumps corruption, and criminals acts. Trump is now desperate to threaten them , and he'll use Barr to make up accusations to use to do like he's done to Comey, Hillary, and others in the past.

[coeur_de_lion]

29. Could Volker be Deep Throat?