{"id":136435,"date":"2019-11-01T17:20:21","date_gmt":"2019-11-01T17:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/republicans-push-schiff-to-confirm-name-of-whistleblower\/"},"modified":"2019-11-01T17:20:21","modified_gmt":"2019-11-01T17:20:21","slug":"republicans-push-schiff-to-confirm-name-of-whistleblower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/republicans-push-schiff-to-confirm-name-of-whistleblower\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans Push Schiff to Confirm Name of Whistleblower"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Congress members said House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) should confirm the name of the intelligence staffer who filed an anonymous complaint against President Donald Trump, sparking a Democrat-run impeachment inquiry.<\/p>\n<p>A report published late Oct. 30 by RealClearInvestigations included the name of the staffer, but it has not been confirmed by any official sources.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI cant tell you what happens in the depositions, but I can tell you theres one person in ones group of staff members who know who the whistleblower is and that is Adam Schiff, and so you need to ask him whether this guy is the real deal,\u201d Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) told reporters in Washington.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHey, you need to ask Adam Schiff. Dont ask me,\u201d Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/bigger-problems-republican-lawmaker-says-schiff-should-confirm-name-of-whistleblower\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Examiner<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do not know if that is the whistleblower. Only one member knows and thats Adam Schiff,\u201d Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint that was filed, reliant on secondhand information and media reporters, was largely focused on Trumps July phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. House Democrats launched an impeachment inquiry based on the complaint, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/complaint-about-trump-has-been-unclassified-and-released_3097316.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">was publicly released<\/a> a day after Trumps White House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/full-transcript-of-call-between-trump-and-zelensky-released_3094727.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">released a transcript of the call<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Schiffs contact with the whistleblower included at least one staffer receiving information from the person before the complaint was filed, Schiff admitted on Oct. 2.<\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2019\/10\/11\/adam-schiff-nancy-pelosi-1200x800.jpg\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/themes\/eet\/images\/white.png\" alt=\"Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Adam Schiff\"\/><figcaption><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2019\/10\/11\/adam-schiff-nancy-pelosi-1200x800.jpg\" alt=\"Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Adam Schiff\"\/><\/figcaption><\/a> Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), left, and Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), House intelligence chairman, hold a press conference about the impeachment inquiry of President Trump, at the Capitol in Washington on Oct. 2, 2019. (Charlotte Cuthbertson\/The Epoch Times)<\/figure>\n<p>Schiff, during an interview on television in mid-September, had claimed: \u201cWe have not spoken directly with the whistleblower.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Schiff said in October that he regretted not being \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/schiff-says-he-regrets-saying-we-have-not-spoken-directly-with-the-whistleblower_3105118.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">much more clear<\/a>.\u201d He has resisted efforts to identify the whistleblower and reversed his position after initially saying he wanted the person to testify before Congress.<\/p>\n<p>The whistleblowers attorneys, meanwhile, declined on Wednesday to confirm the reported n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/republicans-push-schiff-to-confirm-name-of-whistleblower_3133269.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More \u2013 Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Congress members said House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) should confirm t..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":136436,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Republicans Push Schiff to Confirm Name of Whistleblower - Business News Report<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Republican Congress members said House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) should confirm t..\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/republicans-push-schiff-to-confirm-name-of-whistleblower\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Republicans Push Schiff to Confirm Name of Whistleblower - Business News Report\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Republican Congress members said House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) should confirm t..\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/republicans-push-schiff-to-confirm-name-of-whistleblower\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Business News Report\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Business-NewsReport-328225811095934\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-11-01T17:20:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/GettyImages-1178993460-300x180.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"180\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"infopal11\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@BNReport\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@BNReport\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"infopal11\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/republicans-push-schiff-to-confirm-name-of-whistleblower\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/republicans-push-schiff-to-confirm-name-of-whistleblower\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"infopal11\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/19d1c5a2dd7f60584a09de4a7805d68f\"},\"headline\":\"Republicans Push Schiff to Confirm Name of Whistleblower\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-11-01T17:20:21+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/republicans-push-schiff-to-confirm-name-of-whistleblower\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":343,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/republicans-push-schiff-to-confirm-name-of-whistleblower\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/GettyImages-1178993460-300x180.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Politics\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/republicans-push-schiff-to-confirm-name-of-whistleblower\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/republicans-push-schiff-to-confirm-name-of-whistleblower\\\/\",\"name\":\"Republicans Push Schiff to Confirm Name of Whistleblower - Business News Report\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/republicans-push-schiff-to-confirm-name-of-whistleblower\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/republicans-push-schiff-to-confirm-name-of-whistleblower\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/GettyImages-1178993460-300x180.