The whistleblower at the heart of the impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump has agreed to appear “very soon” before members of Congress, a top Democratic lawmaker said on Sunday, tightening the screws on the US president in the unfolding Ukraine scandal.
As White House aides and Republican allies struggled to contain the political fallout from the case, Adam Schiff, the chairman of the House intelligence committee who has taken a leading role in the impeachment inquiry, told ABC News that his panel would be receiving “unfiltered testimony” from the whistleblower.
Although a date had not been set, the meeting would happen as soon as security clearances had been secured for the whistleblower’s lawyers, and logistical arrangements had been made to protect his identity, Mr Schiff said.