And offered the same opportunity to a member designated by the minority, by the republicans. Questions have primarily been asked by committee counsels for both the majority and the minority, but also by members of both parties. The majority and minority have been provided equal staff representation and equal time to question witnesses. Slif s schiff says, it is necessary to point this out because the president and his allies made the false claim that republican members and staff have been precluded from attending or asking questions. Nothing could be further from the truth. Schiff also addresses the concerns and complaints that have been made. Not just from republicans. About the fact that the witnesses in the impeachment inquiry thus far have only been heard behind closed doors. All of these depositions have been taken in closeddoor proceedings. And his argument about that here, i think, is quite interesting. He says, unlike in past impeachment proceedings in which congress had the be
criminal investigations tepid tend to be o bake from the outside by nature. might get an old-fashioned leak to the press, a hint. sometimes we heard from someone who has honest to goodness firsthand experience with the investigators and can talk about what they ve been asked. u.s. counterintelligence agents have been examining rudy giuliani s business dealings with two men indicted last week on campaign finance charges since at least early 2019 according to a manhattan lawyer. the lawyer, kenneth mccallion, who represented several ukrai ukrainian clients including yulia timeshenko said agents contacted him in february of march this year. asked if rudy giuliani had dealings with lev parnas or igor