McConnell: Senate panel seeking closed-door session on whistleblower complaint
by Susan Ferrechio
| September 23, 2019 04:38 PM
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell accused House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of politicizing a whistleblower complaint involving President Trump’s phone call this summer with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky.
McConnell said senators on the Intelligence Committee are seeking a closed-door briefing on the matter.
“I’ve been disappointed to see our colleague, the Democratic leader, choose to politicize the committee’s ongoing efforts with respect to a recent whistleblower allegation, the specific subject of which is still unknown,†McConnell said.
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