Schiff says his committee did not work with whistleblower
In a rare question to the opposing side, Sens. Jerry Moran (Kan.) and Josh Hawley (Mo.) asked the House managers more specific questions about the intelligence agency whistleblower, including whether that person worked with Biden.
Before getting to their question, Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif.), who has been accused of colluding with the whistleblower, said first he wanted to address conspiracy theories about his staff’s interactions with the whistleblower, which he called “complete and total fiction.”
“I don’t know who the whistleblower is. I haven’t met them or communicated with them in any way. The committee staff did not write the complaint or coach the whistleblower what to put in the complaint …” he said.
Schiff went on to defend members of his staff who have been baselessly accused of working with the whistleblower, comparing the treatment of them to how the Trump White House treated former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch.
“I can tell you, there’s no one who can understand the plight of Ambassador Yovanovitch more than some of my staff who have been treated to the same kind of smears and now have concerns over their own safety,” Schiff said. “They acted at all times with the utmost propriety and integrity.”
As for the Republican senators’ query about the whistleblower and Biden, Schiff said, “I’m not going to go into anything that could reveal or lead to the revelation of the identity of the whistleblower,”
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