House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff and National Security Council aide Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who gave testimony on Tuesday in President Donald Trump’s impeachment inquiry, lied when they said they don’t know who the whistleblower is, Donald Trump Jr. implied on Fox’s “Hannity.”
"[Schiff] told the American people, and so did Vindman that they have no idea who the whistleblower is,” Trump Jr. said. “That's not what I saw today. It seems like they know damn well."
Trump Jr. based his statement on Schiff’s attempts to stymie questions by GOP member Rep. Devin Nunes to Vindman about what intelligence agency an individual whom Vindman spoke to about Trump’s July 25 phone call with the Ukrainian president worked for.
According to the New York Post, Schiff interrupted by saying, “We need to protect the whistleblower. “I want to make sure that there’s no effort to out the whistleblower through these proceedings,” noting that the whistleblower’s identity was protected under federal law and advised the witness not to inadvertently reveal his identity.
Trump Jr. urged on “Hannity” for Republicans "to push for justice," saying he would like Vindman and Schiff “to be treated like I would be if I lied to Congress or I lied to the American people, because it's time that the Republicans push for some justice the other way. They're getting away with it and they will keep doing that and steamrolling the Republicans until we push back accordingly."
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