committee adam schiff, you saw there. he also says the person who set this entire inquiry in motion may not testify, the whistleblower. our primary interest right now is making sure that person is protected. indeed now there is more than one whistleblower that they are protected. and given that we already have the call record we don t need the whistleblower who wasn t on the call. that s not sitting well with republicans who are blasting the inquiry and the chairman. there should be a process. what adam schiff wants is to get the united states america drunk on his favorite cocktail. three ingredients, cherry picking leaks, withholding facts and three is outright lying. you mentioned briefly after the hearing started republicans came out to the micks in the hallway and continued to criticize saying it denies people access to the truth. the republicans aren t in charge.
he is suggesting that even leaking this information to the c.i.a. employee, the whistleblower, that in itself is illegal. is there a case to be made there? i don t buy that, bill. frankly, i have some trouble with kind of running away from the whistleblower as a witness. look, as a prosecutor, i could never, never in a million years come out and create this case, all this hoopla and then say well look, you know, i ve decided not to call the main witness and we are just going to rely on the transcript, which is president himself has already released. so, you know, i think that kind of hurts the democrats from a building a case perspective. bill: back to schiff now. he was on cbs. a longer clip now from sunday. watch here, guy. our primary interest right now is making sure that person is protected.
sondland. he made president trump s case. the chairman leading the probe says it may not be necessary to hear from the actual whistleblower, the person at the center of this controversy. well, our primary interest now is making sure that person is protected. indeed now there is more than one whistleblower that they are protected. and given that we already have the call record, we don t need the whistleblower who wasn t on the call. expect republican lawmakers to push back hard on that and also making the case and expressing concern about all these interviews happening behind closed doors. if adam schiff wants to have it behind closed doors my job is to pick the lock and open it up and say look at what has been happening. the look at the lies told and the hearings had and nothing has came from it. the concern is quotes can be cherry picked from day-long interviews. republican members continue to push for the full transcripts
also the doj s report could happen as soon as friday. we will keep an eye on that. back to you. jon: kevin cork at the white house. the house s impeachment inquiry into president trump pushes forward this week. democratic leaders are getting ready for more testimony on capitol hill, now the intelligence committee chairman adam schiff is saying the whistle-blower at the heart of the inquiry may not testify. our primary interest right now is making sure that that person is protected. indeed now there s more than one whistle blow their they are protected whistle-blower, that they are protected. it may not be necessary to take steps that might reveal the whistle-blower s identity to do that, and we will make sure we protect that whistle-blower. jon: molly henneberg is following this from d.c. molly? hi, jon. republicans say it is time to stop all the secrecy and let a little sunshine into the impeachment inquiry. if adam schiff wants to have it behind closed doors, my job
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