michael atkinson said he did not disclose his contact with the democrat-led house intelligence committee. the whistleblower was a registered democrat who had a prior working relationship with a high-profile democratic politician and atkinson said that he had no knowledge of how an schiff tweet in late aug about ukraine aid and rudy giuliani neared the substance of the whistleblower complaint before it was declassified and shared with congress. the chairman could have been more precise in his earlier media appearances. democrats and republicans today, disagreed on the significance. >> chairman schiff should be disqualified fromming running an investigation where his committee, members or staff, are fact witnesses about contact with the whistleblower and the whistleblower process.