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The Whistleblower Wants To Testify. But Will Trump’s DNI Let It Happen?

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP/Getty Images)
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September 24, 2019 5:19 p.m.

The House and Senate intelligence committees announced on Tuesday that the whistleblower behind a mysterious and explosive complaint reportedly about a pressure campaign to get Ukraine to manufacture dirt on Democratic frontrunner Joe Biden wants to dish to Congress.

The panels have sent letters to the whistleblower’s lawyer in a bid to schedule it, but there may be a problem.

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