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by Countable's Trump Impeachment Coverage | 10.7.19

October 7th, 2019:

The 30-second recap: A whistleblower complaint, which led to a House impeachment inquiry, accuses White House officials of trying to conceal \"politically sensitive\" information about President Donald Trump's July 25th phone call with Ukrainian President Voldymyr Zelensky. During the call, Trump asked Ukraine's leader to \"do us a favor\" and work with Attorney General William Barr and Trump's personal attorney, Rudolph Giuliani, to \"look into\" former Vice President Joe Biden and his family.

226 House members currently support an impeachment inquiry.

Second whistleblower has \"firsthand knowledge\" of Trump Ukraine allegations

The lawyer representing the whistleblower whose complaint about Trump’s conversation with Zelensky sparked the impeachment probe told ABC news over the weekend that he’s now representing a second whistleblower with “firsthand knowledge” of the July 25 phone call.

Attorney Mark Zaid said both anonymous officials have full projection under a law meant to protect whistleblowers from being fired in retaliation for their revelations of wrongdoing.

If this information is correct, it would undercut one of the arguments Trump and his allies have used to try and discredit the first whistleblower: that he (or she) relied on secondhand information – or hearsay - from other White House officials. Note: there is no requirement that whistleblowers have firsthand information.
Following a report that there could be a second whistleblower, Trump tweeted Saturday night:

\"The first so-called second hand information 'Whistleblower' got my phone conversation almost completely wrong, so now word is they are going to the bench and another 'Whistleblower' is coming in from the Deep State, also with second hand info. Meet with Shifty. Keep them coming!\"

“Shifty” is a reference to Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), chair of the House Intelligence Committee.
Trump on Sunday tweeted Schiff and House Speaker Nancy (D-CA) should be impeached over their handling of the whistleblower investigation.

Where we are in impeachment proceedings?

—Josh Herman

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