Lawmakers yelled over one another as they debated the sharing of witness testimony and the 'whistleblower' status of the suspended FBI agents who spoke.
) descended into chaos as congressional lawmakers sparred over transparency concerns and questioned the legitimacy of the"whistleblower" witnesses that spoke before the House weaponization panel.
The tumultuous hearing was rocky from the start. Just after the three witnesses made their opening statements before committee members, Ranking Member Stacey Plaskett asked Jordan why the transcripts of the witness testimonies made to"We can talk about the testimony but right now you're not getting the testimony," Jordan responded after a back-and-forth.
"Each committee shall keep a complete record of all committee actions, which shall include, in the case of a meeting or hearing transcript, a substantially verbatim account of the remarks actually made during the proceedings subject only to some technical things," Democratic Representative Dan Goldman read out loud."Such records should be the property of the House and each member delegate and the resident commissioner shall have access thereto.
argued that being unhappy with the bureau did not make the agents whistleblowers, while Republicans said it was up to the witnesses and"the law" to decide whether or not they were whistleblowers.
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