Nancy Pelosi said Trump would be "on target" if he intended to intimidate the "whistleblower" when the US House of Representatives was investigating his impeachment.
"I will guarantee that he cannot threaten the whistleblower. I told the President that he would be in sight if he was harmed," said US House Speaker Pelosi during the program. CBS "Face The Nation" on November 17. She confirmed that this person is the main witness in the impeachment investigation of US President Donald Trump that the US House of Representatives is conducting.
Trump has repeatedly asked the House of Representatives to reveal the identity of the person who accused him of pressuring the President of Ukraine during a phone call in July about investigating the father and son of former US Vice President Joe Biden, a rival. formidable race in the White House next year.
The long-standing policy of the US House Intelligence Committee always protects the identity of whistleblowers. Trump has repeatedly lashed out at this and denied any allegations and said the impeachment investigation was politically motivated.
The Republican Party has repeatedly complained that the impeachment investigation in the House of Representatives led by the Democratic Party is unfair to them and the President because the Republican Party is restricted from interrogating witnesses.
The "whistleblower" decided to remain anonymous when submitting information denouncing Trump, but the information he provided about the phone conversation between Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky in July was in fact heard again from a others. Trump criticized this and called it the "fake whistle-blower" on Twitter yesterday.
The House of Representatives on October 31 officially opened an impeachment investigation of Trump on the July 25 talks between him and Zelensky, summoning many witnesses to a hearing to clarify the alleged Trump "trade in political interests". with Ukraine.
During a public impeachment hearing on November 13, two witnesses, William Taylor, former US ambassador to Ukraine and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State George Kent revealed some new details related to Trump's remittance. urged Zelensky to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden.
However, the results of the hearing were thought to disappoint the Democratic Party because the testimony of the two witnesses was not heavy enough to change public opinion with the Trump impeachment investigation.