Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee are pressing Chairman Lindsey Graham
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In a letter to Graham, the 10 Democrats on the panel argued that the committee has "an important leadership role to play" as lawmakers dig into a whistleblower complaint and the July 25 phone call in which Trump urged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to look into former Vice President Joe Biden
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They also want White House counsel Pat Cipollone to testify about the White House's use of nondisclosure agreements and for Inspectors General Michael Atkinson and Michael Horowitz, the top watchdogs for the intelligence community and the Justice Department, respectively, to testify.
Trump, according to The Los Angeles Times, slammed officials who helped the whistleblower and appeared to compare their behavior to treason while speaking during a private event in New York last week.
"Who’s the person who gave the whistleblower the information? Because that’s close to a spy. You know what we used to do in the old days when we were smart? Right? The spies and treason, we used to handle it a little differently than we do now," Trump said.
The president ramped up his criticism of the whistleblower on Monday, saying the White House is "trying to find out" the person's identity.