into mice. this stuff is very dangerous. trace: former acting assistant secretary of state in the trump administration who oversaw the team investigating covid origins and join me now. one researcher called the documents a roadmap that could have led to the current pandemic. do you agree with that assessment? thanks for having me, trace. i reviewed the documents and what is clear to me is that the virus hunting trade, the relationship between u.s. labs, u.s. universities, u.s. government, and the chinese government was in full motion in 2018. this was a proposal to department of defense. looked like they denied the proposal. thank god common sense was applied here. more and more we continue to see that this was in full motion, partnership with china just a couple of years ago.
allegations the with held military aid from ukraine and the house judiciary committee can give secret evidence from special counsel robert mueller. at this hour democrats are questioning a witness for the first time over the weekend. ambassador philip rieger is the current acting assistant secretary of state for european affairs. the career diplomat arrived on capitol hill 3 hours ago. fox told the state department ordered him not to appear. the house intelligence committee then issued a subpoena forcing him to testify. republican lawmakers demand more transparencies to these closed-door hearings, some democrats agree. i fought over the world from afghanistan to africa and those countries have more do process than what is going on here where at least the accused can have counsel present. this is a sham. it will obviously lead to hold public hearings. we would all be better served to get to the public hearing phase of this. house democrats are expected
administration attorneys present for these sessions and, therefore, the officials should skip them. some former and current diplomats have complied anyway. congress has subpoenaed others like today with acting assistant secretary of state philip reeker. and democrats say this inquery will continue. well, you know, i m not allowed to say, so i can t tell you [inaudible] i ve known him for a number of years. i think he s being honest [inaudible] r eporter: this is all part of that broader congressional inquiry into whether president trump pressured the ukrainian government by withholding security assistance to that government in order to get them and their new president to investigate the bidens in a politically motivated investigation. to that, president trump tweeted
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