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-11-01T17:20:21+00:00\",\"description\":\"Republican Congress members said House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) should confirm t..\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/republicans-push-schiff-to-confirm-name-of-whistleblower\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/republicans-push-schiff-to-confirm-name-of-whistleblower\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/republicans-push-schiff-to-confirm-name-of-whistleblower\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/GettyImages-1178993460-300x180.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/GettyImages-1178993460-300x180.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":180},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/republicans-push-schiff-to-confirm-name-of-whistleblower\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"\u0627\u0644\u0631\u0626\u064a\u0633\u064a\u0629\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Republicans Push Schiff to Confirm Name of Whistleblower\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Business News Report\",\"description\":\"Latest News on the World of Politics &amp; Business\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"\u0628\u0632\u0646\u0633 \u0631\u064a\u0628\u0648\u0631\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0627\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631\u064a\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/LOGO2.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/LOGO2.png\",\"width\":200,\"height\":50,\"caption\":\"\u0628\u0632\u0646\u0633 \u0631\u064a\u0628\u0648\u0631\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0627\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631\u064a\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/Business-NewsReport-328225811095934\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/BNReport\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/business.newsreport\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/19d1c5a2dd7f60584a09de4a7805d68f\",\"name\":\"infopal11\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/author\\\/infopal11\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Republicans Push Schiff to Confirm Name of Whistleblower - Business News Report","description":"Republican Congress members said House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) should confirm t..","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/republicans-push-schiff-to-confirm-name-of-whistleblower\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Republicans Push Schiff to Confirm Name of Whistleblower - Business News Report","og_description":"Republican Congress members said House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) should confirm t..","og_url":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/republicans-push-schiff-to-confirm-name-of-whistleblower\/","og_site_name":"Business News Report","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Business-NewsReport-328225811095934\/","article_published_time":"2019-11-01T17:20:21+00:00","og_image":[{"width":300,"height":180,"url":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/GettyImages-1178993460-300x180.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"infopal11","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@BNReport","twitter_site":"@BNReport","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"infopal11","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/republicans-push-schiff-to-confirm-name-of-whistleblower\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/republicans-push-schiff-to-confirm-name-of-whistleblower\/"},"author":{"name":"infopal11","@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/19d1c5a2dd7f60584a09de4a7805d68f"},"headline":"Republicans Push Schiff to Confirm Name of Whistleblower","datePublished":"2019-11-01T17:20:21+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/republicans-push-schiff-to-confirm-name-of-whistleblower\/"},"wordCount":343,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/republicans-push-schiff-to-confirm-name-of-whistleblower\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/GettyImages-1178993460-300x180.jpg","articleSection":["Politics"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/republicans-push-schiff-to-confirm-name-of-whistleblower\/","url":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/republicans-push-schiff-to-confirm-name-of-whistleblower\/","name":"Republicans Push Schiff to Confirm Name of Whistleblower - Business News Report","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/republicans-push-schiff-to-confirm-name-of-whistleblower\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/republicans-push-schiff-to-confirm-name-of-whistleblower\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/GettyImages-1178993460-300x180.jpg","datePublished":"2019-11-01T17:20:21+00:00","description":"Republican Congress members said House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) should confirm t..","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/republicans-push-schiff-to-confirm-name-of-whistleblower\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/republicans-push-schiff-to-confirm-name-of-whistleblower\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/republicans-push-schiff-to-confirm-name-of-whistleblower\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/GettyImages-1178993460-300x180.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/GettyImages-1178993460-300x180.jpg","width":300,"height":180},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/republicans-push-schiff-to-confirm-name-of-whistleblower\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"\u0627\u0644\u0631\u0626\u064a\u0633\u064a\u0629","item":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Republicans Push Schiff to Confirm Name of Whistleblower"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/","name":"Business News Report","description":"Latest News on the World of Politics &amp; Business","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/#organization","name":"\u0628\u0632\u0646\u0633 \u0631\u064a\u0628\u0648\u0631\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0627\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631\u064a","url":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/LOGO2.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/LOGO2.png","width":200,"height":50,"caption":"\u0628\u0632\u0646\u0633 \u0631\u064a\u0628\u0648\u0631\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0627\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631\u064a"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Business-NewsReport-328225811095934\/","https:\/\/x.com\/BNReport","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/business.newsreport"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/19d1c5a2dd7f60584a09de4a7805d68f","name":"infopal11","url":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/author\/infopal11\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136435\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}