Rep. Devin Nunes formally requests Adam Schiff give private testimony in impeachment probe

'You should have no problem with you appearing before the three committees to discuss your intentions with the whistleblower.'

House Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) has sent a formal letter to Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), requesting that Schiff testify behind closed doors as to the nature of his conversations with the whistleblower whose complaint catapulted House Democrats' impeachment probe against President Donald Trump.

What are the details?

In the letter obtained by Fox News, Nunes calls on Schiff to sit before the House Intelligence, Foreign Affairs, and Oversight Committees in a private setting, urging the chairman to provide testimony and telling him, "by now, the American people know your desire to see the duly-elected president removed from office outweighs your sense of responsibility to running a functioning intelligence oversight committee."

Schiff initially said neither he nor his staff had direct contact with the whistleblower, but later walked back that claim and admitted to providing guidance to the individual. As Nunes has indicated, Schiff also promised to allow the whistleblower to give...

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