As the House judiciary committee prepares by the end of this morning for the crucial vote on the articles of impeachment against Donald Trump, fury has erupted over the fact that a Republican member last night named the alleged whistleblower who triggered the congressional
investigation by complaining about the president’s pressuring Ukraine to investigate his political rivals.
Texas Republican Louie Gohmert last night at the judiciary committee hearing to give initial statements on the articles of impeachment called out the names of
Texas Republican Louie Gohmert last night at the judiciary committee hearing to give initial statements on the articles of impeachment called out the names of
several people he would like to see called as witnesses in the expected impeachment trial of Trump in the Senate early next year.
Among those names was that of a man in the US intelligence community, whose name has been floating around as the possible individual who blew the whistle on the president’s allegedly corrupt dealings with Ukraine for personal political gain.
Virginia Democrat Don Beyer tweeted that: “House Republicans just committed an incredible and outrageous breach. The President threatened the whistleblower with violence, and whether the person just named is the whistleblower or not they were just put in real danger.
This is unacceptable and there should be consequences.”
