OPINION_ Questions Adam Schiff Should Have to Answer

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Questions Adam Schiff Should Have to Answer

Terry Paulson | Posted: Nov 18, 2019 12:01 AM

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In the current impeachment hearing, Rep. Adam Schiff has maintained a firm hold on what witnesses can be called and what questions can be asked. From the very beginning of the hearing when asked when and if the whistleblower could testify under closed hearings, Schiff made it clear that the identity of the whistleblower was not to be shared. He even claimed publicly at the start of the Wednesday hearing that he did “not know the identity of the whistleblower.”

This whole hearing should begin with the "whistleblower," the government employee who brought the complaint to Schiff about the phone call to Ukraine’s new president. Protecting the identity of the whistleblower is not protected in the whistleblower legislation. Rep. Schiff has written that any words from the “whistleblower” would be both “redundant and unnecessary.” Fairness requires that President Trump’s counsel and Republican members of the committee have the right to cross-examine this witness, whether held in a private or public hearing.

The second witness should be Schiff himself, but Schiff has refused to be a witness at the impeachment hearing. Fortunately, Senator Lindsay Graham has promised to call Schiff as a witness if the impeachment is brought to the Senate. Without that, there will be critical gaps in the information needed to have a fair consideration on Trump’s impeachment. Here are some questions I would love to ask, and as citizens, we should demand to be asked.

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