House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff will be called as a witness in a Senate impeachment trial, which will be held if the House votes to impeach President Donald Trump.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said he'd call Schiff to testify during an appearance on Fox News's "Hannity" late Nov. 13.
"Let's say they get 218 votes. Here's what I promise the country. We're not going to try the president of the United States based on hearsay. So any resolution setting up a trial in the Senate, I'm going to make sure that hearsay cannot be the basis of an impeachment allegation," Graham told host Sean Hannity.
"A trial in the Senate, to me, should not legitimize what's going on in the House. No American is denied the right to call witnesses on their behalf, except for Donald Trump. No American is accused of wrongdoing anonymously, except Donald Trump. What they're doing in the House is a danger to the presidency itself," Graham continued.
"So any trial in the Senate needs to make sure that you can't impeach a president based on hearsay, because that's a danger to the presidency itself. And secondly, any trial in the Senate must expose the whistleblower so the president can confront his accuser. I will not accept a trial in the Senate until I know who the whistleblower is."
Republican House members badgered Schiff during the first open impeachment hearing earlier Wednesday, wondering about his team's contact with the person who filed a complaint against Trump.
House Intelligence Ranking Member Devin Nunes brought up the issue in his opening statement, Rep. Jim Jordan insisted that Schiff is the only member of Congress who knows definitively who the whistleblower is, and Rep. John Ratcliffe tried to question Schiff during the hearing about the contact.
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Sen. Lindsey Graham, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said he'd call Schiff to testify during an appearance on Fox News's "Hannity" late Nov. 13.
"Let's say they get 218 votes. Here's what I promise the country. We're not going to try the president of the United States based on hearsay. So any resolution setting up a trial in the Senate, I'm going to make sure that hearsay cannot be the basis of an impeachment allegation," Graham told host Sean Hannity.
"A trial in the Senate, to me, should not legitimize what's going on in the House. No American is denied the right to call witnesses on their behalf, except for Donald Trump. No American is accused of wrongdoing anonymously, except Donald Trump. What they're doing in the House is a danger to the presidency itself," Graham continued.
"So any trial in the Senate needs to make sure that you can't impeach a president based on hearsay, because that's a danger to the presidency itself. And secondly, any trial in the Senate must expose the whistleblower so the president can confront his accuser. I will not accept a trial in the Senate until I know who the whistleblower is."
Republican House members badgered Schiff during the first open impeachment hearing earlier Wednesday, wondering about his team's contact with the person who filed a complaint against Trump.
House Intelligence Ranking Member Devin Nunes brought up the issue in his opening statement, Rep. Jim Jordan insisted that Schiff is the only member of Congress who knows definitively who the whistleblower is, and Rep. John Ratcliffe tried to question Schiff during the hearing about the contact.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/adam-schiff-will-be-called-as-a-witness-in-senate-impeachment-trial-graham_3146468.html
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