Democrats push back on Republican efforts to have whistleblower, Hunter Biden testify.
Speier, a member of the Intelligence Committee who has sat through the depositions of multiple Trump administration officials regarding Trump's conduct toward Ukraine, said those who had come forth to testify had provided"direct evidence" of Trump's efforts to pressure Ukraine, not"indirect evidence" that the whistleblower provided, which she said was"third-hand.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., echoed Speier, saying on CNN's"State of the Union" that investigators"now have first-hand information of diplomats, military people, others that actually heard these actions occur, where the president was pushing for Ukraine to start an investigation against his political opponents in exchange for military assistance."
Klobuchar, who is running for president, added that she sees"no reason" why Hunter Biden should be called to testify, saying Trump"was messing around to try to get information against a political opponent."," Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., said Republicans were pushing a false equivalency between Trump and Biden's actions.
"What the president did is wrong and impeachable," Himes said of Trump's push to have Ukraine probe Democrats and the Bidens.
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