What Went Down In Maguire’s Whistleblower Testimony

During Maguire’s testimony, Pelosi told reporters that she thought that by not turning over the whistleblower complaint to Congress sooner, the DNI did break the law. “The law is very clear: The DNI shall convey the complaint to the intelligence committees — not the whole Congress — to the intelligence committee. Carefully balanced to protect our intelligence and to protect the whistleblower.”

Maguire is kind of flailing with his answers, which gives the impression that Schiff’s questions having real punch behind them.

Schiff’s closing questions — asking Maguire about each whistleblower accusation in turn — strike me as much more effective than 80 percent of what has been asked in the hearing so far.