In the current impeachment hearing, Rep. Adam Schiff has maintained a firm hold on what witnesses can be called and what questions can be asked.
From the very beginning of the hearing when asked when and if the whistleblower could testify under closed hearings, Schiff made it clear that the identity of the whistleblower was not to be shared.
This whole hearing should begin with the "Whistleblower," the government employee who brought the complaint to Schiff about the phone call to Ukraine's new president.
Protecting the identity of the whistleblower is not protected in the whistleblower legislation.
Rep. Schiff has written that any words from the "Whistleblower" would be both "Redundant and unnecessary." Fairness requires that President Trump's counsel and Republican members of the committee have the right to cross-examine this witness, whether held in a private or public hearing.
The second witness should be Schiff himself, but Schiff has refused to be a witness at the impeachment hearing.
Thankfully, Sen. Lindsay Graham has promised to do what Schiff has refused to do: "It's impossible to bring this case forward, in my view, fairly, without us knowing who the whistleblower is and having a chance to cross-examine him about any biases that they may have. So if they don't call the whistleblower in the House, this thing is dead on arrival in the Senate."
https://townhall.com/columnists/terrypaulson/2019/11/18/questions-adam-schiff-should-have-to-answer-n2556542
From the very beginning of the hearing when asked when and if the whistleblower could testify under closed hearings, Schiff made it clear that the identity of the whistleblower was not to be shared.
This whole hearing should begin with the "Whistleblower," the government employee who brought the complaint to Schiff about the phone call to Ukraine's new president.
Protecting the identity of the whistleblower is not protected in the whistleblower legislation.
Rep. Schiff has written that any words from the "Whistleblower" would be both "Redundant and unnecessary." Fairness requires that President Trump's counsel and Republican members of the committee have the right to cross-examine this witness, whether held in a private or public hearing.
The second witness should be Schiff himself, but Schiff has refused to be a witness at the impeachment hearing.
Thankfully, Sen. Lindsay Graham has promised to do what Schiff has refused to do: "It's impossible to bring this case forward, in my view, fairly, without us knowing who the whistleblower is and having a chance to cross-examine him about any biases that they may have. So if they don't call the whistleblower in the House, this thing is dead on arrival in the Senate."
https://townhall.com/columnists/terrypaulson/2019/11/18/questions-adam-schiff-should-have-to-answer-n2556542
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