Attorney offers to let GOP submit questions to whistleblower

A lawyer for the whistleblower who filed the grievance that sparked the Home's impeachment probe told CBS News he has provided to have Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee submit questions to the whistleblower.

The supply would permit Republicans to ask questions of the whistleblower instantly, without going by way of the Democratic-controlled committee.

Lawyer Mark Zaid informed CBS Information he contacted rating member Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) on Saturday to inform him his shopper would answer Republicans' written questions underneath oath and penalty of perjury if lawmakers submitted them to the whistleblower's authorized group, in line with CBS.

The whistleblower, whose id stays undisclosed, sparked the inquiry by reporting on a telephone dialog between President Donald Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine that concerned a request for Ukraine to research former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden.

Home Minority Chief Kevin McCarthy was requested concerning the supply on CBS' "Face the Nation" on Sunday but stated he was not aware of it.

"I've never acquired that provide, and I'm the lead Republican in the Home," McCarthy stated.

McCarthy stated Nunes had not informed him concerning the supply prior to Sunday, adding "let's examine how they submitted."

McCarthy was pressed by moderator Margaret Brennan whether or not he would turn down the chance to submit questions in writing to the whistleblower.

"No, as an American and that everyone should know and have accountability, you're speaking concerning the removing of the presidency. We watched [House Intelligence Chairman] Adam Schiff misinform the American public that he didn't know who the whistleblower was," McCarthy stated of his fellow California congressman.

"So, you're open to it?" Brennan requested.

"Let me be very clear, Margaret: What I am open to, if you're talking concerning the removing of the president of america, undoing democracy, undoing what the American public had voted for, I feel that individual ought to come before the committee," McCarthy responded.

"He might come right down to the basement. But he needs to answer the questions. We'd like an openness that folks understand this," he added.

Article initially revealed on POLITICO Magazine

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