House in their back and forth exchanges with the acting director of National Intelligence. Nancy, what, if anything, do we know about the author of this report . Theres no name on this document. Reporter correct. We know very little aside from the fact that this is someone who is in the Intelligence Community, and apparently had been detailed to the National Security council at the white house, and in that capacity had a lot of interaction with white house officials. We also know that this whistleblowers ha s havvery mu to come to capitol hill and be interviewed by lawmakers. Youll hear from a number of democrats from the National Director of intelligence are you going to let this whistleblower come and talk to us and speak expansively to us. The Inspector General of the Intelligence Community did determine that this whistleblower had a potential political bias. Perhaps didnt want President Trump to be reelected. You will hear republicans talk about that today. However, the icig also n
Details about that complaint take a look inside the house intelligence hearing where right now where they are preparing for a hearing with the director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire who has been a key figure in the administrations handling of that whistleblower complaint, lawmakers certainly going to have a lot of questions ahead of this hearing. They received a declassified version of the whistleblower complaint and those details now being passed on to the public the whistleblower complaint accuses President Trump of using his power to solicit interference from a foreign country in the 2020 election and says that white house officials we deeply disturbed by that phone call the whistleblower complaint also goes on to say that officials attempted to lock down records of the phone call. Especially the word for word from transcript of the call that was produced by the white house now remember the white house released what they described as a transcript of the phone call. Yesterd
Problematic ok kimberly sorry to cut you off that said Joseph Maguire just about to start speaking more crosscuts you know 2nd for now lets head over to capitol hill and listen in to this i beg your pardon this is adam schiff who were looking at now he is about to open this testimony about objection. The chair reserves the right to recess the hearing at any time the president ial oath of office requires the president of the United States to do 2 things faithfully execute his or her office and protect and defend the constitution that oath of course cannot be honored if the president does not 1st defend the country if our National Security is jeopardized if our country is left undefended the necessity to faithfully execute the office becomes moot where there is no country there is no office to execute and so the duty to defend the nation is foundational to the president s responsibilities. But what of this 2nd responsibility to defend the constitution what does that really mean the found
Online at cspan. Org or listen with the free cspan radio app. The acting intelligence director testified today about a whistleblower complaint concerning a phone conversation between President Trump and the president of ukraine. Director maguire took questions from members of the house Intelligence Committee. You can read the whistleblower complaint at cspan. Org. The meeting will come to order. Without object, the cheer reserves the right to recess the hearing at any time. The president ial oath of office requires the president of the United States to do two things, faithfully execute his or her office and protect and defend the constitution. That oath, of course, cannot be honored if the president does not first defend the country. If our National Security is jeopardized, if our country is left undefended, the necessity to faithfully execute the office becomes moot, where there is no country, there is no office to execute, and so the duty to defend the nation is foundational to the p
President trump. Vincent gonzalez, a member of the committee. [video clip] the actions of the Trump Presidency reveal dishonorable facts of the president s the oath of betrayal of his office and the integrity of our elections. The houses moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry. Speaker nancy pelosi on capitol hill yesterday setting up a constitutional showdown with President Trump and starting the clock on a president ial Impeachment Vote that has only taken place two previous times in u. S. History. We are getting your reaction to it all on phone lines split by party. Democrats, it is 2027488000. Republicans, 2027488001. Independents, 2027488002. You can also send us a text message. If you do, please include your name and where you are from. That number, 2027488003. Catch up with us on social media. On twitter it is cspanwj. On facebook it is facebook. Com cspan. A very good wednesday morning, you can start calling now. If you thought yesterday was a fastpaced newsday, get