whistle-blower at the center of this storm wants to. catherine has the latest. she is live in washington tonight. confirmation. joe will testify publicly thursday for the democrats control. mcguire, issuing this statement. i want to make sure that i have upheld my responsibility to follow the law every step of the way. the men and women of the intelligence committee have a solemn responsibility to do what s right, which means reporting wrongdoing. i make sure that every complaint is handled appropriately. the complaints about the president s calls did not meet the standard. there is a legal requirement to share. on twitter, the president said he wants transparency that he is
whistle-blower that we ve heard from administration officials and the president in recent days. he says in his written statement, as public servants, the men and women of the intelligence community have a solemn responsibility to do what is right which includes reporting wrongdoing. i am committed to protecting whistle-blowers and ensuring every complaint is handled appropriately. so none of this talk that you ve heard from the president of this being a partisan attack by a partisan whistle-blower. are you at all reassured now that the acting dni is not inappropriately withholding this whistle-blower complaint, or should this be automatically turned over to the committee as the committee claims? there s no question that if the director of national intelligence is going to enforce the whistle-blower act, which he s responsible to do, that here you ve got a whistle-blower who makes a complaint, and the
it s one thing to have a debate on public information but to have somebody in a position where they have security clearance and is leaking this information in time of war, this is the same as dealing with treason. whatever the ultimate penalty that will be impacted should be and that will be up to the justice department, but i would hope the justice department would look to this in a severe way, not a perfunctory or casual way but the most serious crime ever, to undermine your own military in time of war. jon: congressman peter king is a republican from new york and member of the homeland security committee. congressman, thank you. thank you jon. jenna: in d.c., for the next story, one section of the financial regulations law could motivating more whistleblowers, both for better or worse, it s raising the reward for reporting wrongdoing. could it do more harm than good? jim angle has the answer, he s live from washington